Leptusa (Eospisalia) lackneri ASSING, 2011

Assing, Volker, 2021, New species and additional records of Leptusa from the Palaearctic region, with a focus on the faunas of China and the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 103-126 : 125

Leptusa (Eospisalia) lackneri ASSING, 2011

Material examined: South Korea: 7 exs., Jeollanam-do, Jiri-san, around Nogodan peak, 35°17'36"N, 127°31'55"E, 1500 m, rocky slope of tourist trail with bushes, soilwashing 20 cm deep at rock base under tree, 15.IX.2010, leg. Makranczy & al .; 4 exs., same data, but “from grass roots, debris at stones, tufts, flotation; 3 exs.: same data, but “from grass roots and leaf litter at stones, sifting (24C)” ; 2 exs., Gangwon-do, Seorak-san , 2 km W Misiryeong pass, rest station, 38°13'04"N, 128°25'12"E, forest with Acer , near stream, 600 m, soil-washing 25 cm deep at rocks, 10.IX.2010, leg. Makranczy & al. (material in HNHM, NIBR, cAss) .

The above material is highly similar to the type material from Tsushima island ( ASSING 2011 b), but differs by a more robust body (no overlap), a distinctly bicoloured abdomen, coarser and more defined punctation of the forebody, a more distinctly punctate abdomen, relatively longer elytra, and a slightly larger aedeagus. However, the shape and internal structures of the aedeagus are practically identical, so that the populations from South Korea are tentatively hypothesized to be conspecific with that of Tsushima Island .