Omalium alticola Cameron, 1941

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2025, Review of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini) of China, Zootaxa 5588 (4), pp. 501-543 : 514

3.4.1. Omalium alticola Cameron, 1941

( Figs 37–38 )

Omalium (s. str.) alticola Cameron, 1941: 57

Omalium (s. str.) monticola Cameron, 1941: 58

Omalium alticola : Shavrin 2023a: 172

Material examined. CHINA: SICHUAN: 1 ♂: ‘ Chung King Szechwan China centralis’ ( MHNG).

Remarks. The Himalayan O. alticola is known from India (Kashmir, Uttarakhand) and western Nepal ( Shavrin 2023a). Aedeagus as in Figs 37–38 and in Figs 43–45 in Shavrin (2023a). It is here recorded from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 34–38. Aedeagus of Omalium (Figs 34–36—O. pratense (holotype), Figs 37–38—O. alticola (Sichuan)): 34, 37— aedeagus, parameral view, 35, 38—aedeagus, lateral view, 36—median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 40–46. Aedeagus of Omalium (Figs 40–43—O. cocleare (paratypes), Figs 44–46—O. contiger (paratype)): 40, 43–44—aedeagus, parameral view, 41, 45—aedeagus, lateral view, 42, 46—median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.