Paederus antennocinctus WILLERS, 2001

Assing, Volker, 2015, On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 163-190 : 167

Paederus antennocinctus WILLERS, 2001 ( Map 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China S i c h u a n:533, 1♀, 70 km N Songpan, above Gan lake , 33°15'N, 103°46'E, 2700 m, spruce forest with birch, litter, moss, and soil sifted, 12.VIII.2012, leg. Schülke & Wrase (cSch, cAss) ; 1♀, Min Shan , 30 km E Barkam, 4000 m, 20.VII.2004, leg. Patrikeev (cSch) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from Jiuzhaigou in North Sichuan ( WILLERS 2001b). The species was subsequently reported from "Wen County, Qiujia Dam" in Gansu [32°58'N, 104°01'E] by LI & ZHOU (2007). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 2 .

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Map 2: Distributions of Harpopaederus species in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi (some doubtful female-based literature records omitted): Paederus chinensis (filled triangles); P. deplectens (filled stars); P. antennocinctus (open circles); P. agnatus (filled circles); P. minicus (open diamond); P. edentulus (filled diamonds); P. gracilacutus (open stars).