Echiaster maior ASSING , 2013

Assing, V. & I, North, 2014, Three new species and additional records of Echiaster from Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1087-1096 : 1089

Echiaster maior ASSING, 2013

( Map 1 )

Material examined: China: 1 ex., Yunnan, Nujiang Lisu Aut. Pref., Gongshan Co., Gaoligong Shan , creek valley 17 km N Gongshan, 27°55'N, 98°40'E, 1525-1600 m, 20.VI.2005, leg. Smetana [C158] (cAss). Thailand: 1, Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon , 1720 m, 7.XI.1985, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1, Doi Inthanon , 15.III.1982, leg. Rougemont (cRou) ; 1, Doi Inthanon, Doi Pui , 1100-1500 m, 10.XI.1995, leg. Wunderle (cAss) .

Comment: The original description is based on a single male from Laos ( ASSING 2013). The above material represents the first records from Thailand and China. The distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of Echiaster species in Asia. Echiaster discrepans (white circles); E. bivirgatus (white diamonds); E. maior (white triangles); E. paulexcisus (black diamond); E. unicolor (black circles).