Stilicoderus, SHARP, 1889

Assing, Volker, 2015, On Stilicoderus and Stiliderus IV. Two new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 145-161 : 157-158

Stilicoderus and Stiliderus species recorded from the East Palaearctic region, including Northeast India and Burma

In all, 39 species of Stilicoderus and eight of Stiliderus are currently known from the East Palaearctic region, including Northeast India (Assam, Meghalaya) and Burma, which are treated as belonging to the Oriental region by SMETANA (2004). One of the Stiliderus species is of doubtful status, as males are unknown.

The country with by far the most diverse Stilicoderus fauna is China (26 species), followed by North India (twelve species, four of them exclusive), Burma (eleven species, one exclusive), Nepal (six species), Taiwan (five species, four exclusive), Japan (two species), and Bhutan (one species). In China the province with the greatest diversity is Yunnan (18 species, six exclusive), followed by Sichuan (six species, two exclusive), Shaanxi (five species; one of them in the border region with Chongqing), Gansu and Hubei (four species each), Fujian (two species), Guangxi, Henan, Zhejiang, and Hainan (one species each) .

In the references column of the below checklist, only original descriptions and records based on revisory work, on an examination of the male sexual characters, or that were considered reliable for other reasons are considered. The articles are abbreviated as follows:

A12 = ASSING (2012); A13a = ASSING (2013a); A13b = ASSING (2013b); A14 = ASSING (2014); App = ASSING (present paper); B38 = BERNHAUER (1938); Ca31= CAMERON (1931); Co75 = COIFFAIT (1975); Co78 = COIFFAIT (1978); Co82a = COIFFAIT (1982a); Co82b = COIFFAIT (1982b); F95 = FAUVEL (1895); I84 = ITO (1984); K59 = KRAATZ (1859); M58 = MOTSCHULSKY (1858); R85 = ROUGEMONT (1985); R86a = ROUGEMONT (1986a); R86b = ROUGEMONT (1986b); R86c = ROUGEMONT (1986c); R96 = ROUGEMONT (1996); Rip = ROUGEMONT (in press); Sc65 = SCHEERPELTZ (1965); Sh68 = SHIBATA (1968); Sh74 = SHIBATA (1974); Sh02 = SHIBATA (2002); Sp = SHARP (1889); W94 = WATANABE (1994); WS72 = WATANABE & SHIBATA (1972).

Note: Exclusively female-based records are given in brackets. Species of doubtful identity (males unknown) are marked with an asterisk.