Pselaphodes aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao

Yin, Zi-Wei, Hlavac, Peter & Li, Li-Zhen, 2013, Further studies on the Pselaphodes complex of genera from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), ZooKeys 275, pp. 23-65 : 54

Pselaphodes aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao

Pselaphodes aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao, 2010: 8. Type locality: Nabanhe Natural Reserve, Jinghong, Yunnan, Southwest China.

Additional material examined

(2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀). 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, labeled 'CHINA: FUJIAN Prov. / Wuyi Shan Nat. Res. / Sangan env. (900 m) / 3..V.-12.VI.2001 / Hlaváč & Cooter lgt.' (pcPH); 1 ♂, labeled 'Baigecunbian [near Baihe Village] / 400 m alt., Napo / Guangxi, CHINA / 8.iv.1998 / Hai-Sheng Zhou leg.' (pcPH)

Diagnosis and description.

Yin, Li and Zhao, 2010 (P 8; figs 11, 23, 49-51, 68-70, 84, 85, 100, 122, 123, 136, 148, 170, 171, 177); Yin, Li and Zhao, 2011a (P 476; figs 111-116).

Distribution.

East China: Anhui, Fujian (new provincial record); Southwest China: Yunnan; South China: Guangxi (new provincial record), Hainan.

Comments.

The male pro- and metatibiae of this species are uniquely modified. Populations from different localities have the aedeagus differing in the apices of median lobe and endophallus. Since the male external features are quite stable, all populations are treated as one, wide-spread species.