Gabrius tirolensis ( Luze, 1903 )

Li, Liang, Schillhammer, Harald & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Taxonomy of the genus Gabrius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China, with description of two new species, Journal of Natural History 46 (15 - 16), pp. 955-967 : 959

Gabrius tirolensis ( Luze, 1903) ; first record from China

Luze 1903, p. 386 ( Philonthus , subgenus Gabrius , type locality: Osttirol, Taufers, 850 m Seehöhe).

Coiffait 1951, p. 107, 114 ( Gabrius , characters in key, France).

Smetana 1953, p. 178 ( Gabrius , Bavaria, Savinian Alps, Croatia).

Coiffait 1974, p. 81 ( Gabrius , characters, Alps, Pyrenees).

Herman 2001, p. 2659 ( Gabrius , world catalogue).

Schillhammer 2003, p. 355 ( Gabrius , illustration of aedeagus).

Smetana 2004, p. 637 ( Gabrius , catalogue for Palaearctic region).

Examined material

One male, one female, China: Xinjiang: Tuomuertai , 2400 m, 3 July 1977, leg. Li Changjiang ( IZ-CAS); one female, Qinghai: Dulansi [Iamamsery] (37 ◦ 00.7–02.0 ′ N, 98 ◦ 37.4–37.5 ′ E), 3245–3730 m, 10 July 2005, leg. J. Hájek, D. Král & J. Ružička [Ch 16], individually under stones, in excrements and on vegetation along the mountain stream above the monastery, pasture and coniferous forest ( CSB) .

Distribution

China (Xinjiang, Qinghai), Uzbekistan, Europe.