Miobdelus caelestis Smetana, 2001

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2018, Taxonomy of the genus Miobdelus Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and five new species from China, Zootaxa 4377 (3), pp. 301-353 : 324-326

8. Miobdelus caelestis Smetana, 2001

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Smetana, 2001: 178 ( Type locality: Sichuan: Gongga Shan massive, Hailuogou valley, forest above Camp 2 , 29°35’N, 102°00’E, 2800 m) ; Smetana, 2004: 673 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1085 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 female, Wolong, Balangshan, 3170 m, alpine krummholz, pitfall traps, 20–23.VIII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong, Balangshan, 3330 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 7–10.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 5 males, 2 females, Wolong, Balangshan, 3350 m, alpine krummholz, pitfall traps, 20–23.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Wolong, Balangshan, 3350 m, alpine krummholz, pitfall traps, 5–8.VII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong, Balangshan, 3445 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 20–23.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 males, Wolong, Balangshan, 3460 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 7–10.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong, Balangshan, 3460 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 22–25.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, Wolong, Balangshan, 3580 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 7–10.V.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong, Balangshan, 3580 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 5–8.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong, Balangshan, 3700 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 20–23.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong, Balangshan, 3800 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 5–8.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Wolong, Balangshan, 3800 m, alpine meadow, pitfall traps, 4–7.VIII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Wolong, Wuyipeng, Erdaoping, 2945–3045 m, primitive fir forest, pitfall traps, 15–30.VI.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Wolong, Wuyipeng, Erdaoping, 3045 m, secondary birch forest, pitfall traps, 30.VI–15.VII.2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 13.8–16.9 mm. CL: 0.70; EL: 3.02; ELS: 1.62; EW: 2.99; HL: 2.08; HW: 2.22; PO: 0.93; PL: 2.51; PW: 2.17.

Distribution. Miobdelus caelestis is at present known from Sichuan Province in China.

Figures

FIGURE 8-1. Miobdelus caelestis: A. habitus of species (2.0 mm); B. aedeagus, lateral view (0.2 mm); C. aedeagus, ventral view (0.2 mm);D. underside of apical portion of paramere (0.2 mm); E.second gonocoxite of femalegenital segment (0.2mm). Scale in parentheses.