Paederus (Megalopaederus) aequilobatus Assing, 2015

Cheng, Zhi-Fei & Peng, Zhong, 2019, A new species and additional records of brachypterous Paederus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of mainland China and Taiwan, Zootaxa 4686 (1), pp. 127-132 : 128

Paederus (Megalopaederus) aequilobatus Assing, 2015

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Material studied. China: Taiwan: 1 ♂, Pingdong Hsien, Wutai, Xiaoguihu , 22°43'N 120°46E, 1200 m, 04.IV.1998, Chen leg. ( SNUC) .

Comment: The original description is based on type specimens collected in Peitawu Shan, Pingdong Hsien, Taiwan ( Assing 2015a). This species is subject to considerable intraspecific variation of characters such as the shape of the pronotum ( Fig. 1A ), the shape of the dorsal plate and the internal structures of the aedeagus ( Figs 1 D–F). For illustrations of P. aequilobatus see figure 1 and Assing (2015a: figures 6, 25, 44, 62, 123–125, 166–170).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Paederus (Megalopaederus) aequilobatus Assing, 2015.A—Habitus; B—male tergite VIII; C—male sternite VIII; D—aedeagus in ventral view; E—aedeagus in lateral view; F—aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bars: A 3.0 mm, B–F 1.0 mm.