Ontholestes tessellatus ( Geoffroy, 1785 )

Yang, Zhuo & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Review of Chinese species of the genus Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with description of two species new to science, Zootaxa 3191, pp. 1-20 : 14

Ontholestes tessellatus ( Geoffroy, 1785)

( Figs. 10A–H )

Geoffroy, 1785: 165; Ganglbauer, 1895: 418; Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 392; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1406; Aleksandrov, 1934: 153; Kirshenblat, 1936: 558; Smetana, 1959: 399; Coiffait, 1974: 374; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 38; Herman, 2001: 3431; Smetana, 2004: 679.

Syn. Staphylinus secundus Schaeffer, 1766 : iv, 11 (Type locality: Ratisbon).

Staphylinus nebulosus Fabricius, 1793: 520 (preoccupied; Type locality: Germania).

Staphylinus hybridus Marsham, 1802: 500 (Type locality: Britain).

Material examined: CHINA: 8 males, 4 females, Heilongjiang, Ha’erbin, 1955. VI.20–22 ( IZCAS); 2 males, 1female, NE China [Ertsentientze + Maoershan + Hengtaohotze + Harbin, Manchuria], 1941.VI. –VIII, & 1954.VI. –VII, Zhiyin Li coll. ( IZCAS); 1 female, Heilongjiang, Chonghe, 1952. VIII.22 ( IZCAS); 1 male, Liaoning, Gaolingzi, 1941. VII.12 ( IZCAS); 1 male, Heilongjiang, Dailing, Liangshuigou, 1957. VII.3 ( IZCAS).

Figures

FIGURES 10 A – H. Ontholestes tessellatus (Geoffroy, 1785), male (A – E, G) and female (F, H). A—sternite VIII; B—tergite X; C—sternite IX; D—aedeagus, ventral view; E—aedeagus, lateral view; F—genital segment with second gonocoxite; G—head; H—tergite X. Scale bar 1 mm.