Ocypus (Pseudocypus) menander Smetana, 2007

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 : 51-53

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17. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) menander Smetana, 2007 View in CoL

(Figs. 17-1, 17-2, 17-3)

Smetana, 2007: 33 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Type locality: China, Shaanxi, Daba Shan); Smetana, 2011 ( Ocypus ; China, Sichuan, Guangwu Shan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1092 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. Paratype: CHINA: Shaanxi Province: 1 male, “ China, Shaanxi prov./ Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi/ 18.-25.7.1998,1200m/ Dr.Vlad.Beneš legit// PARATYPE / Ocypus / menander / A. Smetana 2006 [Yellow rectangular card]// Coll.Dvorak” (MDC).

Additional material examined: CHINA: Shaanxi Province: 4 males, Huoditang forest farm, 1580 m, 27.VII.1998, coll. Jun Chen (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 20.2–21.5 mm. CL: 0.75; EL: 2.85; ELS: 1.44; EW: 3.30; HL: 2.65; HW: 3.30; PO: 1.38; PL: 3.58; PW: 3.22.

Distribution. Ocypus menander is at present known only from Qinling Shan -Daba Shan range in Shaanxi Province, and Guangwu Shan in northeastern Sichuan Province.

References

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. (2007) Contributions to the knowledge of the ' Staphylinus - complex' (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part XX. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 1. Zootaxa, 1421 (1), 1 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1421.1.1

Smetana, A. (2011) Contributions to the knowledge of the Staphylinus - complex (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 25. Various genera. Section 2. Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Taxonomical Series, 7, 399 - 416.