Sathytes transversus Yin & Shen, 2020

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2022, The Batrisini of Tibet: unveiling an enigmatic ant-loving beetle diversity at Earth’s “ Third Pole ” (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 5111 (1), pp. 1-211 : 138

Sathytes transversus Yin & Shen, 2020

( Figs 84C , 97A–C , 100A )

Chinese common name: ẄƟḛà甲

Sathytes transversus Yin & Shen, 2020: 58 ; fig. 13. Type locality: China, Xizang, Nyingchi, Pailong Country , 30°0’34.71”N, 94°57’57.64”E, alt. 2190 m.

Additional material examined (7 exx.). 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, ‘ China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Pailong Town , 30°0’35”N, 94°57’58”E, 2180 m, 10.vii.2021, Z. Peng, Z. Yin & W. Zhang leg., Ʊ Ẫh 治区ffż市ḦË乡 ’; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, ‘China: Xizang, Nyingchi City, pass nr. Yigong Tea Farm , 30°10’14”N, 94°55’51”E, 2200-2400 m, 11.vii.2021, Peng, Yin & Zhang, Ʊ Ẫffż 波ṁ县ƌŭē厂 ’. ( SNUC) .

Distribution. Chagyib District (Nyingchi) and Mêdog County, Tibet, SW China ( Figs 84C , 97A–C , 100A ).

Remarks. Sathytes panzhaohuii was described based on material from Pailong and 80K near Mêdog County (ẸṘ县) seat, the new material extends the range of this species to Yigong.

Figures

FIGURE 84. Distribution of Tibetan Batrisini. A. Sathytes magnus Yin & Li (circle), S. panzhaohuii Yin & Shen (triangle) and S. pengzhongi sp. nov. (square). B. S. proclivis sp. nov. (circle), S. pseudograndis sp. nov. (triangle) and S. simplex Löbl (square). C. S. sympatricus sp. nov. (circle), S. transversus Yin & Shen (triangle) and S. virupaksa sp. nov. (square).

FIGURE 97. Environment of and collecting sites at Nyingchi area. A. Sign of Yigong Tea Farm (ƌŭē厂). B. Forest near Yigong. C. Forest at Pailong Township (ḦË乡). D. Forest near Tongmai Town (ȃ9W).

FIGURE 100. Environment of and collecting sites at Nyingchi area (A–E) and Chamdo (ăƀ) (F). A. 80K. B. 96K. C–E. Xiachayu (T察ø). F. pass of Jueba Mountain (ẅ巴山口), Markam (Ẽ康). Photo Credit: A by Zhong Peng; B by Xiao-Bin Song; F by Wen-Xuan Bi.