Lesteva (s.str.) cooteri Rougemont, 2000

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2017, New species and records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), Zootaxa 4306 (1), pp. 108-120 : 109-110

Lesteva (s.str.) cooteri Rougemont, 2000

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Lesteva cooteri Rougemont, 2000: 150 Material. CHINA: JIANGSU PROVICE: 1 ♀: ‘CHINA: Jiangxi, [Jiujiang City, Xingzi County] 26.3.2003 | Luan Shi Peng Mt. [near Xiu Feng town] | 115°58ʹ48ʹʹE 29°26ʹ58ʹʹN | ca. 250 m, leg. Schönmann, | Komarek & Wang (CWBS 512 [forest stream, ca. 0.5 m wide, in deep gorge, surrounded by Cunninghamia forest])’ (NMW); 1 ♂: ‘CHINA: Jiangxi, [Jiujiang City County] 25.3.2003 | Lu Shan Nat[ional]. Park | [ca. 6 km SW center of Lushan Town] 115°57ʹ34ʹʹE 29°32ʹ44ʹʹN | ca. 900 m, leg. Schönmann, | Komarek & Wang (CWBS 508 [steep forest stream, cold, ca. 1–2m wide, sandstone, gravel, boulders, coniferous forest])’ (cS); 1 ♂: ‘CHINA: Jiangxi, 22.3.2003 | [Jiujiang City, Xiushui County] [ca.] 30 km ESE Xiushui, Maozhu Shan [=“bamboo mountain”], | 114°51ʹ20ʹʹE 28°50ʹ33ʹʹN | ca. 400 m, leg. Schönmann, | Komarek & Wang (CWBS 505 [stream, ca. 3–5 m wide, siliceous boulders, no submerse vegetation, little flood debris, degraded forest])’ (NMW); HUBEI PROVINCE: 1 ♀: ‘CHINA: Hubei, 27.10.2004 | Xingdoushan Nat. Res. | 100 km SW Enshi | 850 – 900 m, leg. Wang | & Schönmann (CWBS 556 [1-2 m broad stream in steep and partly forested valley (coming directly from Xingdoushan), sandstone rocks, pools, scree, little flood debris or submersed vegetation)’ (NMW); 1 ♀: ‘CHINA: Hubei, 25.10.2004 | Baihuwan Forest Park | 75 km N Enshi | 1000 m, leg. Schönmann | & Wang (CWBS 553 [3-5 m broad river in steep forested valley, rocks with waterfalls, inbetween with deep pools and running water with scree and flood debris (litter])’ (NMW).

Remarks. The species was described from Zhejiang ( Rougemont 2000) apparently based on immature specimens (“...species differs from all other Lesteva known from China (except L. mollis ) by its flimsy, dehiscent elytra”). The specimens studied by me have normally sclerotized, moderately convex elytra. Aedeagus with fully everted endophallus as in Figs. 1–2 . The distribution as in Fig. 3 .

It is recorded for Jiangsu and Hubei for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ‒ 3. Aedeagus (JIANGSU: Lu Shan National Park; Fig. 1 ̅ parameral view, Fig. 2 ̅ lateral view) and distribution (Fig. 3) of Lesteva cooteri Rougemont, 2000. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.