Nepalota fellowesi PACE, 2004: 508 On the Nepalota fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini) Assing, Volker Linzer biologische Beiträge 2015 2015-07-31 47 1 207 248 46X4J PACE, 2004 Pace 2004 [178,496,1031,1053] Insecta Staphylinidae Nepalota Animalia Coleoptera 20 227 Arthropoda species fellowesi  ( Figs 65-74, Map 3)      Nepalota fellowesi PACE, 2004: 508.  Type material examined  Holotype ♂: " CHINA Guangdong, Da Wu Ling,  1500 m, 26.IV.97, J. Fellowes/ Rougemont Collection/ Holotypus  Nepalota fellowesim., det. R. Pace1998 / Nepalota fellowesi sp. n., det. R. Pace 1998/ Nepalota fellowesi Pace, det. V. Assing2015" ( IRSNB).  Paratype ♀: same data as holotype (IRSNB). Additional material examined: China: 4♂♂, 6♀♀: Yunnan, NNE Pingbian, 23°01'N, 103°42'E, 1500 m, subtropical broad-leaved forest, litter sifted, 26.VIII.2014, leg. Assing (cAss).  Comment: This species was described from " China, Guandong, Da Wu Ling" ( PACE 2004), based on a male holotypeand two female paratypes. The examined type material is in rather poor condition. The holotypehas one elytron missing, its aedeagus is somewhat deformed, and the spermatheca of the paratypeis completely deformed. Since the description and illustrations provided by PACE (2004)are incomplete and somewhat misleading, respectively, a redescription and new illustrations are given.  Redescription: Body length 3.3-4.5 mm; length of forebody 1.6-1.9 mm. Coloration: head blackish-brown to blackish; pronotum dark-brown to blackish-brown; elytra brown to dark-brown; abdomen blackish-brown, with the anterior segments often slightly paler and with the posterior margins of the segements narrowly reddish to reddish-brown; legs yellowish; antennae reddish-brown with the basal 2-3 antennomeres and antennomere XI reddish. Head ( Fig. 65) weakly transverse; dorsal surface with distinct microreticulation and with very fine and sparse punctation. Eyes moderately large, slightly longer than postocular region in dorsal view. Antenna ( Fig. 66) slender, 1.2-1.3 mmlong; antennomere IV weakly oblong or approximately as long as broad; antennomeres V-X of gradually increasing width and increasingly transverse; preapical antennomeres moderately transverse; antennomere XI apically acute, slightly longer than the combined length of IX and X. Pronotum ( Fig. 65) 1.20-1.25 times as broad as long and approximately 1.4 times as broad as head, without sexual dimorphism; disc with distinct microreticulation and with very fine punctation. Elytra ( Fig. 65) approximately 0.9 times as long as pronotum; punctation dense and fine; interstices with distinct microreticulation and subdued shine. Hind wings fully developed. Abdomen with distinct transverse microsculpture; anterior portions of tergites III-VII impunctate; posterior portions of tergites III-V with moderately sparse, those of tergites VI-VII with very sparse punctation; pubescence predominantly composed of very thin setae; tergites III and VII without sexual dimorphism. ♂: tergite VIII ( Fig. 67) approximately as long as broad and with distinctly convex posterior margin; sternite VIII ( Fig. 68) oblong, somewhat longer than tergite VIII, and strongly convex posteriorly; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 69-70) approximately 0.6 mmlong, conspicuously long and slender; paramere ( Fig. 71) approximately 0.55 mmlong, shorter than median lobe, and with slender apical lobe with two long black setae.  ♀: tergite VIII ( Fig. 72) approximately as long as broad and with distinctly convex posterior margin; sternite VIII ( Fig. 73) moderately transverse and with broadly convex posterior margin, middle of posterior margin not concave; spermatheca ( Fig. 74) approximately 0.4 mmlong, with rather long capsule.  Comparative notes: This species is characterized particularly by the conspicuous shape and internal structures of the median lobe of the aedeagus.  Distribution and natural history: The known distribution is confined to one locality in Guangdongand one at the foot of Dawei Shannear Pingbian, southeastern Yunnan( Map 3). The specimens from Yunnanwere sifted from leaf litter in a subtropical broad-leaved forest at an altitude of 1500 m, together with  N. guangdongensisand  N. crocea. 4416015305 1997-04-26 IRSNB J. Fellowes China R. Pace & V. Assing 1500 Da Wu Ling Da Wu Ling 20 227 1 1 Guangdong holotype 3806464435 [332,743,1162,1189] 20 227 paratype 3806464321 23.016666 103.7 20 227