Brounea sungryongi, 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 : 558-559

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.6112100
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD47911E-1440-4A43-8E38-2A97FD8DE6BF
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD47911E-1440-4A43-8E38-2A97FD8DE6BF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brounea sungryongi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Brounea sungryongi View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 e, 2e, 2p, 3e, 4)

Type material. Holotype. New Zealand: Northland ( ND): ♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND ND Russell SF Punaruku 17 Jul 1983 J.C. Watt”, “Wood mould 83/80”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand ”, “ HOLOTYPE Brounea sungryongi Park and Carlton des. 2013”. Paratypes (5♀). New Zealand: Northland ( ND): 5♀ (1♀, slide-mounted), same data as holotype ( NZAC).

Etymology. This species is named for one of the first author’s best friends, whooping crane specialist and an enthusiastic supporter of this study, Dr. Sung-Ryong Kang (Jackie).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of Brounea by the following combination of characters: eye large, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 e); male abdominal sternite VII with setose depression at middle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 p: arrow); antennomeres 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate; median lobe rectangular, shorter and narrower than parameres ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e); paramere three times broader than median lobe, weakly narrowed at distal one-third ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e).

Description. Length 1.7–1.9 mm. Body brown, elytra, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 e). Head. Head bluntly triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 e). Ventral surface of head of both sexes unmodified ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 p); lacking swollen ventral surface or dense gular setae. Antennomeres 1–2 elongate, 3 subquadrate, 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus shallow, reaching midpoint of eye ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 e). Anterior and posterior frontal fovea small and round. Eye large, one-half length of temple. Thorax. Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third length. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 e). Hind wings of both sexes well-developed. Meso- and metaventrites together trapezoidal in ventral view, longer than wide. Abdomen. Abdominal tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia. Male abdominal sternite VII with setose depression at middle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 p: arrow). Female sternite unmodified. Aedeagus. Median lobe rectangular, shorter and narrower than parameres ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e). Phallobase symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e). Parameres symmetrical, three times broader than median lobe, weakly narrowed at distal one-third ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e).