Cephennodes (Cephennodes) cryptointricatus, Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2015

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2015, The Cephenniini of China. VII. New species and new records of Cephennodes Reitter of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 4033 (3), pp. 393-410 : 397-398

Cephennodes (Cephennodes) cryptointricatus sp. n.

( Figs 13–14 )

Type material. Holotype: CHINA (Gansu Province): ♂, two labels: " CHINA: S-Gansu [ CH 12-03] / W-Qinling Shan, 43 km N Chengxian, / 34º08'24''N, 105º46'43''E, 1750 m, / moist valley with creek and ponds, / meadow with Artemisia, 28.VII. / 2012, leg. M. Schülke" [white, printed]; " CEPHENNODES (s. str.) / cryptointricatus m. / det.

P. Jałoszyński, '15 / HOLOTYPUS " [red, printed] (cMS). Paratype: 1 ♂, same data as holotype except "[ CH 12- 06] 2012", " 47 km N Chengxian, 34º10'20''N, 105º42'19''E, 1890 m, creek valley with second[ary]. deciduous forest, litter sifted, 29.VII " (cPJ).

Diagnosis. Externally nearly identical with C. intricatus but pronotum distinctly shorter (0.45 mm vs. 0.50 mm, width the same in both species), antennomeres IX and X distinctly elongate (and not as long as broad) and aedeagus with strongly curved, hook-like dorsal apical projection.

Description. Body of male almost identical as that of C. intricatus , inlcuding elytral modifications; only differences are given here. BL 1.39–1.45 mm; HL 0.19–0.20 mm, HW 0.34–0.35 mm, AnL 0.83 mm; PL 0.45 mm, PW 0.65 mm; EL 0.75–0.80 mm, EW 0.74–0.75 mm, EI 1.02–1.07; subhumeral line on each elytron as long as 0.33 EL. Antennomeres IX and X distinctly elongate.

Aedeagus ( Figs 13–14 ) elongate, AeL 0.33 mm; capsular part of median lobe in ventral view symmetrical with asymmetrical assemblage of apical projections, of which dorsal component is short and strongly curved dorsally forming robust apical hook; parameres slender, each with two robust apical setae.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Central China: Gansu Province.

Etymology. The specific epithet cryptointricatus refers to the similarity of this species to C. intricatus .

Remarks. Cephennodes cryptointricatus is strikingly similar to C. intricatus ; see remarks for the latter species.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 18. Aedeagus in ventral (11, 13, 15, 17) and lateral (12, 14, 16, 18) views. Cephennodes (s. str.) intricatus sp. n. (11 – 12); Cephennodes (s. str.) cryptointricatus sp. n. (13 – 14); Cephennodes (s. str.) monofoveatus sp. n. (15 – 16); Cephennodes (s. str.) pinnapes sp. n. (17 – 18).