Stenus (Hemistenus) pullidistortus Zhao & Zhou, 2005

Zhao, Cai-Yun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2006, A new species of Stenus (Hemistenus) with new records and a key to Chinese species of the viridanus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Zootaxa 1304 (1), pp. 21-29 : 24

2. Stenus (Hemistenus) pullidistortus Zhao & Zhou, 2005 ( Fig. 1 )

Zhao & Zhou 2005: 103 (subgenus Hemistenus ; type locality: China: Sichuan) .

Material examined. China: Sichuan: 2 males, 3 females, Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 4 Sep. 2005, Hong­Zhang Zhou collected ; 1 female, Baoxing , Feng­tong­zhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 3 Sep. 2005, Hong­Zhang Zhou collected ; 1 female, Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 2 Sep. 2005, Hong­Zhang Zhou and Zhao Cai­Yun collected ; 2 males, 2 females, Bao­xing, Feng­tongzhai , Da­shui­gou (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 4 Sep. 2005, Cai­Yun Zhao collected ; 2 males, 14 ex., Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai, Da­shui­gou (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 3 Sep. 2005, Xiao­Yan Li collected ; 1 female, Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai, Da­shui­gou (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1500 m, 3 Sep. 2005, Ye­Jun Zhang collected ; 3 males, Emei mountain (103.5°E, 29.62°N), 28 Aug. 2005, Cai­Yun Zhao collected ; 1 female, Emei mountain (103.5°E, 29.62°N), 29 Aug. 2005, Xiao­Yan Li collected .

Remarks. Among the specimens collected since we had described this species we found female specimens. The spermatheca is illustrated in Fig. 1 . After careful examination, we found the paraglossae of this species are coniform.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Details of Stenus pullidistortus Zhao & Zhou (1), S. scopulus Zheng (2), S. uncinulatus, sp. n. (3–7) and S. wuyimontium Puthz (8). Spermatheca (1–2, 6, 8), aedeagus (3), male sternite 9 (4), male sternite 8 (5), median hook of aedeagus (7). Scale bars 0.1mm.