Linan megalobus Yin & Li, 2011 in Yin et al. 2011

Zhang, Yu-Qing, Li, Li-Zhen & Yin, Zi-Wei, 2018, Six new species and a new record of Linan Hlavac in China, with a key to species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), ZooKeys 793, pp. 115-133 : 129-130

Linan megalobus Yin & Li, 2011 in Yin et al. 2011 Figs 10, 11B

Linan megalobus Yin & Li, 2011 in Yin et al. 2011: 132.

Additional material examined.

1 ♂, 1 ♀, 'China: Hubei, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xingdoushan N. R., San-xian-chang, 30°2'20.48"N, 109°8'33.89"E, 1114 m, 20.v.2017, sift, Zhou GC, Tian T, & Huang ZG leg.' (SNUC).

Distribution.

China: Guizhou, Hubei (new provincial record) (Figure 11B).

Discussion.

Linan megalobus was originally described from Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve (宽阔水自然保护区) in Guizhou, and placed as a member of the L. cardialis -group ( Yin et al. 2011). The population from Hubei shows little variation in external morphology (Figure 10 A–J) compared to that from the type locality, but possesses distinctly broader parameres of the aedeagus (Figure 10 K–M). The present new record extends the range of this species some 280 km to the southwest.

Key to males