Brounea seungili, Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015

Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015, Brounea, a new genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from New Zealand, with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 3990 (4), pp. 551-566 : 565

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A171FB7E-150D-4741-8045-A9BAE861B1C0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112114
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73C311BF-E44A-4E9A-8E1C-3CB339609EE2
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:73C311BF-E44A-4E9A-8E1C-3CB339609EE2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brounea seungili
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Brounea seungili View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 k, 2k, 2v, 3k, 5)

Type material. Holotype. New Zealand: Auckland ( AK): ♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on clear plastic card, “ New Zealand: AK: Mangamuka Rd, 21 I 1972 G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/61”, “ HOLOTYPE Brounea seungili Park and Carlton des. 2013”. Paratype (1♀). New Zealand: Auckland ( AK): 1♀, Ahuroa, 240m, nr Woodcocks, 5 I 1983, J. C. Watt, litter 83/6 ( NZAC).

Etymology. This species is named for Dr. Ahn lab alumnus, dead wood beetle specialist, and an enthusiastic supporter of this study, Mr. Seung-Il Lee.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of Brounea by the following combination of characters: small body, length 1.4–1.5 mm; large eye, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 k); male gula with heartshaped depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 v: arrow); antennomeres 4–5 longer than wide, 6–10 subquadrate; elytra subquadrate together ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 k), hind wings reduced to small pads; median lobe slender with pointed apical lobe ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 k); paramere long and apically blunt with setae at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 k).

Description. Length 1.4–1.5 mm. Body brown, elytra, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 k). Head. head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 k). Male gula with heart-shaped depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 v: arrow). Female head unmodified. Antennomeres 1–2 elongate, 3 subquadrate, 4–5 longer than wide, 6–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus shallow and reaching front point of eye ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 k). Posterior frontal fovea present and oval. Eye large and prominent, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 k). Thorax. Prosternum longer than wide, widest one-third length. Elytra subquadrate together ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 k). Hind wings reduced to small pads. Meso- and metaventrites together trapezoidal in ventral view, as long as wide. Abdomen. Abdominal tergite IV without patch of microtrichia. Aedeagus. Median lobe slender with pointed apical lobe ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 k). Phallobase symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 k). Parameres symmetrical, long and apically blunt with setae at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 k).