Hypnogyra henanica, Bordoni, 2013

Bordoni, A., 2013, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1745-1797 : 1759-1760

Hypnogyra henanica nov.sp.

M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Holotype: Henan, Jigongshan conv., 650-750 m, Hu, Tang & Zhou 5.VIII.2004 ( SNUC).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length of body about 6 mm; from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 3 mm. Body without micro-sculpture, shiny, apart the abdomen. Brown with darker head and lighter elytra and abdomen; antennae and legs brown. Forebody as in Fig. 73 . Surface of head with fine and sparse puncturation, apart a wide median strip. Pronotum with dorsal series of 4 very superficial punctures and lateral series of 4 punctures. Elytra with very fine puncturation, arranged in 5-6 spaced series. Abdomen with fine and small, more or less polygonal micro-reticulation, and very fine and sparse puncturation on the sides.

Posterior margin of the 6° visible abdominal tergite with a series of dense, short and rounded protrusions ( Fig. 67 ). Posterior margin of the 6° visible abdominal sternite largely rounded ( Fig. 68 ). Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in Figs 69- 70 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 71 ) small, about 1 mm long, sub-ovoidal, narrow in the proximal portion, not particularly swollen, with short, asymmetrical parameres; inner sac ribbonlike, folded on itself some times, covered by scales of different shape, as in Fig. 72.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to Henan.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is known only from the type locality, in Henan.

Figures

Figs 73-74: forebody of Hypnogyra henanica nov.sp. (73) and Hypnogyra sinica nov.sp (74) (bar scale: 0,5 mm).

Figs 63-72: tergite, sternite of the male genital segment, aedeagus (bar scale: 0,1 mm), paramere in lateral view of Gyrohypnus qinghai nov.sp. (63-66); sixth visible abdominal tergite and sternite, tergite and sternite of the male genital segment, aedeagus (bar scale: 0,1 mm), with particular of the scales of Hypnogyra henanica nov.sp. (67-72).