Pselaphodes linae Yin & Li, 2012

Yin, Zi-Wei & Li, Ning, 2021, Eight new species and additional records of the Pselaphodes complex from Laos and Vietnam, with a key to known species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 35-53 : 45-46

Pselaphodes linae Yin & Li, 2012

Pselaphodes linae Yin & Li, 2012 in Y I N et al. (2012: 76)

Type locality. China: Hainan Prov., Wuzhishan Mt., Guzhandao, 18.86657°N, 109.68285°E, ca. 640 m.

Additional material examined (4 specimens). VIETNAM: HÒABÌNH: 3 ♂♂, ‘ Vietnam, Hoa binh, 4.- 7.6.1986, Ha son binh prov. Jan Horák lgt’ ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂, ‘TOEIN, RÈGION DE HOA-BINH / MUÉSUM PARIS, 1933, A. de COOMAN’ ( MHNG) .

Comments. Pselaphodes linae was originally described from Hainan and Fujian, southern China and later reported from Taiwan. Here it is recorded from northern Vietnam for the first time. This species is readily recognizable by the deeply emarginate ventral and lateral surfaces of antennomeres 11 and 10, respectively, presence of a highly raised disc-like projection near the apex of antennomere 9, and metatibia with an acute tooth at apical 1/3. The male from Vietnam shows little morphological variation in both external features and aedeagus.

Distribution. China: Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan; Vietnam: Hòa Bình (Y I N et al. 2012, 2013a; this paper). First country record for Vietnam.