Stenus ovalis Tang, Li & Zhao, 2005

Liu, Sheng-Nan, Tang, Liang & Luo, Rong-Ting, 2017, Notes on the Stenuscirrus group of Zhejiang, East China, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 684, pp. 75-84 : 80-81

Stenus ovalis Tang, Li & Zhao, 2005 Figs 5, 6, 21-24

Stenus ovalis Tang, Li & Zhao, 2005: 613.

Material examined.

CHINA: Zhejiang: 1♂, Longquan City, Fengyangshan N.R., Mihougu, 27°55 ’0.18’’ N, 119°11 ’52.91’’ E, near stream, 1116 m. 03.V.2016, Jiang, Liu & Zhou leg. (SHNU).

Measurements.BL: 4.2 mm, FL: 1.9 mm. HW: 0.77 mm, PL: 0.62 mm, PW: 0.56 mm, EL: 0.69 mm, EW: 0.67 mm, SL: 0.52 mm. Head 1. 14 times as wide as elytra, pronotum 1.10 times as long as wide, elytra 1.03 times as long as wide.

Male. Sternite VIII (Fig. 21) with a shallow emargination at middle of posterior margin; sternite IX (Fig. 22) with short apicolateral projections, posterior margin serrate. Aedeagus (Figs 23-24) apical sclerotized portion roundly projected at apex; median longitudinal bands each with ventral band long, narrowed apically; lateral longitudinal bands short; expulsion clasps each with anterior plate distinctly separated from the posterior plate, rounded apically; copulatory tube moderately long, rather stout, with basal chamber submembranous, main tube distinctly divided into basal tube and api cal tube, the basal tube gently constricted near the middle, apical tube relatively thin; parameres longer median lobe, each with about 19 setae on apico-internal margins.

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang).

Remarks.

This is a new distributional locality of the species which is originally described from Wuyanling Nature Reserve of Zhejiang.