Nazeris minor Koch 1939
Creators: name: Hu, Jia-Yao
name: Tu, Yue-Ye
name: Li, Li-Zhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Nazeris
Nazeris minor

description: Nazeris minor Koch, 1939
(Figs. 1–4)
Nazeris minor Koch, 1939: 159.
Nazeris nigritulus Hu, Li & Zhao, 2011: 9; syn. n.
Type material examined. Nazeris minor: Holotype. male: " Tienmuschan, N.W. China, Rtt./ Type / Nazeris minor Koch, det. C. Koch / Holotype, 1956 det. Kamp. " (NMBS); Paratype. 1 female: " Tienmuschan, N.W. China, Rtt./ Cotype " (NMBS). Nazeris nigritulus: Holotype. male: " CHINA: Zhejiang Prov., Anji County, Longwangshan, 950–1200m, 25.IV.2006, TANG Liang leg./ [Holotype], Nazeris minor Hu, Li & Zhao, 2011 " (SNUC), and 60 Paratypes (SNUC).
Additional material examined. China, Zhejiang, Lin'an City, West Tianmushan: 5 males, 1 female, 1000 m, 2.V.2009, Xiao-Bin Song leg. (SNUC); 2 males, 1 female, 13.V.2009, Xiao-Bin Song leg. (SNUC); 1 male, Gaoling, 830–900 m, 31.V.2010, Wang, Xu & Zhu leg. (SNUC); 5 males, 1500 m, 10.VIII.2010, Jia-Yao Hu leg. (SNUC); 11 males, 6 females, 1100 m, 21.VIII.2011, Hu & Tang leg. (SNUC); 2 males, 2 females, 50 0–1000 m, 25–26.VII.2011, Li-Zhen Li leg. (SNUC); 2 males, 1200–1300 m, 25–29.VII.2011, Hua-Yan Chen leg. (SNUC); 3 males, 2 females, 1000–1500 m, 26.VII.2011, Yu-Hong Pan leg. (SNUC); 3 males, 30°21′N, 119°25′E, 1200 m, VI.2012, Run-Yu Li leg. (SNUC); 1 male, 1300–1450 m, 8.IX.2012, Jia-Yao Hu leg. (SNUC); 4 males, 3 females, firebreak to Xian'ren Peak, 30°20′50′′N, 119°25′58′′E, leaf litter, sifted, 1300 m, 22.X.2013, Bi, Song, Tang & Yin leg. (SNUC); 1 male, 1000–1500 m, 24.VII.2014, Zhi-Zhou Yu leg. (SNUC); 12 males, 6 females, mixed forest, leaf litter, wood, sifted, 1100 m, 18–30.VIII.2015, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC); China, Zhejiang, Lin'an City, Qingliangfeng: 9 males, 10 females, Qianqingtang, 30°18′N, 119°17′E, 1000–1100 m, 16.V.2012, Chen, Ma & Zhao leg. (SNUC); China, Zhejiang, Anji City, Longwang Shan: 100 males, 70 females, Qianmutian, 1300 m, 24–29.V.2009, Feng, Liu, Yin & Yuan leg. (SNUC); 1 male, 3 females, Dongguan, 1250 m, 26.V.2009, Feng, Liu, Yin & Yuan leg. (SNUC); 7 males, 3 females, 700–1325 m, 28.VII.2011, Yu-Hong Pan leg. (SNUC); 4 males, 30°24′N, 119°26′E, 1480 m, 10.VI.2012, Jian-Qing Zhu leg. (SNUC); 11 males, 6 females, Qianmutian, 30°24′N, 119°21′E, 1050–1250 m, 8.VI.2012, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC); 21 males, 19 females, Pingxi Creek, 30°24′N, 119°27′E, 1000–1100 m, 9.VI.2012, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC); 36 males, 31 females, Tonghanggang, 30°25′N, 119°26′E, 1100–1480 m, 10.VI.2012, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC); 21 males, 10 females, Tonghanggang, 30°25′N, 119°26′E, 1000 m, 11.VI.2012, Hu & Yin leg. (SNUC); 7 males, 13 females, parking square to Qianmufeng, 30°24′27′′–23′36′′N, 119°26′41′′–12′′E, mixed leaf litter, sifted, 13 00– 1450 m, 14.V.2013, Hu, Li, Lv, Song, Xie, Yang, Zhao & Zheng leg. (SNUC); 4 males, 6 females, path in mixed forest nr. Dongguan, 30°24′28′′N, 119°26′37′′E, leaf litter, sifted, 1050–1200 m, 15.V.2013, Lv & Xie leg. (SNUC); 30 males, 13 females, 30°24′28′′N, 119°26′25′′E, mixed leaf litter, sifted, 1050–1200 m, 15.V.2013, Chen, Hu, Pan & Zhao leg. (SNUC); 20 males, 9 females, Tonghanggang, 30°24′45′′N, 119°26′35′′E, pine leaf litter, sifted, 1150–1500 m, 17.V.2013, Hu, Lv, Xie, Zhao & Zheng leg. (SNUC); 7 males, 7 females, Tonghanggang, 30°24′45′′N, 119°26′35′′E, mixed leaf litter, sifted, 1150–1500 m, 17.V.2013, Y. Chen & Y.H. Pan leg. (SNUC).
Comment. Nazeris minor was originally described from "Tienmuschan, Nordwestliches China", which actually located in northwest Zhejiang Province, east China. Nazeris nigritulus was described from "Tianmushan", the same locality of N. minor. An examination of the types revealed that the latter species is undoubtedly a new synonym of N. minor.
Comparative notes. Nazeris minor is highly similar to N. cultellatus Assing, 2013 in external and male sexual characters, but can be separated by denser punctation of the abdomen and the shorter dorso-lateral apophyses of the aedeagus (Figs. 3, 4).
Distribution and habitat data. The species is known from three adjacent mountains in northwest Zhejiang. The specimens were collected by sifting leaf litter at altitudes of 500–1500 m, always together with N. chinensis and N. rougemonti.
description: Published as part of Hu, Jia-Yao, Tu, Yue-Ye & Li, Li-Zhen, 2016, On the Nazeris fauna of Zhejiang, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), pp. 361-373 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on pages 362-363, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/266665