Lesteva sajanensis Zerche, 2000

Shavrin, Alexey V., Shilenkov, Viktor G. & Anistschenko, Alexander V., 2007, Two new species and additional records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from the mountains of South Siberia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), Zootaxa 1427, pp. 37-47 : 44

Lesteva sajanensis Zerche, 2000

( Figs. 3 , 15–16 )

Lesteva sajanensis Zerche, 2000:68 .

Material. RUSSIA: Krasnoyarsk Terr.: ɗ, 2ΨΨ, West Sayan, Kulumys Mts., 52°58'N 92°57'E, h= 1800 m, 11–18.vii.1985, under a stones at the edge of snow, V. Shilenkov leg. ( IGU, ISEA); 2ɗɗ, Ψ, West Sayan, Ermakovskyi district, Oyskyi pereval (=Oyskyi mountain pass), 8–10 km S Oyskoe lake, h= 1500–1800 m, 27–28.vi.1990, tundra, leg. S. Chernyshev ( ZIN, ISEA); ɗ, Ψ, West Sayan, 3 km S Olen`ya Rechka Station, 27–28.vi.1990, high subalpic zone, talus [Russian: kurumnik], soil traps, leg. V. Mordkovitch ( IGU, ZIN).

Distribution. Known only from the Kulumys and Oyskyi mountain ranges of the West Sayan.

Remarks. Habitus as in Fig. 3 . Aedeagus in two projections as in Figs. 15–16 .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Habitus of Lesteva. 1 — L. dabanensis sp. n.; 2 — L. barguzinica sp. n.; 3 — L. sajanensis Zerche; 4 — L. brathinoides Zerche. Scale bar 1.3 mm.

FIGURES 15 – 16. Aedeagus of Lesteva sajanensis Zerche. 15 — ventral view; 16 — lateral view. Scale bar 0.3 mm.