Pselaphodes aculeus
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Genus: Pselaphodes
Name
Pselaphodes aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Pselaphodes aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao, 2010: 8. Type locality: Nabanhe Natural Reserve, Jinghong, Yunnan, Southwest China.
Additional material examined
(2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀). 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, labeled ‘CHINA: FUJIAN Prov. / Wuyi Shan Nat. Res. / Sangan env. (900 m) / 3..V.-12.VI.2001 / Hlaváč & Cooter lgt.’ (pcPH); 1 ♂, labeled ‘Baigecunbian [near Baihe Village] / 400 m alt., Napo / Guangxi, CHINA / 8.iv.1998 / Hai-Sheng Zhou leg.’ (pcPH)
Diagnosis and description
Yin, Li and Zhao, 2010 (P 8; figs 11, 23, 49–51, 68–70, 84, 85, 100, 122, 123, 136, 148, 170, 171, 177); Yin, Li and Zhao, 2011a (P 476; figs 111–116).
Distribution
East China: Anhui, Fujian (new provincial record); Southwest China: Yunnan; South China: Guangxi (new provincial record), Hainan.
Comments
The male pro- and metatibiae of this species are uniquely modified. Populations from different localities have the aedeagus differing in the apices of median lobe and endophallus. Since the male external features are quite stable, all populations are treated as one, wide-spread species.
