Megalinus neolizipingensis

ZHOU, YU-LINGZI, BORDONI, ARNALDO & ZHOU, HONG-ZHANG, 2013, Taxonomy of the genus Megalinus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) and seven new species from China, Zootaxa 3727 (1), pp. 1-66 : 50

Megalinus neolizipingensis (Bordoni, in press)

Type materials: male, with labels as follows: “ PARATYPUS, Megalinus , neolizipingensis n. sp., Bordoni det. 2008” / “‘ China: N-Yunnan [C2005-09], Diqing Tibet. Aut. Pref., Deqin Co. Meili Xue Shan, E-side, 14 km W Deqin, 2580 m ” / “ ‘28°27.47', 98°46.35'E,’ creek, ‘valley below glacier, mixed forest’, ‘leaf litter, oss, dead wood, sifted’, ‘ 11. VI .2005 ,’ M. Schülke [C2005-09]” ( CB); female, with labels as follows: “ PARATYPUS, Megalinus , neolizipingensis n. sp., Bordoni det. 2008” / “ Lepidophallus , leizipingensis Bord., Bordoni det. 2005” / “ China: N- Yunnan [C2005-07A], Diqing Tibet. Aut. Pref. , ‘ Deqin Co., Meili Xue Shan ,’ E-side, 12 km SW ‘ Deqin ,’ 2580 m, ‘28°25.30', 98°48.57'E,’” / “small creek ‘valley,’ mixed forest, ‘with bamboo, leaf litter,’ moss, ‘dead wood, sifted,’ 13. VI .2005 , leg. M. Schülke [C2005-07A]” ( CS); female, with labels as follows: “ PARATYPUS, Megalinus , neolizipingensis n. sp., Bordoni det. 2008” / “ Lepidophallus , leizipingensis Bord., Bordoni det. 2005” / “ China: N-Yunnan [C2005-07A], Diqing Tibet. Aut. Pref. , ‘ Deqin Co., Meili Xue Shan ,’ E-side, 12 km SW ‘ Deqin ,’ 2580 m, ‘28°25.30', 98°48.57'E,’” / “small creek ‘valley,’ mixed forest, ‘with bamboo, leaf litter,’ moss, ‘dead wood, sifted,’ 13.VI.2005, leg. M. Schülke [C2005-07A]” ( CS).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi).

Remarks. This species could be distinguished from its congeners by: 1) body large sized, dark colored; 2) temple quite dilated; 3) basal three antennomeres with both reddish apexes and bases; 4) densely-distributed small, rounded punctures on anterior 2/3 part of dorsal surface of head; 5) admedian row of pronotum consisting of 7–8 punctures; lateral row, curvedly arranged, of 8–9 punctures; 6) each side of elytra possessing 5–6 row of punctures; 7) interspaces between punctures on abdomen ca. 3–4 punctures’ diameter; 8) median lobe of aedeagus egg-like, with short parameres; 9) inner sac dark colored, overlapped at base 1/3, broad, without distinct large spines. Although it is similar to M. montanicus (Bordoni) , we could find the following differences: the less punctate head, smaller punctures on pronotum, fewer puncture rows on elytra, as well as inner sac morphology.