Stenus marginiventris Puthz 1991

Lv, Wei-Xiang, Zhao, Cai-Yun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2018, Taxonomy of Stenus tenuimargo group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) with descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 4394 (4), pp. 490-516 : 499-500

7. Stenus marginiventris Puthz 1991

( Figs. 7 & 8 )

Puthz, 1991: 42 (subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Khandbari District: Pass nordöstlich von Mangmaya, 2300 m); Herman, 2001a: 2273; Smetana, 2004: 544 (Palaearctic catalog); Puthz 2013a: 1400; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 828 (Palaearctic catalog).

Material examined: China: Hainan: Jianfengling , 2 males, 24.III.2008, Liang Li leg. (IZ-CAS) ; Yunnan: Xishuangbanna Botanic Gardens , 1 female, under fallen leaves, 20.IV. 1997. Yun-Fa Han leg. (IZ-CAS).

Remarks: This species can be distinguished from S. zhangyejunianus Lv et Zhou , sp. nov by the following characters: larger elytra spot, elytra different in sharp and aedeagus ( Figs. 7 A & 8 A ). To distinguish from S. nabanhensis Lv et Zhou , sp. nov by with orange spot.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan), Nepal.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Stenus marginiventris Puthz, 1991. A. aedeagus; B. male sternite VIII; C. male sternite IX; D. male tergite X; Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 8. Stenus marginiventris Puthz, 1991. A. aedeagus; B. male sternite VIII; C. male sternite IX; D. male tergite X; Scale bar = 0.2 mm.