Phacophallus japonicus (CAMERON, 1933, Cameron, 1933

Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2017, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 28. New species from Yunnan, Sichuan and Hubei (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (2), pp. 271-274 : 272

Phacophallus japonicus (CAMERON, 1933 )

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Examined material: China, NW Hubei, 15 km Xingshan pass to Huanliangping, leg.? 6.VI.1998, 3 exx. ( cH), 2 exx. (cB).

Distribution: This species is known from Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra, Bali, Java, China (BORDONI, 2002), Myanmar (BORDONI, 2017).

Remarks: Chinese and Korean specimens could be attributed in the future to a distinct species from P. japonicus by smaller and lighter body, larger inner sac of the aedeagus, with larger and longer spines and by the presence of an arched, distal spine (Fig. 6).