Ischnosoma splendidum ( Gravenhorst, 1806 )

Kocian, Matúš & Schülke, Michael, 2016, New species and records of Ischnosoma Stephens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from China, Zootaxa 4105 (3), pp. 201-242 : 237-238

Ischnosoma splendidum ( Gravenhorst, 1806)

Figs 48 , 71 .

CHINA: Qinghai: Daban Shan, 62 km NNW Honggu, creek valley, Picea, Populus, Betula forest, 36°51'15–28''N, 102°36'34''–37'07''E, 2236–2350 m, creek valley, litter, dead wood and moss sifted, 26.VI.2011, leg. M. Schülke [ CH 11-09], 3 exs. (cSch, cKoc); Daban Shan, 25 km ESE Menyuan, 37°16'21.6''N, 101°52'37.4''E, 2795 m, loamy field edges, 6.VII.2011, leg. M. Schülke [ CH 11-22], 2 exs. (cSch); road from Honggu to Men Yuan, 37°08'46''N, 102°14'58.7''E, 2473 m, river valley, forest edge, semi-open pasture, sifted from mushrooms, 3.VII.2011, leg. M. Schülke [ CH 11-16b], 1 ex. (cSch); Lang Shi Dang Jing Qu (park), 75 km NW Honggu, 36°54'05.2''N, 102°21'07.1''E, 2925 m, creek valley on overgrown scree, Populus and Betula forest with Rhododendron, litter sifted between rocks, 28.VI.2011, leg. M. Schülke [ CH 11-11a], 3 exs. (cSch); Sichuan: N-Sichuan, pass 35 km NNW Songpan, 32°55'32''N, 103°25'56''E, 3600 m, moist N-slope with Salix and other shrubs, litter, grass roots and moss sifted, 11.VIII.2012, leg. M. Schülke [ CH 12-24], 2 exs. (cSch).

Remarks. Ischnosoma splendidum , a species of Holarctic distribution, is also distributed in the northern parts of China, southwards to the northernmost part of Sichuan province ( Fig. 71 ). The records from Qinghai and Sichuan are new province records.

Figures

FIGURE 71. Distribution of Ischnosoma splendidum (Gravenhorst) in China (material examined and literature records).

FIGURES 46 – 53. Male sternite VIII with position of dark setae, beard-like palisade setae and median dense setae, schematic. Ischnosoma foedum sp. n. (46); I. noemi Kocian (47); I. splendidum (Gravenhorst) (48); I. maderi (Bernhauer) (49); I. duplicatum (Sharp) (50); I. involutum sp. n. (51); I. abstrusum sp. n. (52); I. yunnanum sp. n. (53). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.