Panscopaeus lithocharoides (SHARP, 1874)

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revison of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1133-1178 : 1174

Panscopaeus lithocharoides (SHARP, 1874)

Medon subopacus BERNHAUER, 1907: 382 f.; nov.syn.

Type material examined Medon subopacus : Lectotype ♂, present designation: " Kanagawa, Japan. Sauter / subopacus Brh. Typ. , det. Bernhauer / subopacus Brh. Typus. / = breviusculus Kr.? / Chicago NHMus, M.Bernhauer Collection / Lectotypus ♂ Medon subopacus Bernhauer , desig. V. Assing 2014 / Panscopaeus lithocharoides (Sharp) , det. V. Assing 2014" ( FMNH). Paralectotypes: 1♀: same data as lectotype ( BMNH) ; 1 ex.: " Bukenji , Japan. Sauter / subopacus Brh. Cotypus / Chicago NHMus, M.Bernhauer Collection / Paralectotypus Medon subopacus Bernhauer , desig. V. Assing 2014 / Panscopaeus lithocharoides (Sharp) , det. V. Assing 2014" ( FMNH) .

Comment: The original description of Medon subopacus is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "Kanagawa, Bukenji, Kuenji. Unter faulenden Schilfhaufen mehrfach gesammelt" ( BERNHAUER 1907). Five syntypes from Kanagawa and Bukenji were located in the Bernhauer collection and in the collections of the BMNH. The male from Kanagawa is designated as the lectotype. SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015) list the species in Lithocharis . An examination of the above type material revealed that it is conspecific with Panscopaeus lithocharoides (SHARP, 1874) , a species widespread in the East Palaearctic region, from the Himalaya across China eastwards to Japan ( ASSING 2011).