Protocypus pilifer Smetana, 2005

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China, Zootaxa 4291 (3), pp. 458-480 : 471

6. Protocypus pilifer Smetana, 2005

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Smetana, 2005: 291 ( Protocypus ; Type locality: China, W-Hubei, Xing Shan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1100 ( Protocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Hubei Province: 28 males, 33 females, Shennongjia, Guanmen Shan , 1400–1500 m, pitfall traps, 23–30.VII.1998, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 34 males, 52 females, Shennongjia , Guanmen Shan, 1440–1460 m, pitfall traps, 30.VII–11.VIII.1998, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Junjian He (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males, 6 females, Shennongjia , Guanmen Shan, 1550m, Japanese cedar forest, pitfall traps, 3–6.VIII.2002, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Jie Wu (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males, 2 females, Shennongjia, Dalongtan , 2180 m, pitfall traps, 24.VII–8.VIII.1998, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 6 males, 5 females, Shennongjia, Jiuhuping, Chegou , 1870 m, pitfall traps, 27.VII–10.VIII.1998, coll. Junjian He (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 19.5–25.8 mm. CL: 0.81; EL: 3.24; ELS: 1.45; EW: 4.29; HL: 3.27; HW: 4.09; PO: 1.76; PL: 4.00; PW: 3.89.

Distribution. Protocypus pilifer is at present known from Hubei and Shaanxi.