Tetrabothrus puetzi ASSING, 2009

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.1.13-111
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5462727
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scientific name	Tetrabothrus puetzi ASSING, 2009
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Tetrabothrus puetzi ASSING, 2009 View in CoL

Tetrabothrus taiwanensis PACE, 2010: 24 View in CoL ; syn. nov.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: “ Taiwan, Taitung Hsien, Foothills of Hsinkangshan nr. Chengkung , 350–400 m, 19.VII.93, A. Smetana [T155] / Holotypus Tetrabothrus taiwanensis mihi, det. R. Pace 2005 / Tetrabothrus taiwanensis mihi, det. R. Pace 2005 / Tetrabothrus puetzi Assing , det. V. Assing 2015” ( MCSNV).

Additional material examined: Laos: 1 ♀, Phongsaly province, Ban Sano Mai , 21°21'N, 102°03'E, 1150 m, 19.–26.V.2004, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Louangphrabang province, 5 km W Ban Song Cha , 1200 m, 12.–16.V.1999, Kubáň (cAss) ; 2 ♀♀, Oudomxai province, 17 km ENE Oudom Xai, 20°45'N, 102°09'E, 1100 m, 1.–19.V.2002, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB) GoogleMaps .

Comment: Tetrabothrus puetzi was originally described from the Chinese province Yunnan and subsequently reported also from Guangdong ( ASSING 2009, YAN & LI 2015b). The original description of T. taiwanensis is based on a male holotype and a male paratype from the environs of Chengkung in Taitung Hsien ( PACE 2010). YAN & LI (2015b) already suspected that T. taiwanensis was a synonym of T. puetzi . An examination of the holotype of T. taiwanensis confirmed this suspicion; hence the synonymy proposed above. The above specimens from Laos represent new country records.