Ontholestes tenuicornis ( Kraatz, 1859 )

Yang, Zhuo & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Review of Chinese species of the genus Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with description of two species new to science, Zootaxa 3191, pp. 1-20 : 14

Ontholestes tenuicornis ( Kraatz, 1859)

( Figs. 11A–H )

Kraatz, 1859: 68; Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 392; Gridelli, 1924: 207; Cameron, 1932: 211; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1406; Smetana, 1959: 408; Coiffait, 1982: 31; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 38; Herman, 2001: 3431; Smetana, 2004: 679.

Material examined: India: 2 males, Chakrata Dist. Kanasar 7050; Dr. Cameron, 14–22.V.22; M. Cameron.Bequest, B.M.1955-147; Ontholestes tenuicornis det.R.G.Booth, 2009 (NHM); CHINA: 2 males, 1 female, Fujian, 2 km, SE Xinqiao, 640 m, 27°02´N 117°06´E, 2007. VII.21, J. Turna coll. ( NMW); 1 female, W–Fujian, 2 km SE Xinqiao, 27°05N 117°1E, pitfall traps, 2005. V.29, J. Turna coll. ( NMW).

Figures

FIGURES 11 A – H. Ontholestes tenuicornis (Kraatz, 1859), male (A – E, G) and female (F, H). A—sternite VIII; B—tergite X; C—sternite IX; D—aedeagus, ventral view; E—aedeagus, lateral view; F—tergite X; G-head; H—genital segment with second gonocoxite. Scale bar 1 mm.