Platydracus donnyi Rougemont, 2015

Zhou, Cheng-Lin, Zhao, Qing-Hao & Tang, Liang, 2024, A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), Zootaxa 5399 (5), pp. 505-516 : 515

Platydracus donnyi Rougemont, 2015

( Figs. 11, 12 , 23, 24 )

Platydracus donnyi Rougemont, 2015: 469 .

Material examined. Indonesia: Borneo: Paratype: 1♁, Kalimantan Tengah, Busang / Rekut confl. 0°03′S 113°59′E Flight Intercept FIT 2, Brendell / Mendel , VIII 2001, ‘Barito Ulu 2001′ BMNH (E) 2001-191 ( BMNH).

Measurements. Male: BL: 13.0 mm, FL: 5.3 mm. HL: 1.30 mm, HW: 1.64 mm, EYL: 0.55 mm, TL: 0.48 mm, PL: 1.66 mm, PW: 1.64 mm, EL: 2.30 mm, EW: 2.26 mm. HW/HL: 1.26, TL/EYL: 0.87, PL/PW: 1.01, EL/EW: 1.02.

Distribution. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo and is specifically known from Danum Valley in Malaysia, north-west Brunei, and Central Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Diagnosis. The species can be easily recognized among others of this group by the body coloration, by golden pubescent patches present on abdominal tergites VII and VIII and tarsomere 5 without clear apical projection.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Habitus. Habitus. 7, 8—Platydracus gracilis; 9, 10—P. paragracilis; 11, 12—P. donnyi. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURES 19–24. Aedeagal characters. 19, 20—Platydracus gracilis; 21, 22—P. paragracilis; 23, 24—P. donnyi; 19, 21, 23— aedeagus in ventral view; 20, 22, 24—aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.