Asiageodromicus crassipalpis ( Champion, 1920 ) Shavrin, 2024

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), Zootaxa 5531 (1), pp. 1-62 : 36

Asiageodromicus crassipalpis ( Champion, 1920) comb. n.

( Figs 68–78 , 83–89 )

Geodromicus crassipalpis Champion, 1920: 245 ; Cameron, 1924: 173, 1930: 164, Herman 2001: 293, Smetana 2004: 243, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 313, Shavrin 2019: 573.

Material examined. NEPAL: KOSHI: 1 ♀: Mechi / Taplejung, 23 km NE Ghunsa, Ghunsa Khola betw. Kambachen and Lhonak , 27°45’50’’N 87°59’49’’E. 4500 m a.s.l., waterfall. 06.05.2003. A. Weigel leg. ( NME) ; 1 ♀: same data, 9 km NNE Ghunsa, Kambachen , 27°87’58’’N 87°58’18’’E. 4100 m a.s.l. 11.05.2003. A. Weigel leg. (cSh).

Remarks. Habitus as in fig. 1 of Shavrin (2019). Ventral view of head as in Fig. 72 . Prothorax as in Fig. 73 . Mesoventrite as in Fig. 74 . Scutellum as in Fig. 77 . Metaventrite as in Fig. 75 . Metendosternite as in Fig. 76 . Elytron as in Fig. 78 . Labrum as in Fig. 68 . Mandibles as in Fig. 69 . Labium and mentum as in Fig. 71 . Maxilla as in Fig. 70 . Male abdominal tergite VIII as in Fig. 83 and sternite VIII as in Fig. 84 ; genital segment as in Fig. 85 . Female abdominal tergite VIII as in Fig. 86 and sternite VIII as in Fig. 87 ; genital segment as in Fig. 88 .

Geodromicus crassipalpis was originally described from “Kumaon” and known from several localities in Uttarakhand, India (Shavrin 2019). It is here recorded from Nepal for the first time. Distribution of the species as in Fig. 89 .

Figures

FIGURE 89. Distribution of Asiageodromicus in the Himalayan Region: A. crassipalpis (circles), A. dolpoensis (star), A. palpalis (Coiffait, 1977) (squares), A. spadiceus (triangles), A. weiperti sp. n. (diamonds)

FIGURES 68–78. Asiageodromicus crassipalpis: 68—labrum (dorsal view), 69—mandibles (left and right, dorsal view), 70—maxilla (dorsal view), 71—labium and mentum (ventral view), 72—head (ventral view), 73—prothorax (ventral view), 74—mesoventrite (ventral view), 75—metaventrite (ventral view), 76—metendosternite (dorsal view), 77—scutellum (ventral view), 78—elytron (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 79–88. Aedeagus (Figs 79–82) and abdominal segments (Figs 83–88) of Asiageodromicus (Figs 79–80: A. weiperti (holotype); Figs 81–82; A. dolpoensis (holotype); Figs 83–88: A. crassipalpis): 79, 81—aedeagus, parameral view, 80, 82— aedeagus, lateral view, 83—male tergite VIII, 84—male sternite VIII, 85—male genital segment, 86—female tergite VIII, 87—female sternite VIII, 88—female genital segment. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.