Lesteva, Latreille, 1797

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2017, New species and records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), Zootaxa 4306 (1), pp. 108-120 : 120

Lesteva (s.str.) sp.4.

Material : CHINA: SICHUAN PROVINCE: 1 ♀: ‘ CHINA: SICHUAN PROV . , | Wolong National Nature | Reserve, Namasi vill., | 2145 m, 23. VI.2014, | 31°01ʹ28ʹʹN 103°09ʹ40ʹʹE.’, ‘sift #25, shrubs in close valley at base of rocks, above small water dam, side valley, | J. Hájek, J. Růžička leg.’ (temporarily in cS, to be eventually deposited in NMPC) .

Remarks. This dark coloured unnamed species, based on the presence and shape of small reddish maculae on elytra, is similar to Chinese L. (s.str.) brevimaculata Ma et al., 2012, L. (s.str.) fikaceki, L. (s.str.) flavopunctata Rougemont, 2000 and L. (s.str.) rufopunctata rufopunctata , but differs by more convex and wide pronotum and elytra.