Eupines sphaerica (Motschulsky, 1851)

Li, Qi-Qi, Nomura, Shûhei, Cai, Bo & Yin, Zi-Wei, 2021, A new species and a new record of Eupines King from China and Japan (Coleoptera Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 4975 (3), pp. 574-580 : 578

Eupines sphaerica (Motschulsky, 1851)

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Eupines sphaerica (Motschulsky, 1851: 492) ; see Nomura (2004) for complete synonymy list.

Material examined. 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ‘ China: Hainan, Sanya City, Yacheng Town, Gangmen Vill., nr. Yugang Wharf (渔 AE码ĿȐữ), 18°21′20.77″N, 109°6′59.49″E, light trap, 19–20.viii.2020, Cai & Han leg., 海南三亚崖AELJ村渔 AE码ĿȐữ’ ( SNUC) .

Comments. Eupines sphaerica can be readily recognized by the globose body with a shining surface ( Fig. 4A ), the male protibiae are denticulate at its apical 2/5, and the characteristic form of the aedeagus ( Fig. 4B ). This widespread species is recorded from China for the first time.

Biology. All four adults were collected together with E. crinita sp. nov. by a light trap ( Fig. 5D ) in Sanya.

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyu Is.), China (new country record), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Borneo, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi), New Guinea.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Eupines sphaerica (Motschulsky, 1851). A habitus, female B aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm in A, 0.1 mm in B.

FIGURE 5. Collecting environment and technique for Eupines in China. A, B surrounding environments of the collecting sites C–E light traps set in situ.