Lesteva (s. str.) erythra 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 : 18

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

( Figs 11B , 13 C–D, 14D–F, 28)

Lesteva (s. str.) erythra Ma, Li & Zhao, 2012: 37 .

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

Type material examined. Holotype: ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉 县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Xin-Jin Li leg. ’. Paratypes: 10 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 25.iv.2004, 950– 1,200 m, Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 25.iv.2004, 950– 1,200 m, Liang Tang leg.; 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 25.iv.2004, 950– 1,200m, Li-Long Zhu leg.’; 2 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 25.iv.2004, 950–1,200 m’; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 25.iv.2004, 950– 1,200 m, Jing Chen leg.’; 11 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500m, Liang Tang leg.’; 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jia- Yao Hu leg.’; 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing Chen leg.’; 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 24.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Li-Long Zhu leg.’; 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Jing-Wen Zhu leg.’; 1 ♂: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Li-Long Zhu leg.; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀: same label data as holotype, except ‘ 23.iv.2004, 300– 500 m, Liang Tang leg.’

Additional material examined (212 exs): 24 ♂♂, 22 ♀♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tianzhu (天柱山), 960–1250 m, 23–25.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Chizhou City (池州市), Shitai County (石台县), Guniujiang N. R. (牯牛降自然保护区), 320–380 m, 29.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 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) ; 6 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: ‘ 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) ; 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 1050–1150 m, 13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 3 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 300–500 m, 23.iv.2004, Tang & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 48 ♂♂, 50 ♀♀: ‘ 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, Shen, Tang, Wang, Yuan & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Qingliang (清凉峰), 1050–1080 m, 8–9.v.2005, Zhu & Li leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Ningbo City (宁波市), Mt. Tiantong (天童山), alt. 200 m, 26.iv.2009, Ting Feng leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 10 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Mt. Wuchao (午潮山), alt. 200 m, 10.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Quzhou City (衢州市), Jingning County (景宁县), Baiyunlinqu (白云林区), 1100–1270 m, 07.v.2012, Jian-Qing Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Ningbo City (宁波市), Mt. Xi , alt. 200 m, 29°49′N, 121°21′E, 3.iv.2013, Jian-Qing Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) .

Comment. The original description was based on 80 specimens collected in Mt. Longwang, Zhejiang ( Ma, Li & Zhao 2012). The above material from Anhui represent new provincial records ( Fig. 28 ). For illustrations of L. erythra see Figs 7A , 8 E–F, 10A–C and Ma, Li & Zhao (2012: figs 2, 6–8). The distribution of L. erythra as in Fig. 28 .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. dabashanensis; B—L. elegantula. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 8. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males, dorsal view) of Lesteva: L. cooteri (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. cordicollis (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. dabashanensis (E— abdominal tergite VIII, F—abdominal sternite VIII); L. elegantula (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 11. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. elongata sp. nov.; B—L. erythra. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 13. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite (males, dorsal view) of Lesteva: L. elongata sp. nov. (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. erythra (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. fikaceki (E— abdominal tergite VIII, F—abdominal sternite VIII); L. huabeiensis (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 28. Distribution of Lesteva erythra in China.