Nordus elytisi Chatzimanolis

Aballay, Fernando H., Chani-Posse, Mariana R., Ayón, María Rosana, Maldonado, María Belén & Centeno, Néstor D., 2014, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, Zootaxa 3860 (2), pp. 101-124 : 120

Nordus elytisi Chatzimanolis

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Diagnosis (based on Chatzimanolis 2004). Nordus elytisi can be distinguished from all other species of Nordus by the following characters: head, pronotum, elytra and scutellum golden-orange, antennal segments and legs all yellow, abdomen black except segments 1, 2, 8 and the apical third of segment 7 golden-orange; antennal segments 4 and 5 subquadrate, 6–10 transverse; disc of pronotum with large and deep punctures, medial impuctate area broadest anteriorly, large impunctate areas in anterolateral quarters and small impunctate area along posterior and posterolateral margins and the distinct shape of the aedoeagus (see Chatzimanolis 2004: 22–23). Length 9.0– 9.5 mm.

Distribution. Argentina and Bolivia ( Chatzimanolis 2004).

Bionomics. Species belonging to Nordus has been reported from fungi, carrion and human feces (Navarrete- Heredia et al. 2002). Chatzimanolis (2004) cites species of this genus occurring between up to 2300 m of altitude in wet tropical lowlands and cloud forests.

Figures

FIGURE 13 – 24. Habitus: 13, Philonthus quadraticeps Boheman; 14, P. discoideus (Gravenhorst); 15, P. bicoloristylus Chani- Posse; 16, P. bruchianus Chani-Posse; 17, P. flavolimbatus Erichson; 18, P. bonariensis Bernhauer; 19, P. longicornis Stephens; 20, P. argus Herman; 21, Styngetus viduus (Erichson); 22, Xenopygus analis (Erichson); 23, Nordus elytisi Chatzimanolis; 24, Oligotergus ogloblini Bernhauer.