Omalium gayndahense W.J. MacLeay, 1873: 151 Homalium gayndahense : Fauvel 1877: 190 Omalium ( Omalium ) gayndahense : Bernhaeur & Schubert 1910: 53 Phloeonomus singularis : Bernhauer 1926: 312 Phloeonomus singulare : Scheerpeltz 1933: 1051 Paraphloeostiba gayndahense : Steel 1960: 161 Zanetti 1995: 7 Herman 2001: 538 Rougemont 2001: 20 Paraphloeostiba gayndahensis : Assing 1996: 179 2010a: 295 2010b: 1106 Assing et al . 1998: 124 2018: 37 Assing & Schülke 2006: 15 Assing & Wunderle 1999: 435 Bouget et al . 2008: 26 Brustel & Rogé 1998: 203 Buse et al . 2009: 89 De Marzo 2006 : 115 2007: 19 Esser 2009: 27 Gollkowski 2007: 134 Gürlich 2006: 279 Hammond 2007: 105 Kim et al . 2019: 4 Klimaszewski et al . 1996: 146 Köhler 1997: 30 Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998: 69 Korge 2005: 5 Kuschel 1990: 25 Lecoq & Tronquet 2004: 45 Letellier & Dauphin 1999: 80 Luka et al . 2009: 75 Mineau 1998: 272 Newton et al . 2000: 337 Rogé & Dauphin 1997: 115 Schmidl & Bussler 2004: 205 Schülke 2007: 139 Schülke & Smetana 2015: 349 Tagliapietra & Zanetti 2002: 69 Tronquet 1998: 9 1999: 234 2002: 288 2006: 36 2014: 246 Zanetti 2007: 128 2012: 112 Paraphloeostiba apicalis Rougemont 2001: 19 New species and records of Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 from China and Laos and descriptions of four new species of related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Omaliinae: Omaliini) Shavrin, Alexey V. Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-03 4890 3 301 329  2010a: 295   2010b: 1106  6TQXN (MacLeay, 1873) MacLeay 1873 [151,710,1123,1150] Insecta Staphylinidae Paraphloeostiba Animalia Coleoptera 10 311 Arthropoda species gayndahensis  ( Figs. 25–26)      Omalium gayndahenseW.J. MacLeay, 1873: 151     Homalium gayndahense: Fauvel 1877: 190   Omalium( Omalium) gayndahense: Bernhaeur & Schubert 1910: 53     Phloeonomus singularis: Bernhauer 1926: 312     Phloeonomus singulare: Scheerpeltz 1933: 1051     Paraphloeostiba gayndahense: Steel 1960: 161;  Zanetti 1995: 7;  Herman 2001: 538;  Rougemont 2001: 20     Paraphloeostiba gayndahensis: Assing 1996: 179,  2010a: 295,  2010b: 1106;  Assing et al. 1998: 124,  2018: 37;  Assing & Schülke 2006: 15;  Assing & Wunderle 1999: 435;  Bouget et al. 2008: 26;  Brustel & Rogé 1998: 203;  Buse et al. 2009: 89;  De Marzo 2006: 115,  2007: 19;  Esser 2009: 27;  Gollkowski 2007: 134;  Gürlich 2006: 279;  Hammond 2007: 105;  Kim et al. 2019: 4;  Klimaszewski et al. 1996: 146;  Köhler 1997: 30;  Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998: 69;  Korge 2005: 5;  Kuschel 1990: 25;  Lecoq & Tronquet 2004: 45;  Letellier & Dauphin 1999: 80;  Luka et al. 2009: 75;  Mineau 1998: 272;  Newton et al. 2000: 337;  Rogé & Dauphin 1997: 115;  Schmidl & Bussler 2004: 205;  Schülke 2007: 139;  Schülke & Smetana 2015: 349;  Tagliapietra & Zanetti 2002: 69;  Tronquet 1998: 9,  1999: 234,  2002: 288,  2006: 36,  2014: 246;  Zanetti 2007: 128,  2012: 112; Zanetti et al. 2016: 22    Paraphloeostiba apicalis[pars]:  Rougemont 2001: 19   Material examined:   CHINA: YUNNAN:4 ƋƋ,  5 ♀♀: Xishuangbanna, Jinghong.  