Chinecallicerus schuelkei, Assing, 2004

Assing, Volker, 2018, Six new species of Chinecallicerus from China, with a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Geostibini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 47-63 : 51

Chinecallicerus schuelkei ASSING, 2004 ( Map 1 )

Chinecallicerus schuelkei ASSING, 2004: 7 f.

Aloconota sinica PACE, 2011: 202; nov.syn.

C o m m e n t: The original description of Aloconota sinica is based on a unique male from " China: N-Yunnan, Zhongdian Co., 33 km ESE Zhongdian, 27°41.5'N 100°00.7'E, 3200 m, 24.VIII.2003 " ( PACE 2011). The description of Chinecallicerus schuelkei is based on a female collected in the same locality and on the same date as the holotype of A. sinica. Based on the illustrations provided by PACE (2011), the holotype of A. sinica is undoubtedly conspecific with that of C. schuelkei ; hence the synonymy proposed above. For illustrations of the male primary and secondary sexual characters of C. schuelkei see figures 47-49 in PACE (2011).

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Chinecallicerus species in China: C. wrasei (black diamond); C. schuelkei (white circle); C. laevigatus and C. serratus (both black circle); C. subater (white diamond); C. reticulatus (black star); C. pinnatus (black triangle); C. grandicollis (grey star); C. carinatus (white triangle); C. orbiculatus (white star); C. transversus (black square); C. granulosissimus (white square); C. trituberculatus (grey triangle).