identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
02973EF46CA458E6B79372E998D911B4.text	02973EF46CA458E6B79372E998D911B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus aureolus Huang & Chen & Tang 2024	<div><p>Platydracus aureolus sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 4, 17–20</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. China – Hainan Prov. • ♂; glued on a card with two labels as follows: “ China: Hainan, Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E; alt. 950 m – 1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg. ” “ Holotype / Platydracus aureolus / Huang, Chen &amp; Tang ” [red handwritten label]; SHNU . Paratypes. China – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♂; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E; alt. 950 m – 1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg.; SHNU • 7 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E, alt. 700 m; 9–16 Nov. 2022; FIT, Cai &amp; Zhou leg; SHNU • 15 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E; alt. 950–1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg.; SHNU, NHMD . VIETNAM – Vinh Phu Prov. • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Tam Dao</a>; 20–28 Jun. 1990; Mir. Dvořák leg.; NMPC • 1 ♂; Hanoi TAM DAO nat. park; 75 km; 15 May – 16 Jun. 1991; leg. [collector illegible]; CNC .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species can be easily recognized from other Chinese species by larger body size and distinct coloration.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements of male: BL: 21.9–25.2 mm, FL: 9.33–10.78 mm. HL: 2.34–2.78 mm, HW: 3.09–3.58 mm, EYL: 1.18–1.32 mm, TL: 0.88–1.03 mm, PL: 3.52–4.20 mm, PW: 3.70–4.20 mm, EL: 4.07–5.12 mm, EW: 4.81–5.68 mm. HW / HL: 1.29–1.32, TL / EYL: 0.75–0.78, PL / PW: 0.95–1.00, EL / EW: 0.85–0.90.</p><p>Body mostly black, except head and pronotum with strong golden tint on dorsal side, elytra light reddish-brown with several small dark marks, maxillary palpi, labial palpi and mandibles partially reddish-brown, legs reddish-brown, except for the trochanters, basal profemora and basal mesofemora blackish, tibial spurs dark brown, tarsomeres especially terminal segment more or less dark.</p><p>Head 1.29–1.32 times as wide as long, eyes large, tempora 0.75–0.78 times as long as eye; surface with punctation dense and umbilicate; pubescence mostly golden; antennomeres 1–3 distinctly longer than wide, antennomere 4 as long as wide, antennomeres 5–10 distinctly transverse, gradually incrassate, segments 4 to 11 covered with dense pubescence; maxillary palpi slender; mandibles relatively slender, inner edge of left mandible with two small teeth and two teeth on lower plane, inner edge of right mandible with small tooth on upper plane and small tooth on lower plane.</p><p>Pronotum 0.95–1.00 times as long as wide; punctation similar to that of head, pubescence golden, relatively longer and more distinct than that of head; disc with small middle specular patch near posterior margin; scutellum with dense rugulose punctation and black pubescence.</p><p>Elytra 0.85–0.90 times as long as wide, punctation fine and dense, pubescence mostly golden. Mesoventrite and metaventrite covered with golden pubescence laterally.</p><p>Abdomen with tergites densely punctate; tergites III – V each with a pair of large dark tomentose spots, the rest portions covered with golden pubescence, tergite VI and VII each with a pair of small dark tomentose spots near posterior margin which can be indistinct in some specimens, the rest portions covered with golden pubescence though that of basolateral portions more or less dark, tergite VIII covered with golden pubescence on basal two-thirds, and tergite VII with apical palisade fringe.</p><p>Male. Abdominal sternite VIII with posterior margin emarginate in the middle; aedeagus (Figs 19, 20) asymmetrical, twisted to the right side in ventral view; median lobe with slender and elongate tip; paramere broad, with apical setae, subapical portion with cavity to accommodate the large apical tooth of the median lobe.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the coloration of the new species.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/02973EF46CA458E6B79372E998D911B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