I.1993. leg. G. de Rougemont(1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: CS; 3 ƋƋ, 4 ♀♀: OUMNH);  2 ♀♀: Ruili.  4.II.1993. leg. G. de Rougemont( OUMNH);  1 ♀: Kunming.  20.I.1993. leg. G. de Rougemont( OUMNH);  HONG KONG:8 ƋƋ,  6 ♀♀: Lantau, Ngong Ping. Ondead flower heads of  Alocasia macrorrhizos.  13. V.2018. leg. P. Aston(2 ƋƋ, 2 ♀♀: CS; 6 ƋƋ, 4 ♀♀: OUMNH); 3 ƋƋ,  1 ♀: same data and collector,  19. V.2018( OUMNH); 2 ƋƋ,  1 ♀: same data and collector,  6. V.2018( OUMNH);  1 ♀: Tai Po.  III.1996. leg. G. de Rougemont( OUMNH);  2 ♀♀: Hong Kong, [illegible],   VI.1992. leg. G. Ades( OUMNH).  Additional material.   SPAIN: ANDALUSIA:2 ƋƋ: Sierrade las Nieves, Yunqueravic., 36°17’N –4°97’W.  800 ma.s.l. 13–14. V.2014. A. V.  Shavrin( CS).   Remarks.  Omalium gayndahensewas originally described from Gayndah, Queensland, Australia( MacLeay 1873). Bernhauer (1926)synonymized  Phloeonomus singularisKraatz, 1859with this species, but Steel (1960)revalidated and transferred it to  Paraphloeostiba. Besides that, Steel reported records of  P. gayndahensisfrom Queensland, New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Kuschel (1990)recorded it from New Zealand. Several authors in the 1990s recorded this species from Europe (e.g. Zanetti 1995, Assing 1996), including the Canary Islands ( Assing 1996, Assing & Wunderle 1999) and Madeira ( Assing 1996, Assing & Schülke 2006). Newton et al. (2000)recorded it from California, USA. Rougemont (2001)reported it from Hong Kong, China. The same author reported records of  P. apicalisfrom Hong Kongand Yunnan (see above), which in fact refer to  P. gayndahensis. The aedeagus of a specimen from Hong Kongis illustrated in Figs. 25–26. The species is here recorded from Yunnan for the first time. 2989989327 [399,685,1727,1754] China YUNNAN 10 311 1 Yunnan 2989989321 1993-01 CS, OUMNH Jinghong. & G. de Rougemont China Xishuangbanna 10 311 10 10 2989989328 [608,1255,1763,1790] 1993-02-04 OUMNH G. de Rougemont China Ruili. 10 311 2 2 2989989337 1993-01-20 OUMNH G. de Rougemont China Kunming. 10 311 1 1 2989989311 2018-05-13 V, CS, OUMNH Ngong Ping. On & P. Aston Hong Kong Lantau 10 311 12 12 2989989323 2018-05-19 V, OUMNH Ngong Ping. On & P. Aston Hong Kong Lantau 10 311 1 1 2989989333 [765,1334,1871,1898] 2018-05-06 V, OUMNH Ngong Ping. On & P. Aston Hong Kong Lantau 10 311 1 1 2989989331 1996-03 OUMNH G. de Rougemont Hong Kong Tai Po. 10 311 1 1 2989989325 [692,1420,1906,1934] 1992-06 VI, OUMNH G. Ades Hong Kong Hong Kong 10 311 2 2 2989989336 V Spain Sierra 800 36.283333 Yunquera 5.616666666666667 Nieves 10 311 1 Andalucia 2989989315 [466,616,1979,2005] CS Spain Shavrin 10 311 1 Andalucia