Miobdelus purpurascens Smetana, 2001

He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2018, Taxonomy of the genus Miobdelus Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and five new species from China, Zootaxa 4377 (3), pp. 301-353 : 340

17. Miobdelus purpurascens Smetana, 2001

( Figs. 17-1 , 17-2 )

Smetana, 2001: 187 ( Type locality: Sichuan, Gongga Shan massive, Hailuogou valley, above Camp , 29°35’N, 102°00’E, 3200 m) ; Smetana, 2004: 674 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1085 (Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 male, Luding, Moxi town, Changheba, leaf litter, shifting, 3100 m, 16.V.2009, coll. Jing Li & Hui Zhai (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Luding, Moxi town, Hailuogou, rotten wood, 3100 m, 15.V.2009, coll. Yulingzi Zhou (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 13.6–15.5 mm. CL: 0.65; EL: 2.63; ELS: 1.27; EW: 2.61; HL: 1.85; HW: 2.11; PO: 0.82; PL: 2.19; PW: 1.91.

Distribution. Miobdelus purpurascens is at present known from Gongga Shan in Sichuan Province.

Figures

FIGURE 17-1. Miobdelus purpurascens: A. habitus of species (2.0 mm); B. aedeagus, lateral view; (0.2 mm); C. aedeagus, ventral view (0.2 mm); D. underside of apical portion of paramere (0.2 mm); E. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (0.2 mm). Scale in parentheses.

FIGURE 17-2. Miobdelus purpurascens: A and C. aedeagus, lateral view; B aedeagus, ventral view; D. male tergite 10; E. underside of apical portion of paramere; F. female tergite 10; G. male sternite 9; H. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (scale bars = 0.20 mm).