Eccoptolonthus luteus ( Li & Zhou, 2011 )

Fei, Xu-Dong & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2021, Revision of Eccoptolonthus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylininae: Philonthina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 4949 (3), pp. 473-498 : 490

9. Eccoptolonthus luteus ( Li & Zhou, 2011)

Li & Zhou, 2011: 700–705 ( Pseudohesperus , type locality: China, Sichuan); Newton, 2015:13 (transferred to Eccoptolonthus , catalog); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1021 ( Eccoptolonthus , catalog); Li, 2019: 425 ( Eccoptolonthus , catalog).

Materials examined. Holotype: China: Sichuan: ♂, Qingchengshan (30°54’N, 103°31’E), 22–24.VIII.2005, Li Xiaoyan collected ( IZ-CAS) ; Paratypes: 2 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀, same data as holotype, but 1 ♀, Chen Yongjie collected , 4 ♀♀, Zhang Yejun collected , 2 ♀♀, Zhao Caiyun collected ( IZ-CAS); Sichuan : 2 ♀♀, Dujiangyan (30°54’N, 103°30’E), Puyang: Huaxi Village , 676 m, 12.XII.2009, Zhou Yulingzi collected ( IZ-CAS) ; 1 ♂, 8 ♀♀, Emeishan (29°25’N, 103°20’E), 700–1800 m, 28–30.VIII.2005, Li Xiaoyan collected ( IZ-CAS) ; 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, Baoxing (30°25’N, 102°49’E), 1. IV .2005, Li Xiaoyan collected ( IZ-CAS) .

Distribution. China (Sichuan).