Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus ( Sharp, 1874 )
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Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus ( Sharp, 1874 ) |
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Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus ( Sharp, 1874) View in CoL
Eumicrus vestitus Sharp, 1874: 126 ; 1886: 49. Type locality: Japan .
Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus View in CoL ; Reitter 1913: 267; Franz 1985: 109; Schülke & Smetana 2015: 898; O’Keefe & Li, J.-K. 1999: 160.
Scydmaenus kunmingensis Franz, 1988: 24 View in CoL ; O’Keefe & Li 1999: 160; Jałoszyński 2021: 358 View Cited Treatment . Type locality: Yünnan, Kunming. (synonymized in Yin & Zhou 2025: 537)
Material examined. 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, ‘ China: Shanghai, Changning, Shanghai Zoo , 31.198056°N, 121.354964°E, alt. 10 m, 02.x.2018, X.-B. Song leg., 上ả动ń园 Ệâėī ’ ( SNUC) GoogleMaps ’
Distribution. China: Shanghai, Taiwan, Sichuan, Yunnan; Japan: Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands; South Korea. New record for Shanghai.
Remarks. This well-recognized species is widely distributed in East Asia. Males are readily distinguishable by their large body size (exceeding 2.5 mm), modified protarsi and metaventrite, elongate apical spines of the mesotibiae, and the distinctive form of the aedeagus (see Yin & Zhou 2025).
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Scydmaeninae |
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Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus ( Sharp, 1874 )
Yin, Zi-Wei, Zhou, De-Yao, Wang, Qing & Hu, Jia-Yao 2025 |
Scydmaenus kunmingensis
Yin, Z. - W. & Zhou, D. - Y. 2025: 537 |
Jaloszynski, P. 2021: 358 |
O'Keefe, S. T. & Li, J. - K. 1999: 160 |
Franz, H. 1988: 24 |
Scydmaenus (Scydmaenus) vestitus
Schulke, M. & Smetana, A. 2015: 898 |
Franz, H. 1985: 109 |
Reitter, E. 1913: 267 |
Eumicrus vestitus
Sharp, D. 1874: 126 |