Lesteva (s. str.) brevimacula Ma & Li, 2012

Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, Zootaxa 4560 (1), pp. 1-39 : 3-4

Lesteva (s. str.) brevimacula Ma & Li, 2012

( Figs 1B , 3 C–D, 4D–F, 34)

Lesteva (s. str.) brevimacula Ma & Li, 2012: 74 .

Type locality. Mt. Wuchao , Mt. East Tianmu and Mt. Longwang, Zhejiang Province, China .

Type material examined. Holotype: ♂: CHINA: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Mt. Wuchao (午潮山), 30°10’N, 120°00’E, 10.iv. 2011, 200 m, Peng & Zhu leg.’. Paratypes: CHINA: 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same label data as holotype ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu , 30°21’N, 119°25’E, 13.iv.2011, 1,050–1,100 m, Peng & Zhu leg. ’; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安 市), Mt. East Tianmu , 30°21’N, 119°25’E, 31.v.2010, 830– 900 m, Wang, Xu & Zhu leg. ’; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov. , Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang , 30°24’N, 119°25’E, 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing Cheng leg. ’

Additional material examined (28 exs): 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tianzhu (天柱山), alt. 960 m, 23.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 350–1200 m, 23– 25.iv.2006, He, Ling, Li, Tang, Wang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 4 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目山), Gaoling (告岭), alt. 800 m, 26.iv.2008, He & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 9 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 200–1150 m, 09–13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) .

Comment. The original description was based on 14 specimens collected in Mt. Wuchao and Mt. East Tianmu, Zhejiang (Ma & Li 2012). The above material from Anhui represent new provincial records ( Fig. 34 ). For illustrations of L. brevimacula see Figs 1B , 3 C–D, 4D–F and Ma & Li (2012: figs 1–3).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. alesi; B—L. brevimacula. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males): L. alesi (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. brevimacula (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. cala (E—abdominal tergite VIII, F— abdominal sternite VIII); L. concava sp. nov. (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 34. Distribution of 24 species of Lesteva in China: 1—L. alesi, 2—L. aureomontis, 3—L. brevimacula, 4—L. cala, 5—L. chujoi, 6—L. davidiana, 7—L. elongata, 8—L. fikaceki, 9—L. flavopunctata, 10—L. hajeki, 11—L. jaechi, 12—L. lignipisces, 13—L. miragricola, 14—L. mollis, 15—L. nivalis, 16—L. obesa, 17—L. obliquonotata, 18—L. qinlingmontis, 19—L. ruficollis, 20—L. ruzickai, 21—L. schoenmanni, 22—L. smetanai, 23—L. tonitrumontis, 24—L. yunnanicola.