Lesteva (s. str.) alesi Rougemont, 2017

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 : 2

Lesteva (s. str.) alesi Rougemont, 2017

( Figs 1A , 3 A–B, 4A–C, 34)

Lesteva (s. str.) alesi Rougemont, 2017: 108 .

Type locality. Hailuogou , Mt. Gongga, Sichuan Province, China .

Additional material examined (5 exs): 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Sichuan Prov., Luding County (泸定县), Hailuogou (海螺沟), 2800–3000 m, 24.vii.2006, Hu & Tang leg.’ (SNUC).

Comment. The original description was based on ten specimens collected in Hailuogou, Mt. Gongga, Sichuan ( Rougemont 2017). For illustrations of L. alesi see Figs 1A , 3 A–B, 4A–C and Rougemont (2017: figs 8, 8a). The distribution of L. alesi as in Fig. 34 .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. alesi; B—L. brevimacula. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males): L. alesi (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. brevimacula (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. cala (E—abdominal tergite VIII, F— abdominal sternite VIII); L. concava sp. nov. (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 34. Distribution of 24 species of Lesteva in China: 1—L. alesi, 2—L. aureomontis, 3—L. brevimacula, 4—L. cala, 5—L. chujoi, 6—L. davidiana, 7—L. elongata, 8—L. fikaceki, 9—L. flavopunctata, 10—L. hajeki, 11—L. jaechi, 12—L. lignipisces, 13—L. miragricola, 14—L. mollis, 15—L. nivalis, 16—L. obesa, 17—L. obliquonotata, 18—L. qinlingmontis, 19—L. ruficollis, 20—L. ruzickai, 21—L. schoenmanni, 22—L. smetanai, 23—L. tonitrumontis, 24—L. yunnanicola.