Paratesba danum BORDONI 2004

Bordoni, A., 2011, New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. XXIV. Nine new taxa of Paratesba from Danum Valley, Sabah, and dichotomic key of the bornean species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 221 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 483-499 : 486

Paratesba danum BORDONI 2004 ( Figs 5 , 19, 20 , 37-38 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Malaysia, Sabah, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama For. Res., Danum Valley Forest Centre, 04°57.9'N- 117°48.1'E, 200 mt, XI.2005, 1° Forest, FIT, coll. Mann, Slade & Villanueva, OUMNH-2006-051, 1 (OUMNH), 1 (cB).

N o t e: The collection of such a large number of specimens and species of Paratesba in the Danum Valley, given the normal scarsity of the same during several previous entomological expeditions in the Oriental Region, prompted me to review more carefully the typical series of Paratesba danum descibed some years ago ( BORDONI 2005). This study showed that in fact three specimens attribuited at first at Paratesba danum belong to different species, as indicated below. Some of the figures proposed in the description of P. danum are incorrect, especially on the head, anterior margin of pronotum and that of the labrum, tergite of male genital segment and aedeagus is not very precise. It is therefore appropriate to refer to the figures provided in this paper (respectively Figs 19, 20 , 5 , 38, 37 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: It is known only from the Danum Valley.

Figures

Figs 1-10: Labrum of Paratesba: P. minuta nov.sp. (1); P. rougemonti nov.sp. (2), P. rubescens nov.sp. (3); P. silvestris nov.sp. (4); P. danum BORDONI (5); P. sabahensis nov.sp. (6); P. confusa nov.sp. (7); P. fluvialis nov.sp. (8); P. lithocarpi nov.sp. (9); P. differens nov.sp. (10).

Figs 19-26: Head (right half omitted) and anterior angle of pronotum of Paratesba danum BORDONI (19-20); P. sabahensis nov.sp. (21-22); P. confusa nov.sp. (23-24); P. fluvialis nov.sp. (25-26).

Figs 31-38: Aedeagus, tergite and sternite of male genital segment of Paratesba rougemonti nov.sp. (31-33); P. rubescens nov.sp. (34-36); aedeaagus and tergite of male genital segment of P. danum BORDONI (37-38).