Miobdelus kubani Smetana, 2001

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2018, Taxonomy of the genus Miobdelus Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and five new species from China, Zootaxa 4377 (3), pp. 301-353 : 339

15. Miobdelus kubani Smetana, 2001

( Figs. 15-1 , 15-2 )

Smetana, 2001: 192 ( Type locality: Yunnan, Yulongxueshan , Ganhaizi pass , 27°06’N 100°15’E, 3000–3500 m) ; Smetana, 2004: 673 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1085 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 male, 1 female, Lijiang, Yulongxueshan Nature Reserve, 2980 m, pine forest, pitfall traps, 1–3.VIII.2000, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Lijiang, Yulongxueshan, Maoniuping, 3115 m, fir forest, pitfall traps, 1–3.VIII.2000, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 15.9–18.2 mm. CL: 0.83; EL: 2.64; ELS: 1.34; EW: 2.93; HL: 2.40; HW: 2.73; PO: 1.02; PL: 2.90; PW: 2.47.

Distribution. Miobdelus kubani is at present known only from Yulongxueshan in Yunnan Province.

Figures

FIGURE 15-1. Miobdelus kubani: A. habitus of species (2.0 mm); B. aedeagus, lateral view (0.2 mm); C. aedeagus, ventral view (0.2 mm); D. underside of apical portion of paramere (0.2 mm); E. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (0.2 mm).Scale in parentheses.

FIGURE 15-2. Miobdelus kubani: A and C.aedeagus, lateral view; B aedeagus, ventral view; D. male tergite 10; E. underside of apical portion of paramere; F. female tergite 10; G. male sternite 9; H. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (scale bars = 0.20 mm).