Borolinus semirufus ( Fauvel, 1895 )

Wu, Jie & Zhou, Hong-zhang, 2006, Description Of A New Species Of Borolinus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) From Yunnan, China, With Two New Records From Southern China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 215-223 : 218

Borolinus semirufus ( Fauvel, 1895)

( Figs. 12-20 )

Leptochirus semirufus Fauvel, 1895: 181 (type locality: Burma, Carin Cheba , 900-1100 m; Asciuii Cheba).

Priochirus semirufus Heller, 1898: 8 .

Borolinus semirufus Bernhauer, 1903: 134 ; Bernhauer & Schubert, 1910: 15; Cameron, 1930: 93; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1001; Herman, 2001: 1097.

Material examined. – 10 males, 5 females, China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla , 940 m, 19 Feb.2004, Jie Wu and Yongping Lu coll.( IOZ-CAS) ; 1 male, 1 female, China, Guangxi, Napo , 1005 m, 12 Apr.1998, Haisheng Zhou coll.( IOZ-CAS) ; 1 female,

Burma, Klima ex coll.( NMW); 2 males, 3 females , Tonkin, Hao- Binh, A. de Cooman coll.( IOZ-CAS) .

Diagnosis. – Head and abdomen black, pronotum and elytra reddish. This species is characterized by widely divergent inner lateral teeth, outer lateral teeth absent, mandible with two ventral teeth, vertex with a distinct fovea in middle of base, pronotum with two distinct foveae on each side of median sulcus.

Remarks. – New record for China.

Measurements. – Body length: 13-16 mm; HL: 0.98 mm; HW: 2.08 mm; PL: 1.95 mm; PW: 3.12 mm; EL: 2.70 mm; EW: 2.86 mm.

Distribution. – China (Guangxi; Yunnan), Vietnam, Burma.

Figures

Figs. 12-20. Borolinus semirufus: 12, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 13, aedeagus in dorsal view; 14, aedeagus in lateral view; 15, 9th abdominal sternite of male; 16, left half of 9th abdominal sternite of female; 17, mandibles; 18, 9th and 10th abdominal tergites of male; 19, labrum; 20, mentum. Scale bars: Figs. 12, 17 = 1 mm; Figs. 13-16, 18-20 = 0.25 mm.