Pseudcolenis hilleri Reitter, 1885

Park, Sun-Jae & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2007, Two Pseudoliodine genera Dermatohomoeus Hlisnikovský and Pseudcolenis Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) in Korea, with a description of Pseudcolenis hoshinai new species, Zootaxa 1427, pp. 49-56 : 52-53

Pseudcolenis hilleri Reitter, 1885

Figs. 4 , 12, 14 , 17

Pseudcolenis hilleri Reitter, 1885: 92 ; Daffner, 1988a: 169.

Pseudocolenis strigosula Portevin, 1905: 421 [synonymized by Daffner (1988a)]. Pseudoliodes strigosula: Portevin, 1927: 80 .

Pseudoliodes chinensis Hlisnikovský, 1964b: 147 [synonymized by Daffner (1988a)].

Materials examined. SOUTH KOREA: Gangwon Prov.: 1 male, Mt. Hwaaksan, Hwacheon-gun, 11–12 IX 1998, K.-L. You, H.-J. Lim and K.-J. Ahn, sifting; 1 male, Sangwonsa, Mt. Odaesan, Dongsan-ri, Jinbumyeon, Pyeongchang-gun, 4 VI–22 VI 2001, K.-J. Ahn, S.-J. Park, M.-S. Kim and M.-J. Jeon, FIT; 10 males, Mt. Sambangsan, Cheondong-ri, Pyeongchang-gun, 13 VII–15 VIII 2001, K.-J. Ahn, S.-J. Park and C.-W. Shin, FIT in Pinus forest; Chungnam Prov.: 11 males, 19 females, Sinwonsa, Mt. Gyeryongsan, Hwaeun-ri, Gyeryong-myeon, Gongju City, 23 VII 1998, M.-H. Kim, ex mushroom; 8 males, Mt. Sikjangsan, Daejeon City, 12 VII 2000, U.-S. Hwang, ex mushroom; Gyeongbuk Prov.: 2 males, 1 female, Mt. Gabjangsan, Jichon-dong, Sangju City, 1–2 VII 2000, Y.-B. Cho, bait trap; 3 males, 2 females, same data as former except for, 2–3 VII 2000; 1 male, 4 females, Mt. Sanjibong, Sinseong-ri, Andeok-myeon, Chongsong-gun, 10–11 VII 2000, Y.-B. Cho, bait trap.

Distribution. Korea ( Daffner 1988a), China (Fujian: Hlisnikovský 1964b), Japan ( Reitter 1885) and Russia (Far East: Angelini & Švec 2000).

Remarks. The species is very common in South Korea. Specimens were mostly collected by Flight Intercept Traps and from various kinds of mushrooms; Agaricaceae spp. ( Agaricus sp.), Amanitaceae spp. ( Amanita virgineoides and sp.), Boletaceae spp. ( Boletus sp. and Suillus bovines ), Cortinariaceae spp., Paxillaceae spp., Russulaceae spp. ( Lactarius volemus and Russula sp.), Tricholomataceae spp. ( Collybia sp.), Meruliaceae spp., Ramariaceae spp., Polyporaceae spp., etc. Some have been collected in baited traps and, rarely, by sifting forest leaf litter.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Head (1 – 2) and antenna (3 – 5), dorsal aspect. 1, 3: Dermatohomoeus terrenus (Hisamatsu); 2, 5: Pseudcolenis hoshinai Park & Ahn, new species; 4: P. hilleri Reitter. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 12 – 15. Aedeagus of Pseudcolenis hilleri Reitter (12, 14) and P. hoshinai new Park & Ahn, new species (13, 15). 12 – 13: ventral aspect; 14 – 15: lateral aspect. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 18. Spermatheca, lateral aspect. 16: Dermatohomoeus terrenus (Hisamatsu); 17: Pseudcolenis hilleri Reitter; 18: P. hoshinai Park & Ahn, new species. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.