Lesteva (s. str.) cala Ma, Li & Zhao, 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 : 4

Lesteva (s. str.) cala Ma, Li & Zhao, 2012

( Figs 2A , 3 E–F, 5A–C, 34)

Lesteva (s. str.) cala Ma, Li & Zhao, 2012: 34 .

Type locality. Mt. Longwang , Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China .

Type material examined. Holotype: CHINA: ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 25.iv.2004, 950– 1,200 m, Liang Tang leg.’. Paratypes: CHINA: 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype ; 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘Jia-Yao Hu leg.’; 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘Jing Chen leg.’; 2 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘Li-Long Zhu leg.’; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24. iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 2 ♂♂: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jia- Yao Hu leg.’; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing Chen leg.’; 5 ♂♂: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Xin-Jin Li leg.’; 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300–500 m’; 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Huang & Chi leg.’; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Li-Long Zhu leg.’; 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Li-Long Zhu leg.’; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300–500 m’; 1 ♂: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing Chen leg.’; 1♂: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Li & Hu leg’.

Additional material examined (224 exs): 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tianzhu (天柱山), 1150–1250 m, 25.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 300–1200 m, 23–25.v.2004, Li, Tang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 92 ♂♂, 116 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 350–1200 m, 24–26.iv.2006, He, Li, Ling, Zhu, Shen, Tang, Wang & Yuan leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), alt. 1250 m, 24.v.2009, Feng, Liu, Yin & Yuan leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 1050–1200 m, 15.v.2013, Chen & Pan leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目山), 800–1150 m, 19.v.2006, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目 山), alt. 650 m, 25.iv.2008, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 2 ♀♀: ‘ 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) .

Comment. The original description was based on 73 specimens collected from Mt. Longwang, Zhejiang ( Ma, Li & Zhao 2012). The above material from Anhui represent new provincial records ( Fig. 34 ). For illustrations of L. cala see Figs 2A , 3 E–F, 5A–C and Ma, Li & Zhao (2012: figs 1, 3–5).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. cala; B—L. concava sp. nov. 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.