Paraphloeostiba cooteri Shavrin, 2020

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2022, New species and records of Omaliini McLeay, 1825 from Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), Zootaxa 5169 (5), pp. 457-471 : 460-461

Paraphloeostiba cooteri Shavrin, 2020

( Figs. 13–15 )

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Material examined. CHINA: FUJIAn: 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: Wuyishan Mts. NNR, 0.6 km N Tongmu-Guadun, 27°44.527'N 117°38.078'E. 1300 m a.s.l., inside standing and fallen rotten bamboo trunks, margin of tea plantation, slope above brook. 29.05.2018. D. Král & J. Růžička leg. (cH, cSh); GUAnGDOnG: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Nanling Nature Reserve Dadongshan NP, 24°54.62'N 112°43.11'E. 770 m a.s.l., bamboo forest on right slope of valley above small dam, close to former field station, sifting of 4 groups of partly rotten bamboo sprouts along path (sift #20). 21.04.2013. J. Hájek & J. Růžička leg. (cSh, NMPC) .

Remarks. Paraphloeostiba cooteri was originally described based on two males from Tianmu Shan range in Zhejiang, China. Female abdominal tergite VIII as in Fig. 13 ; female abdominal sternite VIII as in Fig. 14 ; female accessory sclerite as in Fig. 15 . It is here recorded from Fujian and Guangdong provinces of China for the first time.

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FIGURES 9–15. Carcinocephalus cuccodoroi (Figs. 9–12) and Paraphloeostiba cooteri (Figs. 13–15): 9–aedeagus, parameral view, 10–aedeagus, lateral view, 11–male abdominal tergite VIII, 12–male abdominal sternite VIII, 13–female abdominal tergite VIII, 14–female abdominal sternite VIII, 15–female accessory sclerite. Scale bar: 0.10 mm.