Borolinus sikkimensis Bernhauer, 1919

Wu, Jie & Zhou, Hong-zhang, 2006, Description Of A New Species Of Borolinus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) From Yunnan, China, With Two New Records From Southern China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 215-223 : 218

Borolinus sikkimensis Bernhauer, 1919

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Borolinus sikkimensis Bernhauer, 1919: 359 (type locality: Himalaya, Sikkim); Cameron, 1930: 94; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1001; Scheerpeltz, 1965: 98; Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 116; Biswas & Biswas, 1985: 142; Herman, 2001: 1097.

Material examined. – 5 males, 6 females, China, Sichuan, Baoxing , 1600 m, 13 Aug.2003, Jie Wu coll.( IOZ-CAS) ; 4 males, 8 females, China, Hubei, Shennongjia , 1240-1800 m, 18 Jul.1998, Haisheng Zhou coll.( IOZ-CAS) ; 1 female, China, Guizhou, Leishan Co., SE Kaili, NE Leishan, E-slope of Leigong Shan , 26 ° 22.74'N 108 ° 12.99' E, env. of pass between Leishan and Fangxian, 1700-1800 m, 24 Jun.2001 ( IOZ-CAS) .

Diagnosis. – Body black. This species is similar to B. minutus , but may be distinguished by larger size, less protruding inner lateral teeth (their apex only reaching half length of mandibles viewed from above), more transverse pronotum, mandible with only one inner tooth.

Measurements. – Body length: 13-14 mm; HL: 0.97 mm; HW: 1.89 mm; PL: 2.08 mm; PW: 2.93 mm; EL: 2.54 mm; EW: 2.73 mm.

Remarks. – New record for China.

Distribution. – China (Hubei; Sichuan; Guizhou), India, Burma, Bangladeshi.

Figures

Figs. 21-29. Borolinus sikkimensis: 21, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 22, aedeagus in dorsal view; 23, aedeagus in lateral view; 24, 9th abdominal sternite of male; 25, left half of 9th abdominal sternite of female; 26, mandibles; 27, 9th and 10th abdominal tergites of male; 28, labrum; 29, mentum. Scale bars: Figs. 21, 26 = 1 mm; Figs. 22-25, 27-29 = 0.25 mm.