Pedinopleurus notabilis ( SILVESTRI, 1946 )

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 108

Pedinopleurus notabilis ( SILVESTRI, 1946)

( Figs 187–189 )

Urodonia notabilis SILVESTRI, 1946 , 321 f.

Pedinopleurus notabilis: HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) .

Pedinopleurus setosicauda DVOŘÁK, 1996: 4 f.; syn. nov.

Material examined: China: 1♀, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, 20 km NW Jinghong, Man Dian , 22°07'N, 100°40'E, 720 m, light trap, 26.V.2008, leg. Weigel ( NME) . Laos: 1 ex., Houa Phan prov., Phou Pane mountain , 20°13'N, 104°00'E, 1480–1510 m, 22.IV.–14.V.2008, leg. Kubáň ( NMP) .

Comment: The original description of P. notabilis is based on several specimens collected in a nest of “ Termes malaccensis ad Yen-Bay (Tonkino)” ( SILVESTRI 1946). Pedinopleurus setosicauda was described from four type specimens from two localities in North Vietnam ( DVOŘÁK 1996). The details indicated in the descriptions of P. notabilis and P. setosicauda do not provide any evidence that the two names should refer to different species; hence the synonymy proposed above. The forebody, antenna, and abdominal segments IX–X are illustrated in Figs 187–189 .

The additional material listed above represents the first records from China and Laos.

Figures

Figs 181–196. Zyrasporrectus(181–183),Z.wunderlei(184–186),Pedinopleurusnotabilis (187–189),andAenictoides derivatus (190– 196): forebody (181, 184, 187, 190); antenna (182, 185, 188, 192); abdomen (183, 186, 194); tergites IX–X (189); forebody in lateral view (191); thorax in ventral view (193); abdomen in lateral view (195); abdomen in ventral view (196). Scale bars: 181–188, 190–196: 1.0 mm; 189: 0.5 mm.