Bellatheta daxuensis ( PACE, 1999 ) Assing, 2021

Assing, Volker, 2021, New species, synonymies, combinations, and records of micropterous Athetini from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 87-101 : 90

Bellatheta daxuensis ( PACE, 1999) , comb. nov.

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Material examined: China: Sichuan: 4 , Gongga Shan , NE-slope , 29°55'N, 102°01'E, 4140 m, 13. VI .2011, leg. Grebennikov ( CNC, cAss); 1 , Gongga Shan , NE-slope , 29°56'N, 101°59'E, 3550 m, 17. VI .2011, leg. Grebennikov ( CNC).

The original description is based on a unique female from Daxue Shan ( PACE 1999). The species was subsequently recorded again and the male sexual characters were illustrated by ASSING (2002). The above specimens represent the first records from Gongga Shan. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distributions of micropterous Bellatheta species in China:B. qiliana (black circles); B. proiecta (black diamond); B. daxuensis (white circles); B. aucticeps (black triangle); B. smetanai (white triangles); B. excaecata (white diamond); B. diacangica (black star).