Pseudognypeta salvini ( SHARP 1883) Paśnik, 2007

Paśnik, G., 2007, Redescription of the genus Pseudognypeta CAMERON (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 1121-1127 : 1123-1124

Pseudognypeta salvini ( SHARP 1883) nov.comb. ( Figs 11-15 )

Thamiaraea salvini SHARP 1883: 197 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Lectotype :: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 3000-4000 ft., Champion (BMNH). Paralectotype :: same data as lectotype (BMNH).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l: Costa Rica, Carpintera, 18.VI.1939, and (BMNH).

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Body. Length 3.6-3.7 mm, convex, parallel-sided, glossy ( Fig. 11 ); body colour pitchy brown, elytra reddish-brown, its lateral and posterior parts black, shoulders yellow, abdomen balck, tergites 3-4 yellow with black spot at middle, legs yellow, antennae brown with antennomeres 1-3 yellow.

Head circular in outline, convex, glossy, narrower than pronotum, widest across eyes; eyes large, strongly protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above longer than postocular region; surface of head with distinct isodiametric mesh microsculpture; punctuation relatively coarse and sparse; pubescence short and sparse, directed inward. Antennae long, clearly increase in width apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length, antennomere 4 longer than wide, antennomeres 5-6 as long as wide, antennomeres 7-10 transverse, antennomere 10 about 1.5 times wider than long.

Pronotum quadrate, moderately convex, glossy, widest in apical third, lateral sides gradually narrowed in straight line to rounded hind angles; before base without transverse impression, surface with fine isodiametric mesh microsculpture; punctuation fine and dense; pubescence at midline directed posteriorly.

Elytra subquadrate, slightly wider than pronotum, at suture as long as pronotal length at midline; surface lacking microsculpture; punctuation relatively coarse and dense, interstices between punctures smaller than their diameter, pubescence short and dense.

Abdomen narrowed from base to apex, bases of tergites 3-5 each with shallow transverse impression, impressions smooth, inpunctuate, tergal punctuation minute, pinprick-like and very sparse, surface of tergites with fine microsculpture composed of transverse line.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs 12-13 ; tergite 8 as in Fig. 15 .

Female. Spermatheca as in Fig. 14.

R e m a r k s: See under Pseudognypeta picta .

Figures

Figs 11-15. Pseudognypeta salvini (SHARP): (11) habitus; (12) aedeagus in lateral view; (13) aedeagus in ventral view; (14) male tergite VIII; (15) spermatheca.