On the Domene species of China, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Abstract

Material of the paederine genus Domene Fauvel, 1873 from China is examined. Nine species were identified, four of them described previously, one unnamed (represented exclusively by females), and four are newly described: Domene cultrata sp. n. (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi); Domene cuspidata sp. n. (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan); Domene chenae sp. n. (Guangxi); Domene reducta sp. n. (Sichuan). A lectotype is designated for Domene reitteri Koch, 1939; a neotype is designated for Domene chenpengi Li, 1990. Domene dersuuzalai Gusarov, 1992 is placed in synonymy with Domene chenpengi. Previous records of two Japanese species from China are most likely based on misidentifications and considered erroneous. Thus, the Domene fauna of China is currently composed of twelve described species. A key to the Domene species of China is provided. The distributions of eleven species are mapped.

Four new species and additional records of Domene and Lathrobium from the Dayao Mountains, southern China

“…The above material indicates that this species is subject to considerable intraspecific variation. According to the description and illustrations provided by Feldmann et al (2014), the distal halves of metafemora are brown (blackish brown in the material listed above, Fig. 1D) and the ventral process of aedeagus is slender (stouter in the material listed above, Figs 3F–G).…”

“…1D) and the ventral process of aedeagus is slender (stouter in the material listed above, Figs 3F–G). For illustrations of the material from Shengtang Shan and of the type material of Domene chenae see Figs 1D–F, 3 and Feldmann et al (2014), respectively.…”

“…Sixteen species of Lathrobiina have been reported from Guangxi (Assing 2012a, b, 2013a, 2014a, b; Feldmann et al 2014; Li et al 2013; Li et al 2013a, b; Lü and Li 2014; Peng et al 2012, 2013a, 2014a). One species of Lobrathium Mulsant & Rey, 1878 and two micropterous species of Lathrobium were previously recorded from Dayao Mountains: Lobrathium fuscoguttatum Li, Dai & Li, 2013 (Yinshan Station), Lathrobium shengtangshanense Peng & Li, 2012 (Shengtang Shan) and Lathrobium dayaoshanense Peng & Li, 2012 (Dayaoshan Nature Reserve), but no species of Domene have been reported from this mountain range.…”