27A25ACC14275BA792E8F8FC04E8085E.text	27A25ACC14275BA792E8F8FC04E8085E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus hainanensis Huang & Chen & Tang 2024	<div><p>Platydracus hainanensis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 13–16</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. China – Hainan Prov. • ♂; glued on a card with two labels as follows: “ China: Hainan, Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.86667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.86667/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>, forest nr., residence; 18 ° 44 ' N, 109 ° 52 ' E; rainforest, decaying log; alt. 1100 m; 4 Feb. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou, Yan &amp; Wang leg. ” “ Holotype / Platydracus hainanensis / Huang, Chen &amp; Tang ” [red handwritten label]; SHNU . Paratypes. China – Hainan Prov. • 2 ♂♂; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.86667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.86667/lat 18.733334)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>, forest nr., residence; 18 ° 44 ' N, 109 ° 52 ' E; rainforest, decaying log; alt. 1100 m; 4 Feb. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou, Yan &amp; Wang leg.; SHNU .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species belongs to the Platydracus brachycerus group, and it is similar to P. smetanai Zhou, Zhao &amp; Tang, 2024 by sharing dense punctation of the head and short protarsomere 5. Yet, it can be distinguished from the latter by the distinctly larger body size (11.6–13.7 mm in P. smetanai) and a different aedeagus.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements of male: BL: 15.3–17.8 mm, FL: 8.00– 8.11 mm. HL: 1.67–1.85 mm, HW: 2.28–2.41 mm, EYL: 0.68 mm, TL: 0.80–0.86 mm, PL: 2.47–2.65 mm, PW: 2.41–2.59 mm, EL: 3.15–3.27 mm, EW: 3.21–3.33 mm. HW / HL: 1.30–1.37, TL / EYL: 1.18–1.27, PL / PW: 1.00–1.03, EL / EW: 0.98–1.02.</p><p>Body black, elytra with distinct copper tint, abdominal segments partially brownish, maxillary palpi, labial palpi and tarsomeres brownish with apical margin of each segment lighter, antennae dark brown with antennomeres gradually lighter apicad.</p><p>Head 1.30–1.37 times as wide as long; eyes moderately large, tempora 1.18–1.27 times as long as eye; surface with punctation dense and coarse; anterior portion of frons impunctate; pubescence most brownish except that behind anterior margin and eyes silver; antennomeres 1–3 distinctly longer than wide, antennomere 4 as long as wide, antennomeres 5–10 distinctly transverse, gradually incrassate, segments 4 to 11 covered with dense pubescence; maxillary palpi stout with last segment narrowly subtruncate apically; mandibles robust, inner edge of left mandible with two teeth on upper plane and mid tooth on lower plane, inner edge of right mandible with blunt anterior tooth and sharp posterior tooth on upper plane and mid tooth on lower plane.</p><p>Pronotum 1.00–1.03 times as long as wide; disc with narrow impunctate midline, punctation distinctly sparser than that of head, pubescence brownish; scutellum with dense rugulose punctation and dark pubescence.</p><p>Elytra 0.98–1.02 times as long as wide, punctation dense and coarse, pubescence behind humeri, along suture and posterior elytral margin silver, pubescence of the rest parts brownish.</p><p>Anterior legs with tibiae and tarsomeres distinctly stouter than those of the related species, tarsomere 5 rather short.</p><p>Abdominal tergites III – VI with basal transverse depression, with punctures coarser at base, gradually become finer apicad; pubescence brownish except for that of lateral portion of tergite III which is silver.</p><p>Male. Abdominal sternite VII with large median depression bearing numerous long dark brown setae; sternite VIII with posterior margin shallowly emarginate in the middle; aedeagus (Figs 15, 16) almost symmetrical, median lobe elongated with lateral sides subparallel forming broad round tip in ventral view; paramere elongated triangular, slightly curved ventrad in lateral view, without apical setae.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the new species.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/27A25ACC14275BA792E8F8FC04E8085E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
