Pseudopsis (Pseudopsis) suchi Herman, 1983

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2021, Two new species and additional records of Pseudopsis Newman from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae), Journal of Natural History 55 (15 - 16), pp. 933-951 : 948

Pseudopsis (Pseudopsis) suchi Herman, 1983

( Figures 7 , 8 (a,b,f), 12(a))

Pseudopsis (Pseudopsis) suchi Herman, 1983: 4 .

Material examined (19 exx.)

2 ♂♂, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Pailong Country , 30°0 ′ 34.71 ″ N, 94°57 ʹ 57.64 ʹ ’E, 2190 m, 2019 .vii .15-viii.01, FIT (flight intercept trap), Z .-W . Yin leg . [西藏林芝排龙飞阻]’ ( SNUC); 1 ♂, 16 ♀♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Linzhi City, Motuo County, 96K, nr . Gon’ri Village , 1400 m, 17-21 . iii .2017, Song, Bi , Yang leg . FIT, 西藏墨脱96 K近贡日村飞阻’ ( SNUC).

Distribution

India: Darjeeling, Nepal: Province 1, Bagmati, China: Xizang ( Figure 12 (a)). New country record for China.

Remarks

The population from Xizang ( Figure 7 ) can be readily recognised as P. suchi by the unique long and slender spines composing the basal half of the endophallus ( Figure 8 (a,b)), as well as the long apical seta of the parameres ( Figure 8 (a)), and the deeply emarginate posterior margin of sternite IX ( Figure 8 (f)).

Figures

Figure 7. Pseudopsis suchi. (a) Dorsal habitus; (b) head and pronotum; (c) right elytron. Scale bars: a, b = 0.5 mm; c = 0.3 mm.

Figure 8. Aedeagus (a), enlarged endophallus (b), and abdominal segment IX of Pseudopsis suchi (f), P. gansuensis (c), P. pengi sp. nov. (d), and P. serrata sp. nov. (e). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 12. Distribution of Pseudopsis in Asia. (a) P. suchi Herman, 1983; (b) P. susae Herman, 1983; (c) P. torta Zerche, 1992; (d) P. watanabei Herman, 1975; (e) P. yunnanensis Zerche, 1998; (f) P. sp.