Pselaphodes flexus (lat.) Is a species of small, short-winged beetles of the genus Pselaphodes from the subfamily moths ( Pselaphinae , Staphylinidae ). The name is given according to the structural features (curved apical segment of antenna) [1] [2] .
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Spread
Southeast Asia : China , Yunnan [1] [2] .
Description
Small feeler beetles, body length about 3 mm, reddish-brown. The head is longer than its width. Fore tibia with wide triangular spur, middle trochanter with one spike. The coxae are simple, without thorns. Pronotum rounded at anterolateral angles with large metaventral protrusion. Apical segments IX – XI of antennae flagellum enlarged, apical segment of antennae curved. Eyes from about 25 facets. The second tarzomer is simple, linear, not enlarged. The median metaventral fossa is absent. The mandibular palps (at least some segments from group II – IV) are asymmetric, roundly widened or slightly protruding laterally. Head with frontal fossa. Eyes protruding. Antennae are attached at the front edge of the head; 3-segment antenna; scapus distinctly longer than pedicellum. The legs are thin and long; hips thickened. At the base of the elytra, two pits. The abdomen is short (its length is clearly less than the width) [1] [3] [2] .
Systematics
First described in 2012 by Chinese coleopterologists Zi-Wei Yin and Li-Zhen Li (Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai , China ). By its characteristics, it is closest to the species Pselaphodes erlangshanus and Pselaphodes zhongdianus [3] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Zi-Wei Yin, Li-Zhen Li. Notes on Michael Schülke's pselaphine collections from China. - Tyrini. I. genera Labomimus Sharp, Linan Hlaváč and Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2012 .-- Vol. 251. - P. 83-118. - ISSN 1313-2989 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Huang Meng-Chi, Li-Zhen Li & Zi-Wei Yin. Eleven new species and a new country record of Pselaphodes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China, with a revised checklist of world species (Eng.) // Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: Journal. - Prague : Musei Nationalis Pragae, 2011 .-- Vol. 58 (2). - P. 457–478. - ISSN 1804-6487 . - DOI : 10.2478 / aemnp-2018-0035 .
- ↑ 1 2 Yin, ZW, Hlaváč, P. and LZ Li. Further studies on the Pselaphodes complex of genera from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) (English) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2013 .-- Vol. 275. - P. 23–65. - ISSN 1313-2989 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.275.4571 . - PMID 23794810 .
Literature
- Hlaváč P., Nomura S. A taxonomic revision of Tyrini of the Oriental Region. I. Paralasinus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), a new genus of Tyrina from Indochina // Elytra. - 2001. - Vol. 29. - P. 163-174.
- Hlaváč P. A taxonomic revision of Tyrini of the Oriental Region II. Systematic study on the genus Pselaphodes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) and its allied genera // Annales de la Société entomologique de France. - 2003. - Vol. 38. - P. 283-297.
- Yin, ZW, Li, LZ and MJ Zhao. 2010. Taxonomical study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I. Zootaxa , 2512: 1-25.
- Yin, ZW, Li, LZ and MJ Zhao. 2011. Taxonomic Study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part II Annales Zoologici, 61: 463–481.
- Yin, ZW, Li, LZ and FK Gu. 2012. Taxonomic study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part III. Zootaxa , 3189: 29-38.