Stenichnodes, Franz, 1966

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2020, Three new species and new records of Stenichnodes Franz (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 4779 (2), pp. 289-296 : 294

Stenichnodes (s. str.) error Jałoszyński

Stenichnodes (s. str.) error Jałoszyński, 2019, 580: figs 1–6.

Material studied. ♂, Kenya, Kilifi, Jilore , 29.X.1977, Mahnert & Perret leg. ( MHNG) .

Remarks. This species was known to occur in the Tana River County, southern Kenya; the new locality is situ- ated not far from the previous one, but much closer to the Indian Ocean coast.

Stenichnodes (Parastenichnaphes) ceylonensis (Franz)

Figs 6 , 19–22

Stenichnaphes ceylonensis Franz, 1982: 135 , fig. 10.

Stenichnaphes (Parastenichnaphes) ceylonensis Franz ; implied placement in Franz (1984): 91.

Parastenichnaphes ceylonensis (Franz) ; Franz, 1989: 278; Jałoszyński, 2005: 579, figs 4–5, 9–10, 12.

Stenichnodes (Parastenichnaphes) ceylonensis (Franz) ; Jałoszyński, 2015: 279.

Material studied. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, India, Madras (= Tamil Nadu), Alagarkovil , 21 km N Madurai, 250-350 m, 2.XI.1972, Besuchet & Löbl leg. (cPJ, MHNG) ; 2 ♀♀, India, Madras, Varushanad Hills, Suruli Falls , 550 m, 8.XI.1972, Be- suchet & Löbl leg. ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, India, Madras, Anaimalai Hills, near Aliyar Dam , 850 m, 18.XI.1972, Besuchet & Löbl leg. (cPJ, MHNG) .

Remarks. This species was known to occur only in Sri Lanka. Specimens from the southernmost region of India differ indistinctly in slightly slenderer aedeagus in lateral view ( Figs 19−22 ). Externally, specimens from Sri Lanka (revised by Jałoszyński (2005)) and those from India show a considerable variation in proportions of body parts and relative length of antennae, but this variability can be found among specimens coming from the same collecting event, i.e., the same spot and time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Dorsal habitus (1−2, 4, 6) and elytral apices in male (3, 5). Stenichnodes cordicollis sp. n. (1); S. spinosus sp. n. (2−3); S. bouakensis sp. n. (4−5); S. ceylonensis (Franz), specimen from India (6).

FIGURES 15–22. Aedeagus in ventral (15, 17, 19, 21) and lateral (16, 18, 20, 22) views. Stenichnodes bouakensis sp. n. (15−18); S. ceylonensis (Franz), specimen from India (19−22).