Carpelimus (s.str.) elegantus Gildenkov, 2012

Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu., 2015, New Records Of The Genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) From Taiwan, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 15 (2), pp. 393-403 : 395-396

Carpelimus (s.str.) elegantus Gildenkov, 2012

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, 16 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien (Dist.), Peiyuan , Tung-ho , elev.ca 200 m, 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Peiyuan, Tai’ tung Co. , Tungho , 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Peiyuan, Tai’ tung Co. , Tungho 200m. alt., 12-VI-1972 C.I. Cheng & T.S. Ho ” ( FMNH) ; 9 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien (Dist.), Taiguan , Tung-ho , elev. ca 100m, 1-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 1female, 6 specimens “ TAIWAN:T‘ai-tung Hsien (Dist.), Shih-nan , Peiyuan , Tungho , elev.ca 200m, 2-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap. F. J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Shih-nan, Peiyuan, Tungho , Taitung Co. , 2-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap. F. J. Santana ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Hsinchu Hsien (Dist.), Kuanhsi , 8-X-1970 ” “ white light trap. P.C. Lien ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Nan-t’ou Hsien (Dist.), Wu she, elev. ca 1150m, 24-VIII-1973 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: I-Ian Hsien (Dist.), Nan-ao , 12-X-1973 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) .

Remarks. The species is described from Pakistan ( Gildenkov, 2012) and known from China (Guizhou, Homgkong) ( Gildenkov, 2014b). Recently it was recorded (our data) from Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Sulawesi), Japan (Okinawa), Malaysia ( Malacca), Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Eastern Visayas), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. C. elegantus is here reported for Taiwan for the first time.

Carpelimus (s.str.) indicus (Kraatz, 1859) ( flavipes Motschulsky, 1861 ; ceylonicus Bernhauer, 1902 ; kreyenbergi Bernhauer, 1928 – syn. in Gildenkov, 2014: 298)

Material examined: 1 male “ Formosa Sautter ” “ Takao ” “ 27 Dez. 1906 ” “ Chicago NHMus. M.Bernhauer Collection ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ Formosa Sautter ” “ Takao ” “ Taker 29. III. 87 (1887) Grabenrand ” “ biimpressus Cam. , det. Bernhauer ” “Chicago NHMus. M.Bernhauer Collection ” ( FMNH) ; 3 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist. ), Peiyuan, Tung-ho, elev. ca 200 m, 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 17 specimens “ TAIWAN: P‘ing-tung Hsien (Dist.), Ch‘ao-chou, 29-VIII-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 5 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist. ), Taiguan, Tung-ho, elev. ca 100m, 1-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2

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specimens “ TAIWAN: I-Ian Hsien (Dist.), Nan-ao, 12-X-1973 ” “black light trap, F.J. Santana” ( FMNH) ; 5 specimens “ TAIWAN: P‘ing-tung Hsien (Dist.), Ku-lou , 31-VIII-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2 specimens “ TAIWAN: Hsinchu Hsien (Dist.), Kuanhsi , 8-X-1970 ” “ white light trap. P.C. Lien ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Hua-lien Hsien (Dist.), Feng-pin , 15-IV-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2 specimens “ TAIWAN: Hua-lien Hsien (Dist.), Fengpin , 14-IV-1975> “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) .

Remarks. The lectotype was designated from India ( Gildenkov, 2010). The species is widely distributed in the Oriental region (our data): Andaman islands, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java), Japan (Okinawa), Laos, Malaysia (including Borneo), Myanma, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. In the Palaearctic it is known from Japan, China (N-Sichuan), Pakistan, China (Fuzhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hongkong, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) ( Gildenkov, 2001, 2009, 2012, 2014b). C. indicus is here reported for Taiwan for the first time.