Amaurodera schuelkei ASSING, 2009

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Lomechusini fauna of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the genera Orphnebius and Amaurodera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 63-106 : 91

Amaurodera schuelkei ASSING, 2009

( Figs 124–126 )

Material examined: India: Assam: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, North Cachar Hills district , Mt. Borail , “Phamai” hunting camp , 25°06'N, 93°04'N, 1250 m, mixed broadleaved forest, litter sifted, 18.X.2005, leg. Cuccodoro & Marletta ( MHNG, cAss); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ [teneral], North Cachar Hills district , Mt. Borail , “Phamai” hunting camp – Borail peak , 25°06'N, 93°04'N, 1350 m, mixed broadleaved forest, dry leaf litter with fungi and moss sifted, 18.X.2005, leg. Cuccodoro & Marletta ( MHNG, cAss); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ [1 ♂ teneral], North Cachar Hills district , Mt. Borail , Borail peak – Notun Leikul , 25°07'N, 93°03'N, 1650 m, mixed broadleaved forest, moist leaf litter sifted, 20.X.2005, leg. Cuccodoro & Marletta ( MHNG); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, North Cachar Hills district , Mt. Borail , Borail peak, 25°07'N, 93°03'N, 1700 m, mountain rain forest, bamboo litter sifted, 19.X.2005, leg. Cuccodoro & Marletta (cAss) .

Comment: Amaurodera schuelkei was originally described based on two specimens from Northwest Yunnan ( ASSING 2009) and subsequently reported from additional localities in Yunnan (YAN & LI 2015a). The above specimens considerably expand the known distribution northwestwards and represent the first records from India and from outside Yunnan. The primary sexual characters of the material from Assam are illustrated in Figs 124–126 .

Figures

Figs 124–149:AmauroderaschuelkeifromAssam(124–126),A. gilvicornis(127–128),A. bicarinata(129–132),A. latisulcata (133–135), A. brevipes (136–140), A. migritheca (141–146), A. frondium (147–148), and Zyrastilbus almorensis (149): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (124–125, 127–134, 136–139, 141–144); spermatheca (126, 135, 140, 145–148); median portion of pronotum (149). Scale bars: 124–125, 127–134, 136–139, 141–144:0.5 mm; 126, 135, 140, 145, 147–148: 0.2 mm; 146, 149: 0.1 mm.