Oroekklina excaecata ( ASSING 2009) Assing, 2011

Assing, V., 2011, Six new species and additional records of Aleocharinae from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 291-310 : 301

Oroekklina excaecata ( ASSING 2009) , nov.comb. ( Figs 18-19 , 36-37 )

Atheta (Microdota) excaecata ASSING 2009: 497 f.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China: 13 exs., Yunnan, Nujiang Lisu Pref., Gaoligong Shan, "Cloud pass" pass 21 km NW Liuku, 25°58'N, 98°41'E, 3150 m, shrubs and bamboo, litter sifted, 2.-3.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cSch, cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a single female ( ASSING 2009); the type locality is identical to the locality where the above specimens were collected. An examination of the male sexual characters ( Figs 18-19 , 36-37 ) revealed that the species belongs to Oroekklina PACE 1999 . From the other three species of the genus, O. daxuensis PACE 1999 (Sichuan) , O. proiecta ASSING 2002 (Sichuan) , and O. smetanai PACE 2004 (Yunnan) , it is readily distinguished by the much paler coloration (whole body reddishyellow) alone.

Figures

Figs 13-19: Silusa mandibulata nov.sp. (13-17) and Oroekklina excaecata (ASSING) (18-19): (13) habitus; (14) forebody; (15) male tergite VIII; (16) male sternite VIII; (17-18) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (19) median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 13: 1.0 mm; 14: 0.5 mm; 15-16: 0.2 mm; 17-19: 0.1 mm.

Figs 28-37: Bellatheta diacangica nov.sp. (28-32), Tropimenelytron sinuosum nov.sp. (33-35), and Oroekklina excaecata (ASSING) (36-37): (28) habitus; (29) forebody; (30-31) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (32) spermatheca; (33) male tergites VI-VII; (34) female tergite VIII; (35) female sternite VIII; (36) male tergite VIII; (37) male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 28: 1.0 mm; 29, 33: 0.5 mm; 34-37: 0.2 mm; 30-32: 0.1 mm.