FAC13E827D9056DC97317C1FE4DC42C7.text	FAC13E827D9056DC97317C1FE4DC42C7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus juang Smetana 2005	<div><p>Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005</p><p>Figs 2, 9–12</p><p>Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005: 22; Xu and Tang 2019: 185; Hu 2020: 346; Zhou Zhao and Tang 2024: 508.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♂; Jianfengling N. R., decaying log; 15 Nov. 2009; Wen Dong leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Diaoluoshan N. R.; alt. 1000 m; Dec. 2022; Zhou &amp; Cai leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.84139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.741667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.84139/lat 18.741667)">Mingfenggu</a>, rainforest, decaying log; 18 ° 44 ' 30 ″ N, 108 ° 50 ' 29 ″ E; alt. 995 m; 26 Jan. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou &amp; Wang leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Lingshui County; Diaoluo Shan N. R.; alt. 900 m; 22 May 2014; Qiu-Jian Yue leg.; SHNU .</p><p>Measurements.</p><p>Male: BL: 13.4–19.3 mm, FL: 6.89–10.55 mm. HL: 1.60–2.65 mm, HW: 1.91–2.84 mm, EYL: 0.62–0.80 mm, TL: 0.74–1.23 mm, PL: 2.28–3.39 mm, PW: 2.10–3.15 mm, EL: 2.71–4.07 mm, EW: 2.59–3.95 mm. HW / HL: 1.07–1.19, TL / EYL: 1.20–1.54, PL / PW: 1.08–1.15, EL / EW: 1.03–1.07. Female: BL: 12.3–20.0 mm, FL: 7.00– 9.67 mm. HL: 1.60–2.16 mm, HW: 1.97–2.59 mm, EYL: 0.56–0.74 mm, TL: 0.74–1.05 mm, PL: 2.34–3.15 mm, PW: 2.10–2.78 mm, EL: 2.71–3.70 mm, EW: 2.53–3.58 mm. HW / HL: 1.17–1.23, TL / EYL: 1.33–1.42, PL / PW: 1.11–1.13, EL / EW: 1.03–1.07.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The species is similar to P. brachycerus Smetana &amp; Davies, 2000, in most aspects, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the more rounded temples, longer pronotum, and sparser punctation of the head.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FAC13E827D9056DC97317C1FE4DC42C7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
401AF80964F35E4EA5A6992CD7347F52.text	401AF80964F35E4EA5A6992CD7347F52.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus marmorellus Fauvel 1895	<div><p>Platydracus marmorellus Fauvel, 1895</p><p>Figs 3, 5–8</p><p>Staphylinus marmorellus Fauvel, 1895: 253.</p><p>Platydracus marmorellus; Herman 2001: 14.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R.; alt. 1000 m; 10–23 May 2011; BI Wen Juan leg.; SHNU • 2 ♀♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.833336/lat 18.733334)">Mingfenggu</a>; 18 ° 44 ' N, 108 ° 50 ' E; alt. 950 m; 30 Apr. 2012; Peng &amp; Dai leg.; SHNU • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.84139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.741667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.84139/lat 18.741667)">Mingfenggu</a>; 18 ° 44 ' 30 ″ N, 108 ° 50 ' 29 ″ E; rainforest, decaying log; alt. 995 m; 26 Jan. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou &amp; Wang leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.87806&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.7325" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.87806/lat 18.7325)">District V</a>; 18 ° 43 ' 57 ″ N, 108 ° 52 ' 41 ″ E; broad-leaved forest, decaying log; alt. 975 m; 24 Jan. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou &amp; Wang leg.; SHNU • 3 ♀♀; Qiongzhong County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.75806&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.174166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.75806/lat 19.174166)">Limu Mt., path to peak</a>; 19 ° 10 ' 27 ″ N, 109 ° 45 ' 29 ″ E; mixed forest, decaying log; alt. 1000 m; 1 Feb. 2015; Peng, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou &amp; Yan leg; SHNU • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E; alt. 950–1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.833336/lat 18.733334)">Mingfenggu</a>; 18 ° 44 ' N, 108 ° 50 ' E; alt. 950 m; 29 Apr. 2012; Peng &amp; Dai leg.; SHNU .</p><p>Measurements.</p><p>Male: BL: 14.8–18.4 mm, FL: 8.78–9.22 mm. HL: 1.85–2.07 mm, HW: 2.59–2.82 mm, EYL: 0.82–0.89 mm, TL: 0.82–0.89 mm, PL: 2.90–3.21 mm, PW: 2.84–3.15 mm, EL: 3.21–3.89 mm, EW: 3.39–4.32 mm. HW / HL: 1.35–1.44, TL / EYL: 1.00, PL / PW: 1.02–1.13, EL / EW: 0.90–0.97. Female: BL: 12.2–14.9 mm, FL: 7.67–9.11 mm. HL: 1.70–2.07 mm, HW: 2.15–2.45 mm, EYL: 0.82 mm, TL: 0.67–0.82 mm, PL: 2.53–3.02 mm, PW: 2.47–2.96 mm, EL: 2.96–3.39 mm, EW: 3.09–3.64 mm. HW / HL: 1.18–1.32, TL / EYL: 0.82–1.00, PL / PW: 1.00–1.03, EL / EW: 0.93–0.98.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The species is widely distributed in South China, and its detailed distributional information will be listed in a forthcoming paper by Qing-Hao Zhao. In general appearance, the species is similar to P. plagiicollis (Fairmaire, 1891) which overlaps in distribution. Yet, P. marmorellus can be easily distinguished from the latter by bearing pale appressed microsetae on the forebody, which are absent in P. plagiicollis .</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan), Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia. New to China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/401AF80964F35E4EA5A6992CD7347F52	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
