Diochus setatus Huang, Janák & Zhou, 2024

Huang, Tian, Janák, Jiří & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2025, Revision of the genus Diochus Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Diochini) from Thailand and Myanmar, Zootaxa 5620 (1), pp. 105-142 : 140

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.5
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scientific name	Diochus setatus Huang, Janák & Zhou, 2024
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14. Diochus setatus Huang, Janák & Zhou, 2024

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Diochus setatus Huang, Janák, and Zhou, 2024: 516 View Cited Treatment (Type locality: Myanmar: Kalaw ; India)

Type material examined. Holotype: male, MYANMAR: BURMA, Kalaw, 19: III: 1982, de Rougemont ( GROG) . Paratype: INDIA: Assam: 1 male, Manas , 200 m, 23. X. 78, Besuchet-Löbl ( MHNG) .

Diagnosis. According to the elongate antennae and numerous short and dense setae on posterior margin of the male sternite VIII, this species can be easily distinguished from most other species. Diochus conicollis also has elongate antennae and numerous setae on male sternite VIII, which are similar to this species, but the male sternite VIII in D. conicollis is more shallowly emarginate and with less dense setae and the aedeagus of D. conicollis has shorter parameres and different inner structure.

Distribution. Myanmar, India.