Ocypus (Pseudocypus) lewisius Sharp, 1874

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 : 72

39. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) lewisius Sharp, 1874

Sharp, 1874: 33 ( Ocypus ; Type locality: Yokohama, Japan; Originally cited from Kobé (note: This species was described from a single specimen from Kobé according to the original description)); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 387 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1395 ( Staphylinus ; catalog); Nakane, 1963: 93 ( Ocypus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan); Hayashi, 1993b: 298 (species is neither in Ocypus nor Staphylinus ); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 34, 44 ( Ocypus ; lectotype designation: Yokohama, Japan); Herman, 2001: 3385 ( Ocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2009a: 684 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Cho and Ahn, 2009 (South Korea); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1092 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Synonym:

Ocypus kobensis Cameron, 1930

Distribution. Ocypus lewisius is at present known from Hubei, Liaoning and Zhejiang Province in China; it is also known from Japan and South Korea.