Platydracus subirideus Kraatz 1859

Platydracus subirideus Kraatz, 1859 Figs 25–28 Staphylinus subirideus Kraatz, 1859: 78; Cameron 1932: 199. Platydracus subirideus; Herman 2001: 14. Material examined. China – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♂; Lingshui County, Mt. Diaoluoshan Reservoir; 18 ° 43 ' N, 109 ° 53 ' E; alt. 950–1000 m; 25 Apr. 2012; PAN Y. H. & LI W. R. leg.; SHNU. Measurements. 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. Diagnosis. 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). Distribution. China (Hainan). Described from ‘ East Indies’. New to China.