Echiaster unicolor BERNHAUER, 1922

Assing, V. & I, North, 2014, Three new species and additional records of Echiaster from Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1087-1096 : 1088-1089

Echiaster unicolor BERNHAUER, 1922

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Material examined: Taiwan: 2 exs., Taitung Hsien, Hsinkangshan, above Chengkang , 900 m, 19.IV.1995, leg. Smetana [ T184 ] (cSme, cAss) ; 6 exs., Taichung, Chipen-wenchuan , 400 m, 24.-27.IV.2001, leg. Sugaya ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 6 exs., same data, but 6.-8.XI.2000 ( MNHUB, cAss). China: 2 exs., W-Sichuan, Ganzi Tibet. Aut. Pref. , Luding Co., tributary of Da He river , 29°53'N, 102°13'E, 1250 m, river bank, 21.VI.1999, leg. Wrase (cRou) ; 1 ex., Fujian, Wuyi Shan, Qiliqiao-Guadun road, 27.75°N, 117.64°E, 1200 m, mixed forest litter, 1.VI.2001, leg. Cooter & Hlavác (cRou) ; 1 ex., Guangxi, Maoer Shan , 23.VIII.1998, leg. Fellowes (cRou) .

Comment Echiaster unicolor is rather common in Taiwan. In China, the species was previously known from Zhejiang, Yunnan, and Hunan provinces ( ASSING 2011). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distribution of Echiaster species in Asia. Echiaster discrepans (white circles); E. bivirgatus (white diamonds); E. maior (white triangles); E. paulexcisus (black diamond); E. unicolor (black circles).