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Protocypus fulvotomentosus Eppelsheim 1889

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3. Protocypus fulvotomentosus (Eppelsheim, 1889)

(Fig. 3-1, 3-2)

Eppelsheim, 1889: 172 (Ocypus; subgenus Goerius; Type locality: Kan-ssu); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 386 (Staphylinus; subgenus Ocypus; catalog); J. Müller, 1923: 196 (Staphylinus; subgenus Protocypus); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1393 (Staphylinus; synonym of dorsalis); J. Müller, 1943: 97 (Staphylinus; subgenus Protocypus; valid species; characters); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 33, 44 (Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; lectotype designation); Herman, 2001: 3378 (Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 (Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2005: 273 (Protocypus; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1099 (Protocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Syn.: Staphylinus hauseri Bernhauer, 1933 (Type locality: Kalgan, Inn-shan, 980–2100 m); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 33, 44 (synonym of fulvotomentosus).

Material examined. CHINA: Beijing: 6 males, 3 females, Dongling Shan, 1820–1935 m, natural birch forest, 1100 m, pitfall traps, 15–18.VII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 10 males, 6 females, Dongling Shan, 1225 m, mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VIII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 15 males, 7 females, Mentougou, Xiaolongmen, 1800 m, pitfall traps, 7.VIII.1993, coll. Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS); 2 males, south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm, 1225 m, mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 18–21.VII.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 7 males, 2 females, south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm, 1225 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 18–21.VII.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); Ningxia Province (New Record): 1 female, Liupanshan, Dongshanpo Forest Farm, 2100 m, individually collected, 5.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ- CAS); 13 males, 5 females, Liupanshan, Dongshanpo Forest Farm, 2100 m, broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 7.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); 9 males, 6 females, Liupanshan, Hongxia Forest Farm, 2100 m, forest, pitfall traps, 29.VI.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); 2 males, Liupanshan, Hongxia Forest Farm, 2100 m, individually collected under stone, 28.VI.29, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); 5 males, 3 females, Liupanshan, Heshangpu Forest Farm, 2100 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 5.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); 8 males, 5 females, Liupanshan, Qiuqianjia Forest Farm, 2100 m, coniferous forest, pitfall traps, 13.VII.2008, coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); Shanxi Province (New Record): 3 males, 1 female, Pangquangou Nature Reserve, Dashagou, 1800 m, spruce forest, 5.VII.2004, coll. Caiyun Zhao (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 22.4–23.8 mm. CL: 0.75; EL: 3.22; ELS: 1.39; EW: 4.07; HL: 3.00; HW: 3.57; PO: 1.43; PL: 4.01; PW: 3.76.

Distribution. Protocypus fulvotomentosus is at present known from Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Ningxia and Shanxi.

Notes

Published as part of He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China, pp. 458-480 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on pages 466-469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/827606

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