Sclerochiton barbatus ASSING, 2011

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Sclerochiton. II. Two new species and additional records, including the first records of the genus from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1197-1208 : 1203

Sclerochiton barbatus ASSING, 2011 ( Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Vietnam: 2♀♀, 7 km NW Sa Pa , 22°22'N, 103°47'E, 1840 m, steep moist stream valley with bushes and trees, litter and roots of herbs sifted, 30.VII.2013, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun) ; 13, pass 8 km WNW Sa Pa , 22°21'N, 103°46'E, 2010 m, secondary deciduous forest with bamboo and forest margin with bushes, litter, moss, and roots sifted, 12.VIII. 2013, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13, 2♀♀, 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) ; 4♀♀, same data, but 10.VIII. 2013 (cAss) ; 1♀, 6 km NW Sa Pa , 22°22'N, 103°47'E, 1810 m, margin of pasture with bushes and small trees, litter and roots sifted, 7.VIII.2013, leg. Wunderle (cWun) .

C o m m e n t: Only the holotype from the Ailao Shan in southern Yunnan was known previously (ASSING 2011). The above material was collected together with S. peniculatus nov.sp. The new material of S. barbatus and the type material of S. peniculatus represent the first records of the genus from Vietnam ( Map 3 ).

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Map 3: Distributions of Sclerochiton unicolor (white diamonds), S. schuelkei (black circles: malebased records; white circles: female-based records), S. barbatus (white triangles), and S. acutissimus (white squares).