Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aenescens Eppelsheim, 1889

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9. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aenescens Eppelsheim, 1889

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Eppelsheim, 1889: 174 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Goerius; Type locality: Kan-ssu); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 384 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1390 ( Staphylinus ; catalog); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 47 (species unknown to authors); Herman, 2001: 3362 ( Ocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 679 ( Ocypus ; incertae sedis; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Grebennikov, 2006: 167 (redescription; lectotype designated); Smetana, 2009b: 7( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1091 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Jilin Province [ New Record ]: Changbai Shan, Baitoudao, 12.VII.1982, coll. Shubai Liao (IZ-CAS) ; CHINA: Qinghai Province: 4 males, 2 females, Yushu County, Batang, 4200–4500 m, 15.VI.1964, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 2 females, Yushu County, Xiaosumang, 4120 m, 20.VII.1964, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Nangqian County, Jinisai, 4700–4850 m, 8.VII.1965, coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZ- CAS) ; 1 male, Nangqian County, Dongba, Youda, 5000 m, alpine scree, 30.VII.1985, coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZ- CAS) ; Sichuan Province: 1 male, Dege County, Manigange, 8.VII.1982, coll. Yuanqing Chen (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males, Dege County, Manigange, 9.VII.1982, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 7 males, 1 female, Dege County, Manigange, 10.VII.1982, coll. Xuezhong Zhang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, 1 female, Hongyuan County, 3500 m, 28.VIII.1983, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Garzê, 3400 m, 21.VI.1983, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ- CAS); 1 male, Garzê, Guoliangzi, 3400 m, 21.VI.1983, coll. Yuanqing Chen (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Kangding County, Liuba, Moda, 3700 m, 7.IX.1982, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Kangding County, Liuba, Moda, 3700 m, 8.IX.1982, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, 1 female, Luhuo County, 3.VII.1999, coll. Guodong Ren etc. (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Songlinkou Region , 3900 m, 12.VII.1986, coll. Chunlai Niu (IZ-CAS) ; Xizang Province: 1 male, Leiwuqi, 3750 m, 17.VIII.1976, coll. Xuezhong Zhang (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 12.2–14.8 mm. CL: 0.62; EL: 2.18; ELS: 1.11; EW: 2.82; HL: 1.98; HW: 2.32; PO: 0.74; PL: 2.79; PW: 2.68.

Distribution. Before this study Ocypus aenescens was known from the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Xizang. This species is recorded from Jilin Province for the first time and this locality is also the northernmost distribution record of Ocypus aenescens at present.