F4A182451CA656E083E63F6BBA9E5431.text	F4A182451CA656E083E63F6BBA9E5431.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus subirideus Kraatz 1859	<div><p>Platydracus subirideus Kraatz, 1859</p><p>Figs 25–28</p><p>Staphylinus subirideus Kraatz, 1859: 78; Cameron 1932: 199.</p><p>Platydracus subirideus; Herman 2001: 14.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♂; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.88333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.716667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.88333/lat 18.716667)">Mt. Diaoluoshan Reservoir</a>; 18 ° 43 ' N, 109 ° 53 ' E; alt. 950–1000 m; 25 Apr. 2012; PAN Y. H. &amp; LI W. R. leg.; SHNU .</p><p>Measurements.</p><p>Male: BL: 12.3 mm, FL: 6.66 mm. HL: 1.74 mm, HW: 2.19 mm, EYL: 0.86 mm, TL: 0.56 mm, PL: 2.37 mm, PW: 2.36 mm, EL: 2.58 mm, EW: 2.88 mm. HW / HL: 1.26, TL / EYL: 0.65, PL / PW: 1.00, EL / EW: 0.90.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The species is similar to P. maculipennis (Kraatz, 1859) in most aspects, but it can be recognized from the latter by the posterolateral pale portion of elytra small and indistinctly yellowish (large and distinctly yellowish in P. maculipennis), abdomen with whitish setae (yellowish in P. maculipennis) and legs blackish (yellowish in P. maculipennis).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan). Described from ‘ East Indies’. New to China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F4A182451CA656E083E63F6BBA9E5431	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
B8A1ECDEA4215961A587B15CB3ADCCE4.text	B8A1ECDEA4215961A587B15CB3ADCCE4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platydracus zhouchenglini Huang & Chen & Tang 2024	<div><p>Platydracus zhouchenglini sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 21–24</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. China – Hainan Prov. • ♂; glued on a card with two labels as follows: “ China: Hainan, Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 ″ N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 ″ E; alt. 700 m; 9–16 Nov. 2022; rotten meal trap; Cai &amp; Zhou leg. ” “ Holotype / Platydracus zhouchenglini / Huang, Chen &amp; Tang ” [red handwritten label]; SHNU . Paratypes. China – Hainan Prov. • 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 " N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 " E; alt. 950–1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg.; SHNU • 2 ♂♂; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 " N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 " E; alt. 700 m; 9–16 Nov. 2022; rotten meat trap; Cai &amp; Zhou leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Lingshui County, Diaoluoshan N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.860695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.72967" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.860695/lat 18.72967)">Houshan</a>; 18 ° 43 ' 46.81 " N, 109 ° 51 ' 38.52 " E; alt. 900–1250 m; 13–14 Nov. 2022; Cai &amp; Zhou leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Lingshui County, Diaoluoshan N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.860695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.72967" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.860695/lat 18.72967)">Houshan</a>; 18 ° 43 ' 46.81 " N, 109 ° 51 ' 38.52 " E; alt. 900–1250 m; 11–12 Nov. 2022; Cai &amp; Zhou leg.; SHNU • 3 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.833336/lat 18.733334)">Mingfenggu</a>; 18 ° 44 ' N, 108 ° 50 ' E; alt. 950 m; 30 Apr. 2012; Peng &amp; Dai leg.; SHNU • 1 ♂; Wuzhishan Mt., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.683334/lat 18.883333)">Guanshandian</a>; 18 ° 53 ' N, 109 ° 41 ' E; alt. 650 m; 20 Apr. 2012; Yin Ziwei leg.; SHNU • 1 ♂; Lingshui County, Diaoluoshan Mt., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.86667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.7" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.86667/lat 18.7)">Winding Road</a>; 18 ° 42 ' N, 109 ° 52 ' E; alt. 