Sathytes xizangensis Yin & Shen, 2020

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2022, The Batrisini of Tibet: unveiling an enigmatic ant-loving beetle diversity at Earth’s “ Third Pole ” (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 5111 (1), pp. 1-211 : 140

Sathytes xizangensis Yin & Shen, 2020

( Figs 85A , 97C, D )

Chinese common name: ƱẪḛà甲

Sathytes xizangensis Yin & Shen, 2020: 63 ; fig. 16. Type locality: China, Xizang, Nyingchi, Pailong Country , 30°0’34.71”N, 94°57’57.64”E, alt. 2190 m.

Additional material examined (8 exx.). 1 ♂, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Pailong Township, Layue Bridge , 29°59’02”N, 94°52’33”E, 2550 m, 13.vii.2021, Peng leg., Ʊ Ẫffż 市ḦË乡Ń月ss桥 ’; 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Tongmai Town, pass nr. 102 Tunnel , 30°04’15”N, 95°08’07”E, 2150–2400 m, 12.vii.2021, Peng, Yin & Zhang, Ʊ Ẫȃ 9 102 Ṁdz ’ ( SNUC) .

Distribution. Chagyib District (Nyingchi) and Bomê County, Tibet, SW China ( Figs 97C, D ).

Remarks. Sathytes xizangensis was described based on a large series from areas near Pailong Township. The new material confirms that it is a common species found from Pailong to Tongmai Townships.

Figures

FIGURE 85. Distribution of Tibetan Batrisini. A. Sathytes xizangensis Yin & Shen (circle) and S. yigongensis sp. nov. (cross). B. Tangius glabellus Yin & Li. C. Tribasodites bari sp. nov. (circle), T. cellulanus sp. nov. (triangle) and T. constrictus sp. nov. (square).

FIGURE 97. Environment of and collecting sites at Nyingchi area. A. Sign of Yigong Tea Farm (ƌŭē厂). B. Forest near Yigong. C. Forest at Pailong Township (ḦË乡). D. Forest near Tongmai Town (ȃ9W).