Paraphloeostiba subopaca ( Cameron, 1924 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2023, New species and records of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Papua New Guinea, and notes on some species from India, Indonesia and Philippines, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 486-500 : 497-498

Paraphloeostiba subopaca ( Cameron, 1924)

( Figs. 35 , 39–40 )

Phloeonomus subopacus Cameron, 1924: 168 ; Cameron 1930: 144

Phloeonomus (Phloeonomus) subopacus: Scheerpeltz 1933: 1051

Paraphloeostiba subopaca: Steel 1960: 157

Material examined. INDIA: 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀: UTTARAKHAND: Nainital District , Mukteshwar. 2100–2150 m a.s.l. 25.02.2004. S. Saluk leg. (cSh) ; TAMIL NADU: 6 ♁♁, 10 ♀♀: Kodaikanal , Madurai. 1400 m a.s.l. 28.08.1989. A. Riedel leg. (cSh, SMNS) .

Remarks. Phloeonomus subopacus was originally described from “Chakrata District; Simla Hills...”. Steel (1960) redescribed it and transferred to the genus Paraphloeostiba . The species was known from the Himalayan regions of India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand). It is here recorded from southern India (Tamil Nadu) for the first time. Habitus as in Fig. 35 . Aedeagus as in Figs. 39–40 .

Figures

FIGURES 33–36. Habitus of Paraphloeostiba: 33—P. apicalis (Mindanao), 34—P. obesa (Borneo), 35—P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), 36—P. tonkinensis (Leyte). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 37–42. Aedeagus of Paraphloeostiba (Figs. 37–38: P. apicalis (Mindanao), Figs. 39–40: P. obesa (Sabah), Figs. 41–42: P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), Figs. 43–44: P. tonkinensis (Leyte)): 37, 39, 41, 43—parameral view, 38, 40, 42, 44—lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.