Ocypus (Pseudocypus) inexspectatus Eppelsheim, 1887

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China, Zootaxa 4339 (1), pp. 1-77 : 49-51

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scientific name	Ocypus (Pseudocypus) inexspectatus Eppelsheim, 1887
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16. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) inexspectatus Eppelsheim, 1887 View in CoL

(Figs. 16-1, 16-2)

Eppelsheim, 1887: 422 ( Ocypus ; Type locality: Wladiwostok); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 387 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; cited as inexpectatus; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1395 ( Staphylinus ; cited as inexpectatus; catalog); J. Müller, 1943: 105 ( Staphylinus ; cited as inexpectatus; chracters; Siberia); Coiffait, 1974: 505 ( Pseudocypus ; cited as inexpectatus; characters; Siberia); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 44 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ); Herman, 2001: 3405 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2009b: 11 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1092 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Jilin Province: 3 males, 9 females, Changbai Shan , 740 m, pitfall traps, 7.VII.1993, coll. Peiyu Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males, 3 females, Baihe County, ecology station, 760 m, mixed coniferous and broadleaved forest; pitfall traps, 5.VI.2004, coll. Jie Wu (IZ-CAS);

Measurements. Body length: 13.5–16.8 mm. CL: 0.64; EL: 2.38; ELS: 1.05; EW: 2.83; HL: 2.58; HW: 2.35; PO: 0.79; PL: 2.78; PW: 2.81.

Distribution. Before this study Ocypus inexspectatus was recorded only from the Russian Far East. This is the first time that this species is recorded from northeastern China (in Jilin Province).

References

Bernhauer, M. & Schubert, K. (1914) Staphylinidae IV. (Pars 57). In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. V. Staphylinidae. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 289 - 408.

Coiffait, H. (1974) Coleopteres Staphylinides de la region palearctique occidentale II. Sous famille Staphilininae, Tribus Philonthini et Staphylinini. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. Supplement, 4 (4), 1 - 593.

Eppelsheim, E. (1887) Neue Staphylinen vom Amur. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitsschrift, 31, 417 - 430.

Herman, L. (2001) Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae Incertae sedis, fossils, Protactinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 265, i - v + 3021 - 3839.

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Scheerpeltz, O. (1933) Staphylinidae VII (Pars 129). In: Junk W. & Schenkling S. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. VI. Staphylinidae. Junk, Berlin, pp. 989 - 1500.

Schulke, M. & Smetana, A. (2015) Staphylinidae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (2015) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden & Boston, pp. 901 - 1134.

Smetana, A. & Davies, A. (2000) Reclassification of the north temperate taxa associated with Staphylinus sensu lato, including comments on relevant subtribes of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates, 3287, 1 - 88.

Smetana, A. (2004) Staphylininae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 624 - 698.

Smetana, A. (2009 b) Contributions to the knowledge of the Staphylinus - complex (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 21. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 4. Zootaxa, 2286, 1 - 30.