Geodromicus ohkurai ( Hayashi, 1992 )

Smetana, Aleš, 2016, New species and records of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4066 (5), pp. 591-599 : 597-598

Geodromicus ohkurai ( Hayashi, 1992)

Psephidonus ohkurai Hayashi, 1992: 107

Psephidonus ohkurai yushanensis Hayashi, 1992: 110 syn. nov.

Material. 1 ♀: TAIWAN, Kaohsiung Hsien, Crk. 4 km E Yakou, 2600 m. 23.VII.1993. A. Smetana [T162: Original mixed forest; specimen taken by sifting of wet moss from large rocks directly in a creek] (cSm).

Remarks. Geodromicus ohkurai was split by the author in two subspecies, both from central Taiwan: “Mt. Houfuan, Nantou Hsien” ( G. ohkurai ohkurai ) and from “Mt. Yushan, Chiai Hsien” ( G. ohkurai yushanensis ). The subspecies G. ohkurai yushanensis , based on teneral specimens, was established solely on differences in the shape of the pronotum (see Hayashi 1992: 110 for details). These differences fall within intraspecific variability, as documented by the presence of the same variability in the shape of pronotum in many species of G eodromicus (e.g., see Shavrin 2015). Therefore, based on the above information, G. ohkurai yushanensis is put in synonymy with G. ohkurai (syn. nov.).