Parocyusa hebeiensis Pace, 1999

Assing, Volker, 2003, A revision of Calodera Mannerheim. III. A new species from Russia and a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 311 (1), pp. 1-7 : 6

Parocyusa hebeiensis Pace, 1999 , comb. n. ( Fig. 8 )

Calodera hebeiensis Pace, 1999: 116 .

Type examined. Holotype ♀: China, Hebei, Chengde, 3.x.1993, G. de Rougemont / Holotypus Calodera hebeiensis m., det. R. Pace 99 / Calodera hebeiensis n. sp., det. R. Pace 1999 / Parocyusa hebeiensis (Pace) det. V. Assing 2003 (Muséum d´histoire naturelle Genève).

Comments. An examination of the holotype of Calodera hebeiensis ( Fig. 8 ) revealed that it it is not a species of Calodera . It does not possess the antennal morphology that is so characteristic of the genus, nor does it have an anterior impression on the abdominal tergite VI. In fact, the type specimen somewhat resembles Parocyusa longitarsis (Erichson) , a species that is rather widespread in the Western Palaearctic region. It is distinguished from that species by its slighly smaller size, the distinctly shorter and more slender antennae, the slightly less slender pronotum, the slightly shorter elytra, and the different shape of the spermatheca, but in other respects both species are most similar. Consequently, C. hebeiensis Pace is here transferred to the genus Parocyusa Bernhauer.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Calodera lunata sp. n. (1–5), C. zerchei Assing (6–7), and Parocyusa hebeiensis (Pace) (8): 1, 7, 8 — facies; 2 — head and pronotum; 3 — median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 4 – median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 5 — apical part of median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view; 8 — forebody. Scale bars: 1, 6, 8: 1.0 mm; 2, 7: 0.5 mm; 3, 4: 0.2 mm; 5: 0.1 mm.