600–1000 m; 26 Apr. 2012; Peng &amp; Dai leg.; SHNU • 1 ♂; Wuzhishan Mt., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.683334/lat 18.883333)">Guanshandian</a>; 18 ° 53 ' N, 109 ° 41 ' E; alt. 700 m; 21 Apr. 2012; Peng &amp; Dai leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.84139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.741667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.84139/lat 18.741667)">Mingfengfu</a>; 18 ° 44 ' 30 " N, 108 ° 50 ' 29 " E; rainforest, decaying log; alt. 995 m; 28 Jan. 2015; Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou &amp; Wang leg.; SHNU • 1 ♀; Changjiang County, Bawangling N. R.; 11 Apr. 2010; alt. 1000 m; YIN Z. W. leg.; SHNU • 5 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 " N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 " E, alt. 700 m; 9–16 Nov. 2022; FIT, Cai &amp; Zhou leg; SHNU • 65 ♂♂ 36 ♀♀; Lingshui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.888695&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.700739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.888695/lat 18.700739)">Diaoluoshan N. R.</a>; 18 ° 42 ' 2.66 " N, 109 ° 53 ' 19.32 " E; alt. 950–1050 m; Aug. 2023; FIT; Zhao leg; SHNU, NHMD .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species can be easily recognized from other Chinese species by abdominal tergites III – VII with median golden tomentose patches that are continuous along the midline (Fig. 21).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements of male: BL: 9.6–16.8 mm, FL: 6.67–9.22 mm. HL: 1.42–1.85 mm, HW: 1.91–2.53 mm, EYL: 0.74–0.93 mm, TL: 0.37–0.74 mm, PL: 2.41–3.27 mm, PW: 2.34–3.02 mm, EL: 2.84–3.70 mm, EW: 2.84–3.76 mm. HW / HL: 1.24–1.39, TL / EYL: 0.40–0.80, PL / PW: 1.03–1.08, EL / EW: 0.94–1.02.</p><p>Measurements of female: BL: 11.7–16.7 mm, FL: 6.78–9.00 mm. HL: 1.48–1.79 mm, HW: 1.91–2.41 mm, EYL: 0.93 mm, TL: 0.37–0.62 mm, PL: 2.41–3.15 mm, PW: 2.28–2.96 mm, EL: 2.78–3.52 mm, EW: 2.90–3.64 mm. HW / HL: 1.29–1.40, TL / EYL: 0.40–0.67, PL / PW: 0.95–1.06, EL / EW: 0.94–0.97.</p><p>Body dark brown, pronotum reddish-brown along the margins, elytra reddish-brown with dark marks, maxillary palpi, labial palpi and mandibles reddish-brown, legs reddish-yellow, except for the trochanters and base of femora blackish, tibial spurs dark brown, tarsomeres more or less dark.</p><p>Head 1.24–1.40 times as wide as long, eyes large, tempora 0.40–0.80 times as long as eye; surface with punctation dense and umbilicate; pubescence mostly brownish; antennomeres 1–3 distinctly longer than wide, antennomere 4 slightly shorter than wide, antennomeres 5–10 distinctly transverse, gradually incrassate, segments 4 to 11 covered with dense pubescence; maxillary palpi slender; mandibles relatively slender, inner edge of left mandible with two acute teeth and two teeth on lower plane, inner edge of right mandible with round tooth and acute tooth on upper plane and acute tooth on lower plane.</p><p>Pronotum 1.03–1.08 times as long as wide; punctation and pubescence similar to that of head; disc with narrow impunctate midline in posterior one-fifth; scutellum with dense rugulose punctation and black pubescence.</p><p>Elytra 0.94–1.02 times as long as wide, punctation fine and dense, pubescence comprised of two types of setae, long setae mostly brownish, short setae mostly whitish.</p><p>Abdomen with tergites densely punctate; tergites III – VII each with median golden tomentose patch and a pair of large dark tomentose spots, the lateral portions covered with long brown setae and short white setae, tergite VIII covered with golden pubescence which is distinctly sparse in apical third, tergite VII with apical palisade fringe.</p><p>Male. Abdominal sternite VIII with posterior margin emarginate in the middle; aedeagus (Figs 23, 24) asymmetrical, twisted to right side in ventral view; median lobe with broad and round tip; paramere broad, with apical setae, subapical portion with cavity to accommodate apical tooth of the median lobe.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named in honor of Mr Cheng-Lin Zhou who collected many Platydracus specimens.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B8A1ECDEA4215961A587B15CB3ADCCE4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Huang, Jia-Yi;Chen, Jia-Wei;Tang, Liang	Huang, Jia-Yi, Chen, Jia-Wei, Tang, Liang (2024): The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). ZooKeys 1212: 129-141, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
