Domene (Macromene) chenae Peng & Li, 2014

Peng, Zhong, Sun, Zhuo, Li, Li-Zhen & Zhao, Mei-Jun, 2015, Four new species and additional records of Domene and Lathrobium from the Dayao Mountains, southern China, ZooKeys 508, pp. 113-126 : 115-116

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Domene (Macromene) chenae Peng & Li, 2014 Figs 1 D–F, 3

Material studied.

China: Guangxi: 1 ♂, Jinxiu Hsien, Shengtang Shan, 23°57'37"N, 110°06'46"E, 1300 m, 20.VII.2014, Peng, Song, Yan & Yu leg. (SNUC); 2 ♀♀, Jinxiu Hsien, Shengtang Shan, 23°59'N, 110°06'E, 1200-1400 m, 25.VII.2011, Peng, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC).

Comment.

Domene chenae was previously known only from Anjiangping in Guangxi. The above material indicates that this species is subject to considerable intraspecific variation. According to the description and illustrations provided by Feldmann et al. (2014), the distal halves of metafemora are brown (blackish brown in the material listed above, Fig. 1D) and the ventral process of aedeagus is slender (stouter in the material listed above, Figs 3 F–G). For illustrations of the material from Shengtang Shan and of the type material of Domene chenae see Figs 1 D–F, 3 and Feldmann et al. (2014), respectively.