Priochirus (Euleptarthrus) subbrevicornis Bernhauer, 1934

Wu, Jie & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2013, Taxonomy of the subgenus Euleptarthrus Jakobson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae, Priochirus) of China with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3613 (2), pp. 165-175 : 172

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6150270

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scientific name

Priochirus (Euleptarthrus) subbrevicornis Bernhauer, 1934
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Priochirus (Euleptarthrus) subbrevicornis Bernhauer, 1934 View in CoL

( Figs. 11, 12 View FIGURES 11 – 12 )

Priochirus (Leptarthrus) subbrevicornis Bernhauer, 1934: 1

Priochirus (Euleptarthrus) subbrevicornis Wu and Zhou, 2007: 91, 96.

Type material. Syntypes: CHINA: Sichuan: 3, Ƥ, “ CHINA: Mittel Szechuan, Hwayinshan, 1600 m, Reitter”, “ subbrevicornis Bernh. Cotypus Leptarthrus ”, “Chicago NHMus M. Bernhauer Collections” (FMHN).

Diagnosis. Body size small (9.0– 9.5 mm), body color red-brown. Head transverse ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 12 ), frontal impression on head distinctly narrowed frontad, anterior border about 1/5 times as long as head; median sulcus narrowed posteriorly with lateral margins fused before posterior margin of head, vertex with two indistinct punctures at sides of median sulcus. Lateral cephalic teeth and mandibles similar to P. (E.) chinensis . Mentum similar to P. (E.) chinensis but with anterior margin less depressed medially, median denticle less emarginate apically and narrower ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11 – 12 ). Antenna with 3rd segment short, only 2 times as long as 2nd, 10th weakly transverse, 11th elongate, about 2 times as long as 10th.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Sichuan, at elevation of 1600 m.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 11 – 12. Priochirus subbrevicornis. 11, dorsal view of head and prothorax; 12, mentum (wrinkles and rugae on surface not shown). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Osoriinae

Genus

Priochirus