Syndicus (Semisyndicus) schuelkei Jałoszyński

Yin, Zi-Wei & Li, Li-Zhen, 2015, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Syndicus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) in China, Zootaxa 3918 (3), pp. 415-423 : 420

Syndicus (Semisyndicus) schuelkei Jałoszyński

Figs 4 A, 5A–D

Syndicus (Semisyndicus) schuelkei Jałoszyński, 2011: 26 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, labeled ‘ China: Yunnan Prov., Lushui County [ae*θ], Pianma [ff⅓] [W. slope of Gaoligong Shan (¼ϔWM)], 15-V-2009, alt., 2300 m, Jian-Qing ZHU leg’.

Description of female. Females ( Fig. 4 A) similar to males in external morphology; BL 2.97–2.99 mm; HL 0.52 mm; HW 0.64–0.65 mm; AnL 1.38–1.42 mm, relative lengths of antennomeres: 1.4: 1.5: 1.7: 1.6: 1.6: 1.5: 1.6: 1.5: 1.6: 1.4: 1.7; PL 0.84–0.86 mm; PWb 0.59–0.60 mm; PWm 0.71 mm; EL 1.59–1.63 mm; EW 1.07–1.09 mm; EI 1.48–1.49.

Spermatheca ( Fig. 5 C–D) relatively large; SpD 0.12 mm; nearly oval in lateral view and circular in axial view; duct of accessory gland slightly shorter than spermatheca.

Distribution. Southwestern China: Yunnan.

Comments. The coarse punctation on the pronotal disc combined with the stout aedeagus ( Jałoszyński, 2011: figs 8–9; Fig. 5 A–B) can be used to unambiguously separate S. schuelkei from all other Semisyndicus .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Habitus of Syndicus species. A. S. (Semisyndicus) schuelkei, female. B. S. (Syndicus) sp., female. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 5. Diagnostic characters of Syndicus species (A – D: S. schuelkei, E – G: Syndicus sp.). A. Aedeagus, in ventral view. B. Same, in lateral view. C, E. Spermathecae, in lateral view. F. Spermatheca, in dorsal view. D, G. Spermathecae, in axial view. Abbreviations: dag—duct of accessory gland of spermatheca; ds—ductus spermathecae. Scales: A, B = 0.2 mm; C, D = 0.05 mm; E, F, G = 0.1 mm.