Ontholestes tessellatus (Geoffroy, 1785)

(Figs. 10A–H)

Geoffroy, 1785: 165; Ganglbauer, 1895: 418; Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 392; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1406; Aleksandrov, 1934: 153; Kirshenblat, 1936: 558; Smetana, 1959: 399; Coiffait, 1974: 374; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 38; Herman, 2001: 3431; Smetana, 2004: 679.

Syn. Staphylinus secundus Schaeffer, 1766: iv, 11 (Type locality: Ratisbon).

Staphylinus nebulosus Fabricius, 1793: 520 (preoccupied; Type locality: Germania).

Staphylinus hybridus Marsham, 1802: 500 (Type locality: Britain).

Material examined: CHINA: 8 males, 4 females, Heilongjiang, Ha’erbin, 1955. VI.20–22 (IZCAS); 2 males, 1female, NE China [Ertsentientze + Maoershan + Hengtaohotze + Harbin, Manchuria], 1941.VI. –VIII, & 1954.VI. –VII, Zhiyin Li coll. (IZCAS); 1 female, Heilongjiang, Chonghe, 1952. VIII.22 (IZCAS); 1 male, Liaoning, Gaolingzi, 1941. VII.12 (IZCAS); 1 male, Heilongjiang, Dailing, Liangshuigou, 1957. VII.3 (IZCAS).