Platylomalus sauteri ( Bickhardt, 1912 )

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 18-21

Platylomalus sauteri ( Bickhardt, 1912)

Bickhardt, 1912: 125 (Type locality: Taiwan: Fuhosho; orig. comb.: Paromalus sauteri ); 1913: 175 (Hoozan, Taihorin, Sokutsu); Desbordes, 1919: 401 (key); Cooman, 1948: 139 ( Platylomalus ; notes, figures); Mazur, 1984: 136 (catalogue); 1997: 184 (catalogue); Löbl & Smetana, 2004: 75 (catalogue).

FIGURES 83–95. Platylomalus oceanitis (Marseul) 83. Pronotum, elytra and propygidium; 84. Prosternum, meso- and metaventrite, and the first visible abdominal sternum; 85. Female pygidium; 86–87. Aedeagus, lateral and dorsal views; 88. Apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 89–90. Male 8th tergite, dorsal and lateral views; 91–92. Male 9th and 10th tergites, lateral and dorsal views; 93–94. Male 8th sternum, ventral and lateral views; 95. Male 9th sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 83, 84 = 0.5 mm; 85–95 = 0.25 mm.

Material examined. CHINA: Taiwan: 1 male, Hoozan (= Fengshan, Kaohsiung Hsien), 1923.V, T. Shiraki coll. (Y. Miwa det.); 1 female, Karapin (Chia-i Hsien, Alishan), near Ari, 1938. V.7, Yoshio Yano coll.; Sichuan: 1 female, Baoxing, Ruobigou, 1600 m, dead wood, 2003. VIII.13, Jie Wu coll. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Taiwan); Burma.

FIGURES 96–111. Platylomalus submetallicus (Lewis) 96. Pronotum, elytra and propygidium; 97. Prosternum, meso- and metaventrite, and the first visible abdominal sternum; 98. Male pygidium; 99. Female pygidium; 100–101. Aedeagus, lateral and dorsal views; 102. Apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 103–104. Male 8th tergite, dorsal and lateral views; 105–106. Male 9th and 10th tergites, dorsal and lateral views; 107–109. Male 8th sternum, dorsal, ventral and lateral views; 110–111. Male 9th sternum, ventral and lateral views. Scale bars: 96, 97 = 0.5 mm; 98–111 = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 112–122. Platylomalus tonkinensis (Cooman) 112. Female pronotum, elytra, propygidium and pygidium; 113. Prosternum, meso- and metaventrite, and the first visible abdominal sternum; 114. Aedeagus, lateral view; 115. Apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 116–117. Male 8th tergite, dorsal and lateral views; 118–119. Male 9th and 10th tergites, dorsal and lateral views; 120–121. Male 8th sternum, ventral and lateral views; 122. Male 9th sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 112, 113 = 0.5 mm; 114–122 = 0.25 mm.