Thoracostrongylus birmanus (Fauvel, 1895)

Xia, Mei-Hua, Tang, Liang & Schillhammer, Harald, 2022, Review of Chinese species of the genus Thoracostrongylus Bernhauer, 1915 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), ZooKeys 1131, pp. 99-134 : 99

Thoracostrongylus birmanus (Fauvel, 1895)

Figs 33-39 , 110 缅甸钝胸隐翅虫

Leistotrophus birmanus Fauvel, 1895: 246.

Ontholestes birmanus : Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 392.

Thoracostrongylus birmanus : Cameron, 1932: 214; Yang et al. 2011: 422.

Material examined.

China - Yunnan Prov. • 1♂; Xishuangbanna , Nabanhe N.R.; 18 June 2009; Ling-Zeng Meng leg.; SHNU • 1♂; Nabanhe N.R., Manfei ; 22°09'30.5"N, 100°41'29.1"E; alt. 620 m; 18 November 2008; Hu & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♂, 1♀; Nabanhe Conv., Manfei ; 10 January 2004; Li & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♂, 1♀; Nabanhe Conv., Manfei ; 09 January 2004; Li & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♀; Mengla County, Menglun Town ; alt. 550 m; 26 April 2014; Jian-Yue Qiu leg.; SHNU • 2♂♂; Baoshan City, Baihualing ; 25°17'39"N, 98°48'09"E; alt. 1350-1450 m; 19 April 2013; Song, Peng & Dai leg.; SHNU • 1♂, 1♀; Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City ; 22°02'19"N, 100°55'23"E; alt. 1000-1080 m; 29 November 2016; Jiang, Liu, Huang & Liu leg.; SHNU • 1♂; Lincang, Shuibatou Village ; 24°38'16"N, 100°29'17"E; alt. 1281 m; 20 June 2019; Zi-Chun Xiong leg.; SHNU • 1♀; Baoshan, Longyang baihualing; 25°20'35"N, 98°49'01"E; alt. 1400-1900 m; 20-23 June 2020; Lu Qiu leg.; SHNU . - Hainan Prov. • 2♂♂, 2♀♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling, Mingfenggu ; 18°44'43"N, 108°50'20"E; alt. 956-1048 m; 20-21 April 2018; Ri-Xin Jiang leg.; SHNU • 1♂, 1♀; Wuzhishan City, Mt. Wuzhishan ; 18°54'N, 109°41'E; alt. 650-700 m; 20 April 2012; Peng & Dai leg.; SHNU • 1♂; Ledong County, Jianfengling ; alt. 950 m; 15 April 2010; Jian-Qing Zhu leg.; SHNU • 2♀♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N.R.; alt. 910 m; 15 April 2010; Ting Feng leg.; SHNU • 1♂; Wuzhishan Mt., Guanshandian ; 18°53'N, 109°41'E; alt. 650 m; 19 April 2012; Pan & Li leg.; SHNU • 1♀; Changjiang County, Bawangling ; alt. 1000 m; 14 November 2006; Li-Zhen Li leg.; SHNU • 1♀; Baoshan County, Maoganxiang ; 14 April 2015; Lu Qiu leg.; SHNU • 1♀; Qiongzhong County, Limu Mt., N.R.; 19°10'04"N, 109°44'45"E; alt. 625 m; 29 January 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou, Yan & Wang leg.; SHNU .

Measurements.

Male: BL: 6.8-9.1 mm, FL: 4.4-5.2 mm. HL: 1.33-1.50 mm, HW: 1.78-2.06 mm, CL: 0.89-1.00 mm, PO: 0.28 mm, PL: 1.56-1.78 mm, PW: 1.39-1.61 mm, EL: 1.83-2.17 mm, EW: 1.95-2.22 mm. HL/HW: 0.70-0.75, CL/PO: 3.20-3.60, PL/PW: 1.10-1.19, EL/EW: 0.92-0.98, HW/EW: 0.90-0.93, PW/EW: 0.68-0.74, HW/PW: 1.24-1.37. Female: BL: 7.5-10.8 mm, FL: 4.8-5.8 mm. HL: 1.39-1.67 mm, HW: 1.89-2.22 mm, CL: 0.95-1.11 mm, PO: 0.22-0.28 mm, PL: 1.72-2.00 mm, PW: 1.50-1.67 mm, EL: 1.95-2.39 mm, EW: 2.11-2.45 mm. HL/HW: 0.72-0.75, CL/PO: 3.40-4.50, PL/PW: 1.15-1.21, EL/EW: 0.92-0.98, HW/EW: 0.84-0.91, PW/EW: 0.66-0.71, HW/PW: 1.24-1.33.

Diagnosis.

The species may be easily recognized by the combination of following characters: abdominal sternites with longer and denser pubescence, male sternite VIII (Fig. 39 ) with deep medio-apical emargination, and male sternite VII slightly emarginate medio-apically.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Hainan), India, and Myanmar.

Figures

Figures 33 - 39. Thoracostrongylus birmanus 33, 34 habitus 35 - 38 aedeagus, ventral (35, 36) and lateral (37, 38) views 39 male abdominal sternite VIII. Scale bars: 1 mm (33, 34); 0.2 mm (35 - 39).

Figures 108 - 122. Distribution map of Thoracostrongylus species of China 108 T. acerosus 109 T. aduncatus 110 T. birmanus 111 T. diaoluoensis 112 T. formosanus formosanus 113 T. formosanus flavipes 114 T. fujianensis 115 T. malaisei 116 T. miyakei 117 T. sarawakensis 118 T. velutinus 119 T. baishanzuensis 120 T. bicolor 121 T. brachypterus 122 T. chrysites. Triangle, localities of specimens examined in this paper; square, localities of specimens listed in previous papers. Red, doubtful localities; blue, trustede localities.