Procirrus fusculus Sharp, 1889

Huang, Lei, Cao, Guang-Hong & Peng, Zhong, 2025, Two new species and new records of the genus Procirrus Latreille from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), ZooKeys 1250, pp. 189-200 : 189-200

Procirrus fusculus Sharp, 1889

Fig. 1

Type material.

Lectotype. • 1 ex.; glued on card, a specimen with five labels as follows: “ Type ” “ Ind. or. Dacca ” “ Procirrus fusculus Type D. S. Dacca. Ind. or. ” “ Sharp Coll. 1905-313. ” “ NHMUK 014383008 ” ( BMNH).

Comments.

Habitus as in Fig. 1 A, B . The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, among them at least one specimen, from “ Ind. or. Dacca ” ( Sharp 1889). Procirrus fusculus was redescribed in the Japanese literature by Tsunamitsu Adachi (1955) with concise descriptions, documenting its distribution in Japan and India ( Japan: curated by Sharp; India: label transcription indicates “ Ind. or. Dacca ”). However, according to the type label, its distribution was exclusively reported from Bangladesh ( Herman 2010). Through examination of the type specimen of P. fusculus and extensive comparative specimens of P. lewisii Sharp, 1889 , the two species were found to share a few diagnostic characters in external morphology. However, due to the absence of a genitalic dissection and study of the type specimen of P. fusculus , conclusive determination of their conspecificity remains elusive.

Figures

Figure 1. Procirrus fusculus. A. Habitus (Lectotype); B. Habitus and labels in lateral view (lectotype). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.