Protocypus fulvotomentosus ( Eppelsheim, 1889 )

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China, Zootaxa 4291 (3), pp. 458-480 : 466-469

3. Protocypus fulvotomentosus ( Eppelsheim, 1889)

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Eppelsheim, 1889: 172 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Goerius ; Type locality: Kan-ssu); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 386 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); J. Müller, 1923: 196 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Protocypus ); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1393 ( Staphylinus ; synonym of dorsalis ); J. Müller, 1943: 97 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Protocypus ; valid species; characters); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 33, 44 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; lectotype designation); Herman, 2001: 3378 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2005: 273 ( Protocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1099 ( Protocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Syn.: Staphylinus hauseri Bernhauer, 1933 (Type locality: Kalgan, Inn-shan, 980–2100 m); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 33, 44 (synonym of fulvotomentosus ).

Material examined. CHINA: Beijing : 6 males, 3 females, Dongling Shan, 1820–1935 m, natural birch forest, 1100 m, pitfall traps, 15–18.VII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 10 males, 6 females, Dongling Shan, 1225 m, mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VIII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 15 males, 7 females, Mentougou, Xiaolongmen , 1800 m, pitfall traps, 7.VIII.1993, coll. Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm , 1225 m, mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 18–21.VII.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 7 males, 2 females, south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm , 1225 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 18–21.VII.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); Ningxia Province (New Record) : 1 female, Liupanshan, Dongshanpo Forest Farm, 2100 m, individually collected, 5.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao ( IZ- CAS) ; 13 males, 5 females, Liupanshan, Dongshanpo Forest Farm, 2100 m, broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 7.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 9 males, 6 females, Liupanshan, Hongxia Forest Farm, 2100 m, forest, pitfall traps, 29.VI.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, Liupanshan, Hongxia Forest Farm, 2100 m, individually collected under stone, 28.VI.29, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 5 males, 3 females, Liupanshan, Heshangpu Forest Farm, 2100 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 5.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 8 males, 5 females, Liupanshan, Qiuqianjia Forest Farm, 2100 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 13.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); Shanxi Province (New Record) : 3 males, 1 female, Pangquangou Nature Reserve, Dashagou , 1800 m, spruce forest, 5.VII.2004, coll. Caiyun Zhao (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 22.4–23.8 mm. CL: 0.75; EL: 3.22; ELS: 1.39; EW: 4.07; HL: 3.00; HW: 3.57; PO: 1.43; PL: 4.01; PW: 3.76.

Distribution. Protocypus fulvotomentosus is at present known from Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Ningxia and Shanxi.