Tetrabothrus bicolor CAMERON , 1939

Assing, Volker & V, North, 2015, On the Lomechusini fauna of Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1257-1282 : 1273

Tetrabothrus bicolor CAMERON, 1939 ( Figs 12-14 , 31-32 )

Tetrabothrus bicolor CAMERON, 1939: 375 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype 3, present designation: "64504 / Birmah, Ruby M.es / Doherty / Fry Coll., 1905.100. / Tetrabothrus bicolor Cam Type / Type / Lectotypus 3 Tetrabothrus bicolor Cameron , desig. V. Assing 2015 / Tetrabothrus bicolor Cameron , det. V. Assing 2015" (BMNH). Paralectotype ♀: "Birmah, Ruby M.es / Doherty / Fry Coll., 1905.100. / Tetrabothrus bicolor Cam Cotype / Syntype / M. Cameron Bequest., B.M. 1955-147 / Tetrabothrus bicolor Cameron , det. V. Assing 2015" (BMNH).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Vietnam: 13, 5♀♀, pass 8 km NW Sa Pa , 22°21'N, 103°46'E, 2030 m, margin of secondary deciduous forest with bushes, bamboo, and herbs, litter, roots, and moss sifted, 9.VIII.2013, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13, 1♀, same data, but 10.VIII.2013 (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Burma: Ruby Mines" ( CAMERON 1939). Two syntypes, a male and a female, were located in the collections of the BMNH. The male is designated as the lectotype. The additional material listed above represents the first records since the original description. The external and male sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 12-14 , 31-32 .

Figures

Figs 10-19: Peltodonia atripalpis nov.sp. (10-11), Tetrabothrus bicolor CAMERON (12-14), and Zyras fansipanicus nov.sp. (15-18): forebody (10, 12, 15); antenna (11, 13, 16); abdomen (14, 17); abdominal segments VII-VIII (18). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figs 27-34: Orphnebius fansipanicus nov.sp. (27-29), O. dishamatus ASSING (30), Tetrabothrus bicolor CAMERON (31-32), and Zyras fansipanicus nov.sp. (33-34): aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (27-28, 31-34); apical portion of paramere (29-30). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.