Lesteva (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000

Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, Zootaxa 4560 (1), pp. 1-39 : 12

Lesteva (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000

( Figs 7B , 8 G–H, 10D–F, 27)

Lesteva (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000: 160 ; Shavrin 2014: 295 , 2017: 112.

Type locality. Mt. Mogan and Mt. Longwang, Zhejiang Province ; Mt. Jiulong , Huitong County, Hunan Province, China .

Additional material examined (294 exs): 25 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tainzhu (天柱山), 960–1250 m, 23–25.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 45 ♂♂, 45 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang. (龙王山), 300–1200 m, 23–25.iv.2004, Chen, Chi, Hu, Huang, Li, Tang, Li-Long, Zhu & Jing-Wen, Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 54 ♂♂, 51 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang. (龙王山), 250–1200 m, 24–27.iv.2006, Li, Ling, Shen, Tang, Wang & Yuan leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目山), alt. 800 m, 2.v.2001, Li, & Song leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. West Tianmu (西天目山), 300–400 m, 11–23.viii.2009, Li-Zhen Li leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), alt. 650 m, 25.iv.2008, He & Tang leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 11 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 10 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lishui City (丽水市), Qingyuan County (庆元县), Baishanzu N. R. (百山祖自然保护区), 1150–1450 m, 18–22.v.2009, Lie Ning leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Mt. Wuchao (午潮山), alt. 200 m, 10.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ ( SNUC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Guizhou Prov., Zunyi City (遵义市), Suiyang County (绥阳县), Kuankuoshui N. R. (宽阔水保护区), 1530–1550 m, 07–08.vi.2010, Lu, Yin & Zhai leg.’ ( SNUC) .

Comment. The previously known distribution of L. elegantula included Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces ( Rougemont 2000; Shavrin 2013, 2017). The above material from Anhui and Guizhou represent new provincial records ( Fig. 27 ). For illustrations of L. elegantula see Figs 7B , 8 G–H, 10D–F, and Rougemont (2000: figs 6, 21a–b) and Shavrin (2017: figs 13–14).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. dabashanensis; B—L. elegantula. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 8. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males, dorsal view) of Lesteva: L. cooteri (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. cordicollis (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. dabashanensis (E— abdominal tergite VIII, F—abdominal sternite VIII); L. elegantula (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 27. Distribution of Lesteva elegantula in China.