Hesperus birmanus Cameron 1932
Creators: name: Cai, Yu-Jie
name: Li, Yue-Yang
name: Tang, Liang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Hesperus
Hesperus birmanus

description: Hesperus birmanus Cameron, 1932
(Chinese name: aeDz刃Ḇdzûà)
(Figs 1, 2, 13, 19, 25–29)
Hesperus birmanus Cameron, 1932: 160; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1372; Scheerpeltz, 1971: 167.
Material examined. China: Hainan: 1♀, Jianfengling N. R., alt. 950m, 30.IV.2012, Peng & Dai leg. (SHNU); Yunnan: 1♂, Jinghong, Nabanhe N. R., 29.IX.2009, MENG Ling-Zeng leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna, Yexianggu, 07.X.2014, Zhong Peng leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Xishuangbanna, Nabanhe N. R., 18. VI.2009, MENG Ling-Zeng leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Lianghe County, Mengyang Town, 24°33′28.97″N, 98°16′11.41″E, alt. 550– 1633m, VI –XI.2022; Lin Yicheng leg. (SHNU).
Redescription. Measurements of male: BL: 10.28 mm, FL: 5.27 mm. HL: 1.12 mm, HW: 1.82 mm, EYL: 0.75 mm, TL: 0.3 mm, PL: 1.85 mm, PW: 1.75 mm, EL: 2.52 mm, EW: 2.8 mm. HW/HL: 1.62, TL/EYL: 0.40, PL/PW: 1.06, EL/EW: 0.90.
Measurements of female: BL: 12.40–12.68 mm, FL: 5.27–5.35 mm. HL: 1.12–1.14 mm, HW: 1.82–1.83 mm, EYL: 0.72–0.77 mm, TL: 0.27–0.28 mm, PL: 1.98–1.99 mm, PW: 1.85–1.86 mm, EL: 2.67–2.69 mm, EW: 2.90– 2.94 mm. HW/HL: 1.59–1.62, TL/EYL: 0.36–0.38, PL/PW: 1.07, EL/EW: 0.92.
The external characters of adult are provided in the original description (Cameron 1932). Therefore, just supplemental description for the male sexual characters is provided below.
Male. Protarsomeres 1–4 moderately dilated, heart-shaped; sternite VIII with posterior margin emarginate at middle; sternite IX (Fig.28) with narrow, moderately long, asymmetrical basal portion, with apex deeply emarginated; tergite X (Fig. 29) triangular; aedeagus (Figs 25, 26) similar to those of H. wemmeri and H. rougemonti, but with more obtusely pointed apex of median lobe in lateral view; paramere (Fig. 27) slenderer, three setae on each side situated apically.
Distribution. This species is distributed in southwestern and southern China (Hainan, Yunnan), northeastern India (Assam, Sadiya), southeastern Myanmar (Karen Mts), northeastern Thailand and West Malaysia. New to China.
Diagnosis. The collecting locality of the male specimen is about 850 km away from the type locality in northeastern India (Assam) and about 600 km away from the type locality in southeastern Myanmar (Karen Mts). The specimen from China fits the original description (Cameron 1932) in all external characters. We consider this a tentative new record for China as the genitalia characters of type material are not available for study. Amongst the species of the Hesperus borneensis group with black head and pronotum, H. birmanus may be readily recognized from H. javanus and H. borneensis by only one outer antennomere (Fig. 13) yellowish (two outer antennomeres yellowish in H. borneensis and three outer antennomeres yellowish in H. javanus)
description: Published as part of Cai, Yu-Jie, Li, Yue-Yang & Tang, Liang, 2024, New species group and two new species of the genus Hesperus from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina), pp. 550-562 in Zootaxa 5474 (5) on pages 551-553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/12730952