Pakistatyrus sp.

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2022, Discovery of mysterious Pakistatyrus in Tibet (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (1), pp. 129-135 : 135

Pakistatyrus sp.

( Figs 2A, C ; 3C–E )

Material examined. 1 ♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Gyirong County, Gyirong Valley, Langjicuo, 28°24’10” N, 85°23’58” E, 4100 m, 21.vi.2021, Z. Peng, Z.Yin &W.Zhang leg., MBn喀ffl吉PD朗吉ffiñDz ’ ( SNUC).

Comments. This female ( Figs 2A , 3E ) is morphologically similar to P. inconspicuus but doubtlessly represents a different species judging from its much longer maxillary palpomeres 3 and antennomeres, and its well-isolated distribution.

Distribution and habitat. SW China: Tibet ( Fig. 2C ). The single female was collected by sifting leaf litter sample in a Rhododendron dominant forest at an altitude of 4100 m ( Figs 3C, D ).

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to Zhong Peng (彭中) and Wen-Xuan Zhang (张ẊR) for their companionship and collecting efforts in the field. Wa Da (ṈĦ) (Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa) provided logistical support during the expedition. Donald S. Chandler (University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA) and Peter Hlaváč (National Museum, Praha, Czech Republic) critically read the draft manuscript, which improved it. Financial support of the present work was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31872965) and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (grant no. 19QA1406600) to ZWY, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant no. XDB26000000) to Chen-Yang Cai (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China), and the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (grant no. 2019QZKK05010603) to Wa Da (Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa, China).

Figures

Fig. 2. Dorsal habitus (A, B) and distribution (C) of Pakistatyrus. A – Pakistatyrus sp.; B – holotype of P. ater, with type labels (upper) and sketch of aedeagus (lower, from Hඅൺඏගඹ 2006); C – circle: P. ater, triangle: Pakistatyrus sp., square: P. inconspicuus sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 3. Environment and habitat of P. inconspicuus sp. nov. (A, B) and Pakistatyrus sp. (C, D), and a living individual of Pakistatyrus sp. in situ (E).