Brounea mangamukaensis, 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 : 561-562

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.6112108
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/347FF44D-2CDA-4A38-9CFF-2D7819A9A592
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:347FF44D-2CDA-4A38-9CFF-2D7819A9A592
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brounea mangamukaensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Brounea mangamukaensis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 i, 2i, 2t, 3i, 5)

Type material. Holotype. New Zealand: Northland ( ND): ♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND: ND Mangamuka Gorge S.R., 6.6km NW Mangamuka, 70m, 25.xi–5.xii.1984 hdwd.–podocarp forest A.Newton/M.Thayer 682”, “flight intercept (window) trap”, “ HOLOTYPE Brounea mangamukaensis Park and Carlton des. 2013”.

Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Mangamuka, Auckland.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of Brounea by the following combination of characters: large eye, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 i); frontal rostrum fused, inverted heart-shaped; male head weakly swollen ventrally ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 t); antennomeres 4–8 longer than wide, 9–10 subquadrate; paramere enlarged, emarginate in distal one-third with setae at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 i).

Description of male. Length 1.8 mm. Body yellowish brown, elytra, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 i). Head. Head triangular, widest across eyes ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 i). Ventral surface of head weakly swollen ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 t). Antennomeres 1–2 elongate, 3 subquadrate, 4–8 longer than wide, 9–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching one-third length of eye from apex of rostrum ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 i). Frontal rostrum fused, inverted heart-shaped. Posterior frontal fovea present and oval. Eye large and prominent, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 i). Thorax. Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 i). Hind wings well-developed. Meso- and metaventrites together trapezoidal in ventral view, longer than wide. Abdomen. Abdominal tergite IV with pair of oval or transverse patches of microtrichia. Aedeagus. Median lobe triangular ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 i). Phallobase symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 i). Parameres symmetrical and enlarged, emarginate in distal one-third with setae at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 i).