Ontholestes murinus ( Linné, 1758 ), Linne, 1758

Yang, Zhuo & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Review of Chinese species of the genus Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with description of two species new to science, Zootaxa 3191, pp. 1-20 : 7

Ontholestes murinus ( Linné, 1758)

( Figs. 5A–H )

Linné, 1758:421); Westwood, 1838: 15; Stephens, 1839: 386; Westwood, 1845: 45; Ganglbauer, 1895: 418; Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 392; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1405; Aleksandrov, 1934: 153; Kirshenblat, 1936: 559; Coiffait, 1974: 377; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 38; Herman, 2001: 3427; Smetana, 2004: 679.

Syn. Staphylinus cupreus Geoffroy, 1785: 173 (Type locality: Paris).

Emus ruficornis Ménétriés, 1832: 148 (Type locality: Bakou).

Leistotrophus barthei Chapman, 1922: 17 (variety of murinus ; Type locality: Bourbon-Lancy [Saone-et-Loire]).

Material examined: CHINA: 3 females, Bero Hero Shan, Jining Ining-Hsien, 44°06’ SS 81°56’ VD, 1991. VII.26-31, Snižek coll. ( NMW); 1 male, 1 female, Moscow State, 1957. VIII.30. ( IZCAS).

Figures

FIGURES 5 A – H. Ontholestes murinus (Linné, 1758), male (A – E, H) and female (F, G). A—sternite VIII; B—tergite X; Csternite IX; D—aedeagus, ventral view; E—aedeagus, lateral view; F—genital segment with second gonocoxite; G—tergite X; H—head. Scale bar 1 mm.