Ocypus (Pseudocypus) semenowi Reitter, 1887

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China, Zootaxa 4339 (1), pp. 1-77 : 66-67

24. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) semenowi Reitter, 1887

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Reitter, 1887: 213 ( Ocypus ; Type locality: zwischen dem Flusse Bytchu und dem Blauen Flusse, im Thale des Bytchu und in den Schluchten Diao-tchu und Bö-tchu, der Wasserscheide zwischen den oberen Theilen des Gelben und Blauen Flusses, 13 bis 14,000 F.); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 390 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1390 ( Staphylinus ; synonym of angustulus); Coiffait, 1974: 461 ( Ocypus ; cited as semenovi; cited as valid species; characters; central Asia); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 45 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ); Herman, 2001: 3414 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 678 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2007: 39 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; lectotype designated; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1094 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 4 males, 4 females, Jiuzaigou, 26.VII.1990, Inst . BEIJING Museum PARIS, coll. T . DEUVE & Xie Weiping (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Langmusi, 10–12.VI.1996, coll. Beneš & Šcěpař, Ocypus (Pseudocypus) semenowi Reitter, A. Smetana det. 2006 (MDC).

Measurements. Body length: 15.0– 16.7 mm. CL: 0.53; EL: 2.23; ELS: 0.94; EW: 2.71; HL: 2.26; HW: 2.54; PO: 1.18; PL: 2.73; PW: 2.35.

Distribution. Ocypus semenowi is at present known from the high mountains of Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and northern Sichuan.