Pselaphodes sp. 1, 1870

Shaga, I Bevin, Priya, K, Ramar, Selvakumar, Srinidhi, S, Mohan, G Chandra, Ranganathan, Sukanya, Moulvi, S M M & Mani, Bhuvaneswari, 2021, A List of Pselaphine Species (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Collected from Mt. Phia Oac, North Vietnam in 2017 with a Corrected Checklist of the Pselaphine Species Known from Vietnam, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 47 (1), pp. 7-17 : 14

17. Pselaphodes sp. 1 ( Fig. 3S )

Specimen examined. 1 male, SE slope, alt. 1,287 m, by NLT-LP (1 m above the ground), 21–22. viii.

Remarks. This genus is characterized by the very large and broad body and the externally expanded or projected palpomeres 3 and 4, and the metasternum lacking median fovea. It has been known from East, Southeast and South Asia.

Figures

Fig. 3. Photos of pselaphine species collected in the survey. A. Pyxidicerina, gen. and sp. undet 1; B. Pseudoplectus? sp. 1, male; C. ditto, female; D. Trimium? sp. 1; E. Intestinarius sp. 1; F. I. sp. 2; G. Trisinus sp. 1; H. T. sp. 2; I. T. sp. 3; J. Sathytes sp. 1; K. Reichenbachia sp. 1; L. Trissemus sp. 1; M. Batraxis sp. 1; N. Triomicrus sp. 1, male; O. ditto, female; P. Plagiophorus sp. 1; Q. P. sp. 2; R. Pseudophanias sp. 1; S. Pselaphodes sp. 1; T. Nomuraius piaoacus Yin et Lee, 2013, male; U. ditto, female.