Linan huapingensis, Yin & Li, 2013

Yin, Zi-Wei & Li, Li-Zhen, 2013, Five new species of the genera Labomimus and Linan from Guangxi, South China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 141-153 : 148-149

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5740186
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5740330
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB1B05-FFED-FF9F-E7CF-FC4BFD95F9D2
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Linan huapingensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Linan huapingensis View in CoL sp. nov.

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Type locality. China, Guangxi Province, Lingui County, Huaping Natural Reserve, An-Jiang-Ping, 1700 m a.s.l., 25°35′46″N, 109°55′41″E.

Type material (3JJ, 2♀♀). HOLOTYPE: J, labeled ‘ CHINA: Guangxi Prov. / Lingui County / Huaping, Anjiangping / 17.vii.2011, 1400–1700 m / Zhong Peng leg. // HOLOTYPE (red) / Linan huapingensis / sp. n., Yin & Li / det. 2012, SNUC’. PATATYPES: 1 J, same label data as holotype ; l ♀, same label data except ‘ 14.vii.2012 ’; 1 J, 1 ♀, same label data except ‘ 17.vii.2012 / W. J. He & L. Tang leg.’ All paratypes bear the following label: ‘ PARATYPE (yellow) / Linan huapingensis / sp. n., Yin & Li / det. 2012, SNUC’.

Diagnosis. Reddish brown; medium-sized; postgenae rounded; antennomeres IX–XI enlarged and modified; pronotum with lateral margins rounded laterally; with long, thin metaventral processes; metatrochanter spinose ventrally; aedeagus with nearly symmetric median lobe.

Description. Male ( Fig. 4B View Fig ). Length 2.71–2.75. Head longer than wide, HL 0.67–0.68, HW 0.55–0.56; eyes each composed of about 20 facets.Antennal club as in Fig. 6A View Fig . Pronotum ( Fig. 6B View Fig ) slightly longer than wide, PL 0.60–0.61, PW 0.56–0.58, with lateral margins rounded. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.61–0.62, EW 0.98–1.00. Metaventral processes thin and long ( Fig. 6C View Fig ). Protrochanters and profemora simple ( Fig. 6D View Fig ), mesotrochanters ( Fig. 6E View Fig ) with tiny ventral spine, metatrochanters ( Fig. 6F View Fig ) with short triangular ventral spine. Abdomen large, AL 0.83–0.84, AW 1.05–1.06. Sternite IX as in Fig. 6G View Fig . Aedeagus length 0.36; with nearly symmetric median lobe ( Figs. 6H–J View Fig ).

Female. Similar to male in general; BL 2.56–2.67, HL 0.66–0.67, HW 0.54–0.56, PL 0.58–0.59, PW 0.55–0.67, EL 0.56–0.60, EW 0.96–1.01, AL 0.76–0.81, AW 1.05–1.10. Eyes each composed of about 13 facets. Antennae simple; metaventral processes absent.

Comparative notes. The new species is placed as a member of the L. cardialis group based on the modified antennal clubs in male. The protibiae lacking an apical spur, combined with the short elytra, the form of the antennomeres X, and the long metaventral processes with rounded apices readily separate the new species from the other members of the group.

Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Huaping Natural Reserve.

Biology. Individuals were collected by sifting leaf litter along a road to the peak in a broadleaved forest ( Fig. 8B View Fig ).

Distribution. South China: Guangxi.