Sphaerobulbus bisinuatus SMETANA 2003

Smetana, A., 2008, Contributions to the knowledge of the " Staphylinus-complex " (Insecta: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 18. Various genera, Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 943-949 : 946

Sphaerobulbus bisinuatus SMETANA 2003

Sphaerobulbus bisinuatus SMETANA 2003: 70 .

Sphaerobulbus abdominalis SMETANA 2003: 74 . syn. nov.

N e w r e c o r d s: C h i n a: Sichuan]: mts. 40km N Meigu (N Xichang), 2900m, 17.- 19.VI.2006, leg. S. Murzin & I. Shokhin, [6] ( ASC, MSC) ; Jingping Shan Mts. West of MoFangGou [or Mofanggou], 3345m, 28°12.983'N 101°44.285E, 28.5.- 4.6.2005, R. Sehnal, M. Tryzna, 2 ( ASC, MSC) ; Daxue Shan mts., N of San Ya, 3040m, 28°45.3N 101°57.9'E, 6.- 12.VI., R. Sehnal & M. Trýzna, 1 ( MSC). Yunnan: W coast of Lugu lake , 2820-3000m, 30.- 31.VII.2005, S. Murzin, 1 ( MSC) .

C o m m e n t s: In one of my previous papers ( SMETANA 2005a, 54) I suggested that S. bisinuatus and S. abdominalis may represent two different populations of one species. Based on the study of the additional material listed above, it is apparent that it is impossible to distinguish these two species; S. abdominalis therefore becomes a junior objective synonym of S. bisinuatus (syn. nov.).