Ocypus (Pseudocypus) orodes Smetana, 2007

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China, Zootaxa 4339 (1), pp. 1-77 : 57-59

19. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) orodes Smetana, 2007

(Figs. 19-1, 19-2)

Smetana, 2007: 47 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1093 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 male, west of Heishui County, Shashiduoxiang , 2740 m, coniferous forests, pitfall traps, 23–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, 2 females, west of Heishui County, Shashiduoxiang , 2775 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests, pitfall traps, 23–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 5 males, 3 females, west of Heishui County, Shashiduoxiang , 2880 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests, pitfall traps, 23–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males, 4 females, west of Heishui County, Shashiduoxiang , 3100 m, coniferous forests, pitfall traps, 23–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 2 females, northeast of Heishui County, Kalonggou , 2890 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests, pitfall traps, 25–27.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, northeast of Heishui County, Kalonggou , 2985 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests, pitfall traps, 25–27.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 9 males, 3 females, northwest of Heishui County, Sandagu , 3020 m, coniferous forests, pitfall traps, 24–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, 3 females, northwest of Heishui County, Sandagu , 3020 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests, pitfall traps, 24–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 18.3–23.2 mm. CL: 0.72; EL: 2.90; ELS: 1.32; EW: 3.42; HL: 2.85; HW: 3.34; PO: 1.48; PL: 3.60; PW: 3.28.

Female. Second gonocoxite relatively long, with apical portion quite long and thin. Apical portion of tergite 10 markedly narrowed, strongly sclerotized.

Distribution. Ocypus orodes is at present known from northwestern Sichuan Province.