Porocallus wrasei ASSING , 2012

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Porocallus SHARP. IV. A new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 257-262 : 259

Porocallus wrasei ASSING, 2012 ( Figs 1-4 , Map 1)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China: Y u n n a n: 13, 1♀, SE Pingbian, Dawei Shan Virgin Forest Park , 22°55'N, 103°42'E, 2100 m, subtropical primary broad-leaved forest, litter sifted, 28.VIII.2014, leg. Schülke (cSch) ; 13, Pu'er Pref., Ailao Shan , 37 km NW Jingdong, 24°45'N, 100°41'E, 2300 m, degraded forest remnant, litter, moss, and grass roots sifted, 13.IX.2009, leg. Wrase (cAss) ; 1♀, Lincang /Dali Pref., Wuliang Shan, old pass road, N pass, 24°45'N, 100°30'E, 2350 m, forest remnant and tea plantation, litter and grass sifted, 16.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description of P. wrasei is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from a locality in the Gaoligong Shan, to the southeast of Tengchong, western Yunnan. Remarkable differences were observed in the male and female sexual characters of the above specimens from the Dawei Shan on the one hand and those from the Wuliang Shan and Ailao Shan on the other ( Figs 1-4 ). Regarding these characters, however, the type material is somewhat intermediate. Therefore, and since no significant external differences were found, the observed variation is interpreted as intraspecific.

The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1.

Figures

Figs 1-10: Porocallus wrasei from Wuliang Shan (1), Ailao Shan (3), and Dawei Shan (2, 4), and P. cicatricatus nov.sp. (5-10): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (1-2); spermatheca (3-4, 10)); forebody (5); postero-median portion of head (6); antenna (7); median portion of pronotum (9); postero-lateral portion of elytra (9). Scale bars: 5, 7: 0.5 mm; 1-4, 10: 0.2 mm; 6, 8-9: 0.1 mm.