Sclerochiton schuelkei ASSING 2011
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Acanthaceae
Sclerochiton
Sclerochiton schuelkei

description: <i>Sclerochiton schuelkei</i> ASSING, 2011(Map 3) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China: Y u n n a n: 3&amp;female;&amp;female;, 100 km W Kunming, Diaolin Nat. Res., 22.V.-2.VI.1993, leg. Jendek &amp; Sausa (NHMW, cAss); 233, 1 ex., mountains NW Dongchuan, 26°10'N, 103°04'E, 2350 m, trail margin, litter and soil between herbs sifted, 8.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch); 1&amp;female;, 1 ex., E Kunming, Xiaobailong Forest Park, 24°56'N, 103°05'E, 2110 m, secondary pine forest, pine litter and litter at trail margin sifted, 10.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch); 1233, 7&amp;female;&amp;female;, 49 exs., NE Kunming, 25°09'N, 102°54'E, 2280 m, secondary pine forest, with scattered old alder, litter sifted, 11.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch, MNHUB); 1&amp;female;, mountain W Xundian, 25°35'N, 103°09'E, 2200 m, mixed forest with alder and pine, bark of rotting pine trunk with termites sifted, 15.VIII.2014, leg. Assing (cAss); 1033, 9&amp;female;&amp;female;, 3 exs., mountain W Xundian, 25°35'N, 103°09'E, 2300 m, mixed forest with alder, pine, shrub undergrowth, litter, twigs, and roots of herbs sifted, 15.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch, MNHUB); 1&amp;female;, 1 ex., mountain W Xundian, 25°35'N, 103°09'E, 2300 m, mixed forest with alder, pine, shrub undergrowth, litter, twigs, and roots of herbs sifted, 16.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch); 1 ex., Wuding, Lion Mountain Scenic Area, 25°32'N, 102°23'E, 2200 m, stream valley with deciduous forest, moist litter sifted, 17.VIII.2014, leg. Schülke (cSch); 1&amp;female;, 1 ex., mountain NW Wuding, 25°37'N, 102°19'E, 2190 m, degraded mixed forest with alder, oak, and pine, litter, mushrooms, and dead wood sifted, 17.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch); 1 ex., mountain SE Gejiu, 23°18'N, 103°12'E, 2400 m, graveyard with pine, pine litter and herb roots sifted, 20.VIII.2014, leg. Schülke (cSch); 1933, 7&amp;female;&amp;female;, 12 exs., mountain W Gejiu, 23°24'N, 103°07'E, 1990 m, mixed forest, litter and various debris sifted, 23.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch, MNHUB); 13, 1&amp;female;, 19 exs., same data, but 24.VIII.2014 (cAss, cSch, MNHUB); 233, 3&amp;female;&amp;female;, 2 exs., same data, but 25.VIII.2014 (cAss, cSch, MNHUB); 1&amp;female;, 1 ex., mountain W Yuxi, 24°27'N, 102°30'E, 2250 m, secondary mixed forest, litter, roots, and moss sifted, 31.VIII.2014, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch). C o m m e n t <i>Sclerochiton schuelkei</i> has been reported from Yunnan, with femalebased records also from Thailand and Laos (Map 3). The new records suggest that this species is common at least in East Yunnan.
description: Published as part of <i>Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Sclerochiton. II. Two new species and additional records, including the first records of the genus from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 1197-1208 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2)</i> on pages 1200-1201, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5415812