Lesteva (s. str.) pulcherrima Rougemont, 2000

Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, Zootaxa 4560 (1), pp. 1-39 : 25

Lesteva (s. str.) pulcherrima Rougemont, 2000

( Figs 17A , 18 E–F, 20A–C, 30)

Lesteva (s. str.) pulcherrima Rougemont, 2000: 164 ; Shavrin 2013: 95, 2017: 115.

Type locality. Mt. Longwang , Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China .

Additional material examined (39 exs): 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), alt. 960 m, 3.x.2003, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 300–1200 m, 23–25.iv.2004, Hu, Li, Tang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 300–1200 m, 23–25.iv.2004, Hu, Li, Tang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 12 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 1050–1150 m, 13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 2 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Lin’an District (临安区), Yinlongwu Town (银 龙坞村), Mt. Qingliang (清凉峰), 30°08′25.00″N, 118°52′23.90″E, 968–1046 m, 30.iv.2018, mixed leaf litter in water, sifted, near a stream, Cheng & Shen leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 3 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Lin’an District (临安区), Yinlongwu Town (银龙坞村), Mt. Qingliang (清凉峰), 30°09′11.48″N, 118°52′23.23″E, alt. 652 m, 1.v.2018, mixed leaf litter in water, sifted, near a stream, Cheng & Shen leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 2 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Longquan City (龙泉市), Mt. Fengyang (凤阳山), Creek valley nr. Hongfuju Hotel , 27°54′42″N, 119°11′52″E, leaf litter, wood, sifted, beating, 1190–1250 m, 28.iv.2014, Peng, Song, Yan, Yin & Yu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Wenzhou City (温州市), Taishun County (泰顺县), Wuyanling N. R. (乌岩岭自然保 护区), 700–850 m, 10.v.2004, Hu, Tang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: ‘ China: Hubei Prov., Yichang City (宜 昌市), Wufeng County (五峰县), Houhe N. R. (后河自然保护区), alt. 1200 m, 29.iv.2004, Li-Zhen Li leg.’ ( SNUC) .

Comment. The previously known distribution of L. pulcherrima included Zhejiang, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces ( Rougemont 2000; Shavrin 2013, 2017). For illustrations of L. pulcherrima see Figs 17A , 18 E–F, 20A–C, Rougemont (2000: figs 10, 19a–b) and Shavrin (2017: figs 17–18). The distribution of L. pulcherrima as in Fig. 30 .

Figures

FIGURE 17. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. pulcherrima; B—L. rufimarginata. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 18. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males, dorsal view) of Lesteva: L. obesa sp. nov. (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. ochra (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. pulcherrima (E— abdominal tergite VIII, F—abdominal sternite VIII); L. rufimarginata (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 30. Distribution of Lesteva pulcherrima in China.