Rove Beetles

Figures 11–19.Antenae of Lasinus species (Japan). 11 Lasinus spinosus 12 Lasinus monticola 13 Lasinus mikado 14 Lasinus yamamotoi 15 Lasinus inexpectatus 16 Lasinus yakushimanus 17 Lasinus ammamnianus 18 Lasinus saoriae 19 Lasinus okinawanus. Scale – 1 mm.

Figures 6–9.6 apical portion of median lobe of Dianous cyaneovirens (Myanmar) 7–9 Dianous haraldi: 7 male sternite IX 8 aedeagus 9 apical portion of median lobe. Scales = 0.25 mm.

Figure 11.Dorsal view of male tergite VIII. A Tachinus armatus B Tachinus cavazzutii C Tachinus coronatus D Tachinus hercules E Tachinus hujiayaoi F Tachinus jiuzhaigouensis G Tachinus linzhiensis H Tachinus lohsei I Tachinus maderianus. Scales: 0.3 mm.

Figures 5–15.Diagnostic characters of Morphogenia struhli sp. n. 5 compound micrograph of male head showing anterolaterally shifted vertexal fovea (VF) and apodemes of the tentorium 6 male pronotum with antebasal sulcus (AS) and lateral antebasal fovea (LAF) indicated 7 male dorsal abdominal segments showing absence of fovea-like cuticular pockets at the bases of tergites V–VII 8 male left protarsus with tarsomeres indicated. A magnified portion of the ventral face of tarsomere II shows the large spines of possible raptorial function 9 male left metatarsus with tarsomeres indicated. Note that tarsi in 8 and 9 are to the same scale. 10 male left hind tarsal claw, with arrow indicating internal spike 11 male tergite VIII 12 male sternite VIII 13 dorsal view of aedeagus 14 female tergite VIII 15 female sternite VIII. In 11–15 all structures are orientated with anterior to the top.

Figure 5.SEM photographs of a male of Scaphicoma subflava sp. n. a Profemur b tarsonomere III c anterior portion of pronotum d disc of pronotum e elytra f disc of elytra g meso- and metaventrite in oblique angle h lateral portion of metaventrite. a, c–f Dorsal view; g, h ventral view.

Maps 5–6.

Figure 16.Aedeagus, parameral view (A, C, I, J). Aedeagus, lateral view (K). Paramere, parameral view (D, E). Underside of parameral lobe, with peg setae (B, F, G, H, L). Bolitogyrus pulchrus Brunke (A, B); Bolitogyrus salvini (Sharp) (C–H), morphotype I (C, F), morphotype III (D, E, G, H); Bolitogyrus sallei (Kraatz) (I); Bolitogyrus bechyneorum (Scheerpeltz) (J–L). Scale bar = 0.5 mm (A–K), 0.1 mm (L).

Figures 1–2.Habitus of Nazeris. 1 Nazeris nabanhensis sp. n. 2 Nazeris caoi sp. n. Scale bars 1 mm.

Store Øksø, Rold Skov, Danmark

Hadsund Syd

Kværkeby Mose, Midtsjælland. Denmark

Østrup Skov v. Randers Fjord

Hevring Hede

Kærby Mølle

Knudshoved Odde

Hevring Hede

Hjerritsdal mølle, Hobro, Danmark

Figure 10.Metolinus xizangensis sp. n. A male tergite VIII B male sternite VIII C tergite of male genital segment D sternite of male genital segment E aedeagus, dorsal view F aedeagus, lateral view G aedeagus, ventral view H female genital segment, ventral view. Scale bars 0.15 mm.

Map 2.Records of the orbiceps-group: Oropodes orbiceps, O. serrano, O. tataviam, O. tipai.

Figure 1.Habitus of Sinotrisus kishimotoi A male B female. Scales (mm): 1.0.

Figure 2.Habitus of Lathrobium spp., A Lathrobium tangi B Lathrobium obstipum. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figures 32–41.Stenus liupanshanus. 32 male sternite VIII 33 male sternite IX 34 male tergites IX, X 35, 26 aedeagus 37 expulsion hooks 38 female sternite VIII 39 female tergites IX, X 40 valvifers and spermatheca 41 spermatheca. Scales = 0.25 mm.

Figure 3.Lathrobium erlangense. A female tergite VIII B female sternite VIII C female tergites IX–X D male sternite VII E male sternite VIII F aedeagus in lateral view G male sternite IX H aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 1.Habitus of Derops spp., A Derops hainanus Zhao & Li, sp. n. B Derops yunnanus Zhao & Li, sp. n. C Derops punctipennis Schülke D Derops schillhammeri Schülke E Derops smetanai Schülke; F Derops dingshanus Watanabe. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.