Contributions to the knowledge of the “Staphylinus-complex” (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part XX. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 1

Abstract

The paper deals with the species of the semenowi-lineage of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876 of the genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, known to occur at present on the territory of the People’s Republic of China. Thirty three species are treated, of which twenty nine are described as new: O. ballio, O. bion, O. calamis, O. elpenor, O. glabrio, O. hecato, O. itys, O. laelaps, O. orodes, O. pammenes, O. pelias, O. quiris, O. sarpedon, O. scaevola, O. teuthras, O. vindex, O. xerxes and O. zetes, (all from Sichuan), O. palamedes (from Sichuan: Jiuding Shan), O. abaris, O. sadales and O. gorgias (all from Gansu), O. hyas (from Yunnan), O. dryas (from Xinjiang), O. zeuxis (from Hubei: Da Shennongjia range), O. neocles and O. rhinton (both from Shaanxi: Qinling Shan), O. dolon and O. menander (both from Shaanxi: Daba Shan). The lectotype is designated for Ocypus semenowi Reitter, 1887. Protocypus puer Smetana, 2005 is transferred to the subgenus Pseudocypus of Ocypus (new combination). Each species is described, illustrated and all available distributional and bionomic data are given. A key to the Chinese species of the semenowi-lineage of the subgenus Pseudocypus is given.