Diochus conicollis ( 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

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scientific name	Diochus conicollis ( Motschulsky, 1858 )
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10. Diochus conicollis ( Motschulsky, 1858) View in CoL

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Rhegmatocerus conicollis Motschulsky, 1858: 658 View in CoL (Type locality: Indes orientales).

Diochus conicollis View in CoL ; Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 608 (catalog); Bernhauer, 1902: 32 ( Ceylon); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 319 (catalog); Bernhauer, 1922: 231 (Formosa); Cameron, 1932: 45 ( Ceylon; India); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1324 (catalog); Shibata, 1973: 131 (Taiwan); Coiffait, 1977: 206 ( Bhutan); Coiffait, 1981: 329 (Andaman Islands; misidentification); Coiffait, 1982: 27 ( Nepal); Herman, 2001: 2445 (catalog); Smetana, 2004: 624 ( Hongkong, Taiwan; Nepal, India, Bhutan); Löbl & Löbl, 2015: 1007 (Palaearctic catalog; Hongkong, Taiwan; Nepal, India, Bhutan); Zhou and Zhou, 2016: 22 View Cited Treatment (lectotype designation, redescription); Huang, Janák, and Zhou, 2024c: 529 View Cited Treatment ( Thailand; Myanmar).

Syn.: Diochus major Kraatz, 1859: 113 View in CoL (Type locality: India orientalis; Ceylan); Bernhauer, 1902: 32 (synonym of D. conicollis View in CoL ); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 319 (synonym of D. conicollis View in CoL ); Cameron, 1932: 46 (synonym of D. conicollis View in CoL ); Smetana, 2004: 624 (synonym of D. conicollis View in CoL ); Löbl & Löbl, 2015: 1007 (Palaearctic catalog; synonym of D. conicollis View in CoL ).

Material examined. MYANMAR: env. Maymyo: 1 male, 12–13. 02. 1996, 700–900 m, Kurbatov ( MHNG) . THAILAND: 4 males, 4 females, W. THAILAND: 300 m, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary, 15°28'N – 94°48'E, Tak Province, Umphang District, Song Bae Stream , 18.-27.iv.1988, Evergreen rain forest, M.J.D. Brendell, B.M. 1988–183, Flight interception trap ( NHMUK, JJRC) ; 1 male, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep National Park, Mok Fa waterfall, leaf litter, 8.11.2019, leg. Kleeberg ( AKBG) ; 1 female, Soppong , 19.29N, 18.18E, 13.5.1993, 750 m, L. Bocák lgt. ( SMNS) ; 1 male, Khao Yai National Park, Haek Naew Falls , 19.XI.2004, Rossi ( VAHG) ; 1 female, river 24 km from Chiang Mai, road to Chiang Rai, 27.XI.2004, leg. W. Rossi ( VAHG) ; 1 female, Inthanon, Wachiratran waterfall, 18°32'N, 98°31'E, 700 m, stream, 18.II.2014, leg. Ob ( VAHG) .

Diagnosis. In this species, posterior margin of male sternite VIII is widely and shallowly emarginate, and with numerous dark coarse setae on the posterior margin, which are similar only to that of D. japonicus Cameron, 1930 . The setae on lateral parts of male sternite VIII in D. conicollis is much denser than that in D. japonicus .

Distribution. Confirmed records are only from Myanmar, Sri Lanka ( Ceylon) and Thailand. Published records from other countries ( India, Nepal, Bhutan, China ( Hong Kong, Taiwan)) have to be verified.

MHNG	Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
NHMUK	Natural History Museum, London
SMNS	Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart

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Taxonomy

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