Atrecus macrocephalus (NORDMANN 1837)

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Othiini. XVII. A new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1077-1091 : 1090-1091

Atrecus macrocephalus (NORDMANN 1837)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: U. S.A.: A l a s k a: 1 ex., Anchorage , Rabbit Creek Valley, mixed deciduous forest, 6.VII.2008, leg. Renner (cAss) ; 2 exs., Kenai Peninsula , Seward, Lowell Point, forest margin, 15.VII.2008, leg. Renner (cAss, cRen) .

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to the colleagues listed in the material section for the loan of material under their care. In particular, I am grateful to Michael Schülke for the generous gift of the holotype of Othius glaber . Benedikt Feldmann (Münster) proof-read the manuscript.

Zusammenfassung

Othius glaber nov.sp. ( China: Yunnan) wird beschrieben, abgebildet und von dem ähnlichen O. lubricus ASSING 1999 unterschieden. Für O. chrysurus REITTER 1891 werden neue Abbildungen der äusseren Morphologie und der männlichen Geschlechtsmerkmale gegeben. Weitere Nachweise von 30 Othiinen-Arten und -Unterarten werden gemeldet, darunter einige Erstnachweise und der erste Nachweis der Gattung Othius STEPHENS 1829 aus Afghanistan.

References

ASSING V. (1997a): The species of Othius STEPHENS, 1832 [recte: 1829] of the Canary Islands ( Coleoptera , Staphylinidae , Xantholininae). — Vieraea 25 (1996): 103-115.

ASSING V. (1997b): A revision of Othius STEPHENS, 1829 . III. The species of the Western Palaearctic region exclusive of the Atlantic Islands ( Coleoptera , Staphylinidae : Xantholininae). — Nova Supplementa Entomologica, Berlin 10: 3-130.

ASSING V. (1998): A revision of Othius STEPHENS. V. The species of the Himalayan region

( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae , Xantholininae). — Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin 48 (1):

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