Nepalota chinensis PACE , 1998

Assing, Volker, 2015, On the Nepalota fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 207-248 : 211

Nepalota chinensis PACE, 1998

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Nepalota chinensis PACE, 1998: 947 .

Material examined: China: Shaanxi: 4♂♂, 2♀♀, 1 ex., Qinling Shan , Hua Shan, 34°25'N, 110°06'E, 1950-2000 m, forest, sifted, 19.VIII.1995, leg. Schülke & Pütz (cSch, cAss) ; 1♀, Qinling Shan , pass on road Zhouzhi - Foping, 33°44'N, 107°59'E, 1990 m, stream valley with mixed deciduous forest, sifted, 2.& 4.VII.2001, leg. Schülke (cSch) 1♂, Daba Shan, NW pass 25 km NW Zhenping, 32°01'N, 109°19'E, 2150 m, stream valley, young coniferous forest, 11.VII.2001, leg. Wrase (cAss).

Comment: The original description is based on numerous type specimens from Zhejiang, a male and a female from Shaanxi, as well as on a single female from Yunnan ( PACE 1998). PACE (2011) reported one male from Hubei and another female from Yunnan. The records from Yunnan are exclusively based on females and consequently doubtful. Based on the similar sexual dimorphism of the pronotum, the similar modifications of the male tergites III and VII, as well as on the similar general morphology of the aedeagus, this species is closely allied to N. franzi PACE, 1987 .

The material examined was sifted from litter in different types of forest at altitudes between 1950 and 2150 m. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distributions of Nepalota chinensis PACE (filled circles) and N. martensi PACE (open circles), based on examined and reliable literature records.