Paederus xui PENG & LI, 2015

Assing, Volker, 2015, On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 163-190 : 171

Paederus xui PENG & LI, 2015 ( Map 3 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Paratypes: 1♀ [teneral]: " CHINA (S. Shaanxi) Micang Shan , 33 km S Hanzhong, 32°44'44''N, 106°52'46''E 1360 m (stream valley, forest margin with tall herbaceous vegetation, pitfall traps, vinegar) 15.-16.VIII.2012 D.W. Wrase [30A]" (cSch); 2♀♀: " CHINA: S-Shaanxi [CH12-31], Micang Shan, 40 km SW Hanzhong, 32°52'25''N, 106°37'11''E, 1530 m, N-slope, mixed secondary forest, litter and moss sifted, 16.VIII.2012, leg. M. Schülke " (cSch, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on six type specimens from "Micang Shan, Daba, 32°40'N, 107°02'E " and the above specimens ( PENG et al. 2015). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 3 .

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Map 3: Distributions of Harpopaederus species in the Qinling Shan and the Daba Shan in Shaanxi, Hubei, North Sichuan, and Chongqing (some doubtful female-based literature records omitted): Paederus xui (filled diamonds); P. konfuzius (open stars); P. brevior (triangles); P. lineodenticulatus (open circles); P. cultellatus (filled triangle); P. apfelsinicus (filled circles); P. multidenticulatus (open triangle).