Ocypus (Pseudocypus) densissimus ( Bernhauer, 1933 )

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China, Zootaxa 4339 (1), pp. 1-77 : 39-43

12. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) densissimus ( Bernhauer, 1933)

(Figs. 12-1, 12-2)

Bernhauer, 1933: 35 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Type locality: Kiang-Si: T’en-gan); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 43 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ); Herman, 2001: 3373 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2009a ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1091 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 3 females, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS);1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.VII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 5–8.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2585 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 males, 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 3 females, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, forest, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 2 females, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.VII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 5–8.VIII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 5 males, 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2610 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 males, 2 females, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 6–9.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 5–8.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ- CAS); 6 males, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2615 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2650 m, forest, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2650 m, weed field, pitfall traps, 21–24.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2650 m, forest, pitfall traps, 21–24.VIII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2650 m, forest, pitfall traps, 5–8.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2650 m, forest, pitfall traps, 21–24.IX.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 24.3–25.1 mm. CL: 0.85; EL: 3.46; ELS: 2.01; EW: 3.55; HL: 2.58; HW: 2.94; PO: 0.85; PL: 3.38; PW: 3.13.

Distribution. Ocypus densissimus is at present known from Jiangxi and Sichuan Province.