Tetrabothrus inflexus ASSING, 2015

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 96

Tetrabothrus inflexus ASSING, 2015

( Figs 440–441 )

Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Dirang env., 27°21'N, 92°13'E, ca. 1800 m, 8.–22.V.2006, leg. Pacholátko ( BMNH) ; Thailand: 1 ♀, NW-Thailand, 23 km SE Pai , W Mae Hong Son, 10.–20.V.2006, leg. Grimm ( SMNS) ; 1 ♀, NE Bangkok, Khao Yai National Park, Khao Khieo , 1150 m, 28.XUI.1985, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl (cAss) ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep , 1180 m, pitfall traps, VII.1986, leg. Schwendinger ( MHNG, cAss) ; 1 ♀, Chiang Mai, 54 km NE Chiang Mai, Mae Nang Kaeo , 900 m, 3.XI.1985, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 6 exs., Tak Province, Umphang District, Mae Chan / Mae Klong confluence, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary , 15°30'N, 98°48'E, 300 m, 27.IV.–6.V.1988, leg. Brendell ( BMNH, cAss) ; 9 exs., Tak Province, Umphang District, Song Bae stream, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary , 15°28'N, 98°48'E, 300 m, 18.–27.IV.1988, leg. Brendell ( BMNH, cAss) . Laos: 1 ♀, Houa Phan province, Phou Pane mountain , 20°13'N, 104°00'E, 1480–1510 m, 22.IV.– 14.V.2008, leg. Kubáň ( NMP) ; 11 exs., Louangphrabang, Thong Khan , 19°35'N, 101°58'E, 750 m, 11.–21.V.2002, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB, cAss) ; 1 ♀, Bolikhamxai prov., 8 km Ban Nape, 18°21'N, 105°08'E, 600 m, 1.–18.V.2002, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB) .

Comment: Tetrabothrus inflexus was previously known only from the Chinese provinces Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi ( ASSING 2015b, YAN & LI 2015b). The above material represents the first records from India, Thailand, and Laos. The aedeagus of a male from Laos is illustrated in Figs 440–441 .

Figures

Figs 420–441. Amaurodera meorum (420–422), A. disparicollis (423–429), A. spinans (430–431), A. varicollis (432–434), Tetrabothrus nilgiricus (435–436), T. indicus (437–439; 439: lectotype), andT. inflexus fromLaos (440–441): spermatheca (420–422, 429, 434); male pronotum (423–424); female pronotum (425–426); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (427–428, 430–433, 435–437, 440); ventral process of aedeagus (438–439, 441). Scale bars: 423–426: 1.0 mm; 420–422, 427–441: 0.2 mm.