Rugilus (Rugilus) bagmaticola

Assing, Volker, 2019, A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus. VI. Two new species Irom China, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 5-20 : 11-12

Rugilus (Rugilus) bagmaticola ROUGEMONT, 1998 ( Figs 5-8 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Nepal: 1♂, Kathmandu, South slope of Mount Shivapuri , 27°48'33''N, 85°23'25''E, 2400-2600 m, 2.VI.2016, 27°49'N, 85°23'E, leg. Schmidt (NME).

C o m m e n t: The previous records of R. bagmaticola from the Annapurna range ( ASSING 2012a) refer to R. curvatus and R. prodoni (see above). The male primary and

secondary sexual characters of R. bagmaticola are illustrated in Figs 5-8 . The illustration of the aedeagus provided by ASSING (2012a: figure 36) refers to R. prodoni .

Figures

Figs 1-12: Rugilus prodoni (1-4), R. bagmaticola (5-8), and R. curvatus (9-12): (1, 5, 9) male sternite VII; (2, 6, 10) male sternite VIII; (3-4, 7-8, 11-12) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.