10. Miobdelus eppelsheimi (Reitter, 1887)

(Figs. 10-1, 10-2)

Reitter, 1887: 214 ( Ocypus; Type locality: Flussthal Bytchu, 13,000 F); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 385 ( Staphylinus; subgenus Ocypus; catalog); J. Müller, 1926a: 31 ( Staphylinus; subgenus Pseudocypus; notes); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1393 ( Staphylinus; catalog); Coiffait, 1974: 513 ( Pseudocypus; characters; central Asia; Siberia); Smetana and Davies, 2000: 43 ( Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus); Smetana, 2004: 673 ( Ocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2009: 25 ( Miobdelus; Lectotype designated); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1085 ( Miobdelus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Syn.: Miobdelus montivagus Smetana, 2001: 196 (Type locality: Sichuan: pass Zhedou Shankou, W Kangding, W slope, 29°59’N, 101°47’E, 4000 m); Smetana, 2004: 675 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2005b: 572 (new records at elevations below 3000 m); Smetana, 2009: 25 (synonym of Miobdelus eppelsheimi); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1085 (synonym of Miobdelus eppelsheimi; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 7 males, 10 females, northeastern Heishui County, Kalonggou, 2855 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forest, pitfall traps, 25–27.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ- CAS);15 males, 8 females, northeastern Heishui County, Kalonggou, 2985 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 25– 27.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 females, western Heishui County, Shashiduo Village, 3420 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forest, pitfall traps, 23–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, northwestern Heishui County, Sandagu, 2955–3080 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 24–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 3 females, northwestern Heishui County, Sandagu, 3020–3220 m, mixed broadleaf-conifer forest, pitfall traps, 24–26.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 4 females, northern Jiulong County, 3455–3935 m, fir forest, pitfall traps, 8–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 females, northern Jiulong County, 3745 m, young spruce forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 3 males, northern Jiulong County, 3845 m, deforested fir forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, northern Jiulong County, 3750 m, grassy marshland, pitfall traps, 11–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, northern Jiulong County, 3750 m, willow forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 3 females, northern Jiulong County, 3750 m, alpine rhododendron forest, pitfall traps, 8–14.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 female, southern Jiulong County, 3665 m, Cyclobalanopsis glauca shrub, pitfall traps, 9–12.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 2 females, southwestern Jiulong County, 3540 m, mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 10–13.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 female, southwestern Jiulong County, 3675 m, grassy marshland and Cyclobalanopsis glauca shrub, pitfall traps, 10–13.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 7 females, southwestern Jiulong County, 4135 m, alpine rhododendron forest, pitfall traps, 10–13.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 3 males, 1 female, Yajiang County, Gaoershi Shan, 4135 m, alpine rhododendron forest, individually collected, 28.V.2009, coll. Hongbin Liang (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Maerkang, 2506 m, 20.VII.1983, coll. Ruiqi Wang (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Xiangcheng, 3200 m, 26.VII.1982, coll. Huaicheng Cai (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Nanping, Jiuzaigou, 2850–3000 m, 3.IX.1983, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS); Yunnan Province: 1 male, Zhongdian, northern Wongshui, 4145 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 24–25.VII.2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 males, Shangrila, Xiaozhongdian, Tianbaoshan, 27.58517°, 99.87586°, 3530m, 18.IX.2007, coll. Lianghong Bin (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 13.5–16.8 mm. CL: 0.74; EL: 2.85; ELS: 1.46; EW: 2.88; HL: 2.18; HW: 2.29; PO: 0.94; PL: 2.55; PW: 2.21.

Distribution. Miobdelus eppelsheimi is at present known from the provinces of Gansu, Heilongjiang, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan in China and Eastern Siberia in Russia.