Stenus (Hemistenus) viridanus Champion, 1925

Zhao, Cai-Yun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2006, A new species of Stenus (Hemistenus) with new records and a key to Chinese species of the viridanus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Zootaxa 1304 (1), pp. 21-29 : 27-28

6. Stenus (Hemistenus) viridanus Champion, 1925

Champion, 1925: 169 (replacement name for S. viridans Champion, 1925: 106 ); Cameron, 1930: 398 (subgenus Mesostenus ; India); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1198 (subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog); Puthz, 1975: 196 ( Bhutan); Zheng, 1992b: 168 (subgenus Parastenus ; China); 1993: 225, 227. Stenus viridans Champion, 1925: 106 ([preoccupied by Stenus viridans Baudi di Selve, 1857 ]; Type locality: W Almora Division of Kumaon and Nainital, Deopatta Peak); Champion, 1925: 169 (synonym of S. viridanus Champion, 1925 ); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1198 (synonym of S. viridanus ).

Material Examined. China: Sichuan: 1 male, Gong­ga mountain , Yan­zi­tao (102.25°E, 29.91°N), 2355 m, 5 Apr. 1983, Yuan­Qing Chen collected ; 1 male, Bao­xing, Feng­tongzhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 1465 m, 16 Aug. 2003, Ye­Jun Zhang collected ; 1 male, 1 female, Du­jiang­yan, Long­chi mountain (103.6°E, 31°N), 25 Aug. 2005, Xiao­Yan Li collected ; 2 females, Wo­long (102.52°– 103.24°E, 30.45°– 31.25°N), 1900 m, 23 Aug. 2003, Hong­Zhang Zhou collected ; 1 female, Qing­cheng mountain (103.6°E, 31°N), 23 Aug. 2005, Xiao­Yan Li collected ; 1 female, Du­jiang­yan, Long­chi mountain (103.6°E, 31°N), 25 Aug. 2005, Ye­Jun Zhang collected ; 1 female, Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 4 Sep. 2005, Hong­Zhang Zhou collected ; 1 female, Bao­xing , Feng­tong­zhai (102.84°E, 30.36°N), 2 Sep. 2005, Ye­Jun Zhang collected ; Hubei: 1 female, Shen­nong­jia, Jiu­chong , Wan­jia­gou (110.6°E, 31.7°N), 870 m, 9 Jun. 1998, Jun­Jian He collected .

Remarks. We dissected our specimens and compared the aedeagus with the figure in Zheng (1992b: Fig. A).