Paederus (Harpopaederus) konfuzius WILLERS, 2001 (Map 3) Paederus konfuzius WILLERS, 2001b: 3 ff.; partim. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype 3: " China: Shaanxi, Qin Ling Shan, 108.47E, 33.51N, Mountain W Pass at Autoroute km 70, 47 km S Xian, 2300-2500 m, sifted, 26.- 30.08.1995, leg. A. Pütz / Holotypus 3 Paederus konfuzius n. sp., des. Willers 9.1999 / Paederus konfuzius Willers, det. V. Assing 2015" (cAss). Paratypes: 1♀ [teneral]: same locality and date as holotype, but leg. Schülke (cSch); 1♀: same locality and date as holotype, but leg. Wrase (cSch); 13: " CHINA (Shaanxi) Qin Ling Shan, 107.56E, 33.45N, autoroute km 93 S Zhouzhi, 108 km SW Xian, mount. forest, 1650 m, 1.-2.IX.95 Wrase / Paratypus ♀ [sic] Paederus konfuzius n. sp., des. Willers 9.1999 / Paederus agnatus Eppelsheim, det. V. Assing 2015" (cSch); 13: " China: Shaanxi, Qin Ling Shan, 107.56E, 33.45N, Autoroute km 93 S Zhouzhi, 108 km SW Xian, Mountain Forrest [sic], sifted, 1650 m, 1.- 2.09.1995, leg. M. Schülke / Paratypus 3 Paederus konfuzius n. sp., des. Willers 9.1999 / Paederus agnatus Eppelsheim, det. V. Assing 2015" (cSch). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d China: S h a a n x i: 233, Xunyangba, 1.-3.VII.2005, leg. Jeniš (cAss). C o m m e n t: The original description of P. konfuzius is based on thirteen type specimens from three localities in the Qinling Shan, Shaanxi (WILLERS 2001b). The specimens from one of the localities, at least five paratypes, are not conspecific with the holotype, but belong to P. agnatus. The record from the Taibai Shan is based on three females and consequently somewhat uncertain. PENG et al. (2015) reported additional localities from the Qinling Shan. LI & ZHOU (2007) erroneously reported the species also from Gansu and Sichuan (PENG et al. 2015). Confirmed records are known only from Shaanxi (Map 3).

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Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2015, On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 163-190 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1) on page 166, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5414042