Sathytes panzhaohuii Yin & Shen, 2020

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2022, The Batrisini of Tibet: unveiling an enigmatic ant-loving beetle diversity at Earth’s “ Third Pole ” (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 5111 (1), pp. 1-211 : 127

Sathytes panzhaohuii Yin & Shen, 2020

( Figs 84A , 97A–C , 100D, E )

Chinese common name: Ğ氏ḛà甲

Sathytes panzhaohuii Yin & Shen, 2020: 53 ; fig. 10. Type locality: China, Xizang, Nyingchi, Pailong Country , 30°0’34.71”N, 94°57’57.64”E, alt. 2190 m.

Additional material examined (26 exx.). 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Pailong Township , 30°0’35”N, 94°57’58”E, 2180 m, 10.vii.2021, Z. Peng, Z. Yin & W. Zhang leg., Ʊ Ẫh 治区ffż市ḦË乡 ’; 14 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, pass nr. Yigong Tea Farm , 30°10’14”N, 94°55’51”E, 2200-2400 m, 11.vii.2021, Peng, Yin & Zhang, Ʊ Ẫffż 波ṁ县ƌŭē厂 ’ ( SNUC) .

Distribution. Bomê and Zayü (= Chayu) County, Tibet, SW China ( Figs 84A , 97A–C , 100D, E ).

Remarks. Sathytes panzhaohuii was described based on material from Pailong, Yigong, and surprisingly, Xiazayü (T察ø) of Zayü County. The new material confirms that it is a common species in Nyingchi that is sympatric with S. yigongensis in Yigong Township.

Figures

FIGURE 84. Distribution of Tibetan Batrisini. A. Sathytes magnus Yin & Li (circle), S. panzhaohuii Yin & Shen (triangle) and S. pengzhongi sp. nov. (square). B. S. proclivis sp. nov. (circle), S. pseudograndis sp. nov. (triangle) and S. simplex Löbl (square). C. S. sympatricus sp. nov. (circle), S. transversus Yin & Shen (triangle) and S. virupaksa sp. nov. (square).

FIGURE 97. Environment of and collecting sites at Nyingchi area. A. Sign of Yigong Tea Farm (ƌŭē厂). B. Forest near Yigong. C. Forest at Pailong Township (ḦË乡). D. Forest near Tongmai Town (ȃ9W).

FIGURE 100. Environment of and collecting sites at Nyingchi area (A–E) and Chamdo (ăƀ) (F). A. 80K. B. 96K. C–E. Xiachayu (T察ø). F. pass of Jueba Mountain (ẅ巴山口), Markam (Ẽ康). Photo Credit: A by Zhong Peng; B by Xiao-Bin Song; F by Wen-Xuan Bi.