Gyrophaena (s.str.) zhagaensis PaCe, 2003

Enushchenko, Ilya V., Makarov, Kirill V. & Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini) of Kunashir Island, with notes on species of Far Eastern Russia, Zootaxa 5535 (1), pp. 1-81 : 63-64

3.2.17. Gyrophaena (s.str.) zhagaensis PaCe, 2003

( Figs 260–264 , 310 )

Gyrophaena zhagaensis Pace, 2003: 643 ; Pace 2010: 129 .

Gyrophaena peniculi Pace, 2007: 117 syn. nov.

Material examined. MARITIME PROVINCE: 1 ♂: Spasskiy District, Siniy Mts. , 4 km E Evseyevka. 7–9.VIII.1999. A. V . Shavrin leg. ( MSPU); 1 ♂: Khasanskiy District, Cheryomukhovaya River, 15 km down of Cheremshan , Kedrovaya Pad` Stream. 21.VII.1986. V . Zherikhin & V . Grachev leg. (cIE); 1 ♂: Lazovskiy District, Lazo , 18.IX.2009. S.A. Shabalin leg. (cIE) .

Distribution. The eastern Palaearctic Gyrophaena (s.str.) zhagaensis is known from Far Eastern Russia (Maritime Province ( Fig. 310 )), China (Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan) and Taiwan.

Remarks. Gyrophaena zhagaensis Pace, 2003 was originally described from China (Sichuan, Shaanxi) and was compared with the Nepalese G. narendra Pace, 1989 . Later, Pace (2010) recorded G. zhagaensis from Sichuan, Hubei and Shaanxi. Gyrophaena peniculi was originally described from Taiwan. The shape of the aedeagus and the male abdominal tergite VIII from Maritime Province (see above) are similar to these in G. zhagaensis ( Figs 77–80 in Pace 2003) and G. peniculi ( Figs 79–82 in Pace 2007). Thus, the latter species is here synonymized with G. zhagaensis .

Habitus as in Fig. 260 . Aedeagus as in Fig. 261 . Paramere as in Fig. 262 . Male abdominal tergite VIII as in Fig. 263 . Male abdominal sternite VIII as in Fig. 264 .

The species is here recorded from Russia for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 257–264. Gyrophaena (s.str.) williamsi (Figs 257–259) and G. (s.str.) zhagaensis (Figs 260–264): 257, 260—habitus, 258, 261—aedeagus, lateral view, 262—paramere, 259, 263—male abdominal tergite VIII, 264—male abdominal sternite VIII. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 257, 260), 0.1 mm (Figs 258–259, 261–264).

FIGURES 305–311. Distribution of Gyrophaena in Eastern Siberia and Far Eastern Russia: 305—G. (s.str.) pseudonana, 306—G. (s.str.) pseudonitidula, 307—G. (s.str.) pulchella, 308—G. (s.str.) triquetra, 309—G. (s.str.) williamsi, 310—G. (s.str.) zhagaensis, 311—G. (Phaenogyra) strictula.

FIGURES 77–87. Gyrophaena (s.str.) melanoceta: 77—habitus (holotype), 78–79—aedeagus, lateral view (holotype), 80— aedeagus, ventral view, 81—paramere, 82–83—male abdominal tergite VIII, 84—male abdominal sternite VIII, 85—female abdominal tergite VIII, 86—female abdominal sternite VIII, 87—spermatheca. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Fig. 77), 0.1 mm (Figs 78–87).