Sclerochiton acutissimus ASSING, 2011

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Sclerochiton. II. Two new species and additional records, including the first records of the genus from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1197-1208 : 1202

Sclerochiton acutissimus ASSING, 2011 ( Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China: 233, 1♀, 11 exs., S-Gansu, S Longnan, Min Shan , 33°05'N, 104°45'E, 1500 m, N-slope, macchia, litter and moss sifted, 6.VIII.2012, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch) ; 1 ex., N-Sichuan, Micang Shan , 42 km S Hanzhong, 32°41'N, 106°49'E, 1090 m, NW-slope, mixed forest margin with rocks, litter, grass, and moss sifted, 14.VIII.2012, leg. Wrase (cSch) ; 533, 4♀♀, 2 exs. [partly teneral], N-Sichuan, Micang Shan , 42 km S Hanzhong, 32°41'N, 106°49'E, 1090 m, stream valley, shady S-slope, secondary mixed forest, litter, grass, and herbs along path sifted, 17.VIII.2012, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch) .

C o m m e n t: This species was previously known only from the environs of Labahe in West Sichuan ( Map 3 ).

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Map 3: Distributions of Sclerochiton unicolor (white diamonds), S. schuelkei (black circles: malebased records; white circles: female-based records), S. barbatus (white triangles), and S. acutissimus (white squares).