39. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) lewisius Sharp, 1874

Sharp, 1874: 33 ( Ocypus; Type locality: Yokohama, Japan; Originally cited from Kobé (note: This species was described from a single specimen from Kobé according to the original description)); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 387 ( Staphylinus; subgenus Ocypus; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1395 ( Staphylinus; catalog); Nakane, 1963: 93 ( Ocypus; characters; habitus photograph; Japan); Hayashi, 1993b: 298 (species is neither in Ocypus nor Staphylinus); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 34, 44 ( Ocypus; lectotype designation: Yokohama, Japan); Herman, 2001: 3385 ( Ocypus; Catalog); Smetana, 2004: 677 ( Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2009a: 684 ( Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; redescription); Cho and Ahn, 2009 (South Korea); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1092 ( Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Synonym:

Ocypus kobensis Cameron, 1930

Distribution. Ocypus lewisius is at present known from Hubei, Liaoning and Zhejiang Province in China; it is also known from Japan and South Korea.