Creophilus flavipennis Hope, 1831

Hu, Fang-Shuo, 2020, New distributional records of Staphylinina in Taiwan, including a new species of Miobdelus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini), Zootaxa 4768 (3), pp. 334-360 : 335-336

Creophilus flavipennis Hope, 1831

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Material examined. TAIWAN: Kinmen County: 2 females, Chinmen [Kinmen County], Liehyu (Dẉ), 25. V .2015, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI) . Taitung County: 3 males, 1 female, Central Cross-lsland Highway 2.7k (ƤḎn'ǿ 2.7k), Lanyu Is., 22.0308, 121.5554, 30-III-2020, leg. C. T . Hsu & Y. Q. Huang by light trap (FSHc); 1 female, Langdao tribe (Ṙƀǔỡ), Lanyu Island , 4-IV-2020, leg. Y. Q. Huang (FSHc) . CHINA: Yunnan Province: 2 females, with Light, Nabang (Ḅ¶), CCCC , 27. V.2016, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI); 2 males, same data as above except 27. V .2016 ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female, same data as above except 18. VI .2017 ( TARI); 1 male, CCCC , Banggunjianshan (× ƉĿƜ), 20. V .2016, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI); 1 male, same data as above except 31. V .2016 ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female, Lushuihe (óửNj), 28.IV.2016, CCCC , leg. Y.- T. Wang, with Light ( TARI); 1 female, Husa (FRŏ), 18.IX.2015, leg. Y.- T . Wang ( TARI) . VIETNAM: 1 male, 1 female , Hà Nôi, Huyên Mê Linh , 31. V .2014, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI); 2 males, 2 females, same data as above except 29. V .2014 ( TARI); 1 female, Bắc Giang, Tây Yên T ử, 02. VI.2014, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI); 1 female , Ninh Binh, Cúc Phýõng, 04. VI .2014, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI) . MALAYSIA: Sabah: 2 males, Mt. Kinabalu , 01. V .2014, leg. Y.- T. Wang ; 1 female, Trusmadi, 20.III.2015, leg, Y.- T . Wang ( TARI) . MYANMAR: 3 males , Chin State, Mindat, CCCC , 22. V.2017. leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI); 1 male, 1 female , Mandalay Region, Mt. Popa , CCCC , 26. V.2017, leg. Y.- T. Wang ( TARI) .

Diagnosis. In Taiwan, C. flavipennis can be easily distinguished from C. maxillosus maxillosus by the presence of yellowish or brownish pubescence on the elytra and by the absence of pale pubescence on the abdominal tergites.

Bionomics. Most specimens of this species have been collected from light traps, while others were collected from Malaise traps or from various carrion ( Clarke 2011). The specimens from Lanyu island were collected by light trap set in tropical rainforest.

Distribution. Creophilus flavipennis is widespread in the Oriental region, though the record from New Guinea remains uncertain ( Clarke 2011, Hayashi & Shôyama 2013, Newton 2019). Clarke (2011) reported C. flavipennis in mainland China based on a single specimen from Qinghai province. The species is newly recorded from Taiwan, and Yunnan province of mainland China.

Remarks. Hayashi & Shôyama (2013) reported C. flavipennis from Iriomote island ( Japan) as well as present study newly reported this species from Lanyu island, off the coast of Taiwan island. Although C. flavipennis is reported here from the Kinmen Islands off the coast of Fujian province in mainland China, there are no records from Taiwan island. This interesting disjunction may suggest this species also occurs on Taiwan island but it has not been found by recent collecting.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. 1. Creophilus flavipennis: female. 2. Creophilus maxillosus maxillosus: male. 3. Agelosus auricomus: male. 4.