Diochus punctipennis ( Motschulsky, 1858 )

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 : 138-139

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15271679
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scientific name	Diochus punctipennis ( Motschulsky, 1858 )
status

Treatment

11. Diochus punctipennis ( Motschulsky, 1858) View in CoL

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Rhegmatocerus punctipennis Motschulsky, 1858: 659 View in CoL (Type locality: Indes orientales);

Diochus punctipennis View in CoL ; Fauvel, 1898: 117 ( Seychelles); Kolbe, 1910: 20 ( Seychelles); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 319 (catalog); Bernhauer, 1922: 176 ( Seychelles); Cameron, 1932: 46 (characters; India); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1324 (catalog); Cameron, 1934: 79 (type examined); Cameron, 1937: 4 (Java); Scheerpeltz, 1957: 233 (Sumba); Coiffait, 1981: 329 (Andaman Islands); Lecoq, 1990: 189 (Mascarene Islands); Huang, Janák, and Zhou, 2024c: 532 View Cited Treatment ( Thailand; Malaysia).

Material examined. THAILAND: 3 males, 1 female, Thailand, Ban Sai Yok , 9.III.82, G. de Rougemont ( GROG, JJRC) ; 2 females, Thailand, Khao Yai N.P., Haew Narok Falls , 19.XI.2004, leg. W. Rossi ( VAHG, JJRC) ; 1 female, Ko Chang NP, 10.12.90, leg. Forster ( NHMW) .

Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to D. crispus sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the shape of male sternite VIII, which is only emarginate in the middle of posterior margin. Compared to D. antennatus , this species also has a shallowly emarginate basal transverse carina in the male sternite VIII, but the medial emargination of male sternite VIII in this species is distinctly deeper. Besides, the antennae of this species distinctly elongate. These characters can separate it from D. antennatus .

Distribution. Malaysia (Selangor), Thailand. The published records from other countries ( Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodriguez, Andaman Is., India) have to be verified.

NHMW	Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae
SubFamily	Staphylininae
Tribe	Diochini
Genus	Diochus