taxonID	type	description	language	source
131F06550946F121FF26A685FD1DFE6F.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 4.0 - 5.0 mm, reduced length 1.8 - 2.2 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Body colour brown, elytra yellowish brown, posterior part of abdominal segments yellowish brown, first three antennomeres light brownish yellow, becoming more brownish towards apex, legs light brownish yellow. Head as long as broad (Fig. 2); punctation shallow and distant, microsculpture composed of isodiametric meshes; eyes 0.82 times as long as postocular region in lateral view. Antennae (Fig. 3) slender, antennomeres I-III elongate and of subequal length; III 1,59 as long as IV; IX and X about as long as broad. Pronotum 1.04 times as wide as long and 1.25 times as wide as head; posterior angles obtuse but distinct; lateral margins in posterior third slightly convex or straight, pubescence directed cephalad along anterior 3 / 4 of midline, caudad along posterior 1 / 4, lateral in lateral portions of pronotum disc; with shallow depression along midline, small round depression just anterior to base of pronotum; punctation and microsculpture similar to head, but punctation denser. Elytra about 0.87 times as long and 0.84 times as wide as pronotum; posterior margins moderately sinuate near posterior angles; punctures slightly larger and denser than those on head, microsculpture composed of isodiametric meshes. Pubescence is only very slightly directed outwards, some hairs slightly erect. Hind wings fully developed. Abdomen almost as wide as elytra, widest at segments V / VI; tergites III-V with rather deep, tergite VI with shallow anterior impression; punctation fine and rather sparse; tergites III-VIII shiny, with very shallow microsculpture composed of extremely fine transverse striae (visible only at high magnification); posterior margin of tergite VII with pronounced palisade fringe. J: posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly convex (Fig. 5), truncate medially; posterior margin of sternite VIII slightly produced medially (Fig. 6); median lobe of aedeagus of distinct morphology, with flat ventral process in lateral view (Fig. 4); parameres inconspicuous. ♀: posterior margin of tergite VIII slightly convex (Fig. 7), truncate medially; posterior margin of sternite VIII slightly sinuate medially (Fig. 8); spermathecae rather simple, without distinctive characters (Fig. 9). E t y m o l o g y: The name refers to the flat / planar apical lobe of the aedeagus in lateral view. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Very similar to O. badia ERICHSON and O. robusta BERNHAUER. O. robusta has a larger body size, the female has a very different spermatheca. Due to the large intraspecific variability of O. badia, O. plana can only be distinguished from this species by the difference in the structure of the aedeagus. Females of O. badia and O. plana cannot be separated by morphological characters or by the spermathecae. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Northern Italy, Austria and Slovenia. Some specimens have been found in wood litter.	en	Terlutter, Heinrich, P, West (2025): Two new species of Ocalea ERICHSON from Austria, Slovenia and Italy (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57 (1): 375-383, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16956037
131F06550945F120FF26A555FDB3FB87.taxon	description	O t h e r m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d " 29.6.2013 Cardoso (400 m) – Coll. Mezano (800 m), It, Alpi Apuane, Provin Lucca, 44 ° 1 ' 14.94 " N, 10 ° 19 ' 24.72 " E, leg. T. Wolsch ", 1 J, 1 ♀ (cSchülke); " 18.5.2016 Bocca di Trat, Italy, Prov. Trentino, 1470 - 1650 m, N vom Ledrosee, 45 ° 55 ' 16.44 " N, 10 ° 46 ' 2.86 " E, leg. T. Wolsch ", 1 J (cSchülke). D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 4.5 - 5.75 mm, reduced length 2.05 - 2.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 10. Body colour dark brown, head and pronotum almost black, elytra and posterior part of abdominal segments slightly paler, antennae brown, legs yellowish brown. Head slightly wider than long; punctures rather dense and distinct, distinct punctures reaching to front of vertex, spaces as wide as diameter of punctures, with pronounced microsculpture; eyes as long as postocular region in lateral view. Antennae slender, antennomeres I-III elongate and of subequal length, III 1.64 as long as IV; IX and X about as long as wide. Pronotum 1.08 times as wide as long and 1.18 times as wide as head; posterior angles distinct; lateral margins in posterior third weakly sinuate, pubescence directed cephalad along midline, caudad just in front of posterior margin, laterally in lateral parts of pronotum disc; a small transverse depression just before base of pronotum; punctures and microsculpture similar to those on the head, but punctures more dense. Elytra about 1.06 times as long and 1.42 times as wide as pronotum; posterior margins distinctly sinuate near posterior angles; punctation and microsculpture similar to those of pronotum. Pubescence directed towards outer angle of posterior margin. Hind wings fully developed. Abdomen slightly smaller than elytra; tergites III-V with rather deep anterior impression, tergite VI with shallow anterior impression; punctation fine and rather sparse; posterior margin of tergite VII with distinct palisade fringe; tergites III-VIII shiny, with very shallow microsculpture composed of extremely fine transverse striae (visible only at high magnification). J: posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly convex, truncate in the middle; sternite VIII longer than tergite VIII, posterior margin distinctly produced in the middle (Fig. 13); aedeagus with distinct morphology, with weakly sinuate upper margin of ventral process in lateral view, and rather thick transverse ridges of bulb (Figs 16, 17), visible as a small hook in lateral view; parameres not distinct. ♀: posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly convex, truncate in the middle; sternite VIII longer than tergite VIII, posterior margin broadly rounded (Fig. 14); spermatheca rather simple, without distinctive characters (Fig. 15). E t y m o l o g y: The name refers to the main distribution area of this species in Italy. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: While O. rivularis shows great morphological variability in length, proportions and punctation, O. italica is very similar to O. rivularis. Normally O. italica has a more dense punctation than O. rivularis, the edges of the punctures appear sharper. In O. rivularis the punctation of the vertex is weak or absent near the clypeus, whereas in O. italica the distinct punctation reaches the anterior part of the vertex. However, the two species are best distinguished by the shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus and the internal structure of the aedeagus (Figs 16, 21). D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Austria, Italy, Slovenia. Collected mainly along rivers in damp forest litter.	en	Terlutter, Heinrich, P, West (2025): Two new species of Ocalea ERICHSON from Austria, Slovenia and Italy (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57 (1): 375-383, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16956037
131F06550944F127FF26A34DFC67FE79.taxon	description	R e m a r k s: No number of specimens is given in the original description of O. rivularis. In the collection in Vienna there are two specimens labeled as types. The specimen with the patria information Austria is designated als lectotype.	en	Terlutter, Heinrich, P, West (2025): Two new species of Ocalea ERICHSON from Austria, Slovenia and Italy (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57 (1): 375-383, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16956037
