Pselaphodes ampliatus Huang & Yin, 2020

Huang, Meng-Chi & Yin, Zi-Wei, 2020, Validation of five Pselaphodes species names in Huang & Yin (2019): The Pselaphodes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) of Nepal, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 241-242 : 241

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0016
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6983540
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF3D36-FFA0-FFF1-FF1E-F974CCF8393C
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Pselaphodes ampliatus Huang & Yin
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pselaphodes ampliatus Huang & Yin View in CoL , sp. nov.

Type material (7 ex.): Holotype; MHNG- ENTO-43959 ; ♂; NEPAL, “ NEPAL ( Prov. Bagmati ), Yangri Ridge , 4350 m, 22.IV.81, Löbl & Smetana ” ( MHNG). – Paratypes; MHNG-ENTO-43960 to 43963 ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀; NEPAL, same label data as holotype. – MHNG-ENTO-43964 to 43965 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀; NEPAL, same label data as holotype, except “ 4200 m, 21.IV.81 ” (all paratypes in MHNG) .

Diagnosis: Male. Length 2.63-2.76 mm. Antennal clubs lacking modification. Metaventral processes long, apically broadened. Profemora with small ventral projection, protibiae with distinct projection at apex; mesotrochanters with slender ventral spine, mesotibiae with small projection at apex; metafemora broadly thickened ventrally. Median lobe of aedeagus narrowed apically; parameres slender and elongate. Female. May be identified only when associated with male.

Description and figures: Huang & Yin, 2019: 166; figs 1A, 2.