Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła, 2024

Guzman, Yoan Camilo, Tokareva, Alexandra, Koszela, Katarzyna & Żyła, Dagmara, 2024, Twenty-one new species of the Neotropical rove beetle genus Neolindus Scheerpeltz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 942, pp. 1-76 : 31-32

Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła sp. nov.

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Fig. 10 ; Supp. file 2

Diagnosis

Similar to N. apiculus and N. campbelli in the shape of the posterior margin of sternite VIII and tergite VIII. However, N. napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła sp. nov. differs from these species by the different structure of apical sclerites of aedeagus, especially, by much larger bifid protruding APS ( Herman 1991: figs 170, 174; Fig. 10F–G ).

Etymology

The epithet ‘napo’ is derived from the toponym of the type locality near the Napo River basin in Ecuador. A noun in apposition.

Type material

Holotype ECUADOR • ♂; “ Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła 2024 HOLOTYPE [red label] \\ ECUADOR: Sucumbíos, Sacha Lodge ; 0.5° S, 76.5° W; 270 m [m a.s.l.]; 13–25 Jul 1994; Hibbs Leg.; ex: malaise \\ SM0019856 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT.

Paratypes ECUADOR • 1 ♂; “ Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła 2024 PARATYPE [yellow label] \\ same data as for holotype \\ SM0024346 KUNHM-ENT [barcode] \\ Neolindus spp. Det. J.S. Ashe 1996”; KUNHM-ENT .

SURINAME • 1 ♂; “ Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła 2024 PARATYPE [yellow label] \\ Saramacca, West Suriname Road, 178 km WSW, Zaderij Airport ; 25 m; 4°59’6’’N, 56°18’48’’W; 12–14 Jun 1999; Z. H. Falin, B. DeDijin Leg.; SUR1F99 073; ex: flight intercept trap \\ SM0175295 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT.

Description

MEASUREMENTS. BL (5.67), H (0.3, 0.64), A (1.73), A1 (0.24, 0.07), A2 (0.1, 0.06), A3 (0.13, 0.06), A4 (0.09, 0.06), A5 (0.08, 0.06), A6 (0.63, 0.09), A7 (0.09, 0.07), A8 (0.09, 0.07), A9 (0.08, 0.06), A10 (0.08, 0.06), A11 (0.11, 0.07), NKW (0.30), GL (0.2), P (0.74, 0.81), E (1.08, 0.84), PC (0.44, 0.21), PF (0.54, 0.24), PT (0.27, 0.11), MSC (0.38, 0.22), MSF (0.68, 0.18), MST (0.54, 0.07), MTC (0.39, 0.24), MTF (0.54, 0.2), MTT (0.56, 0.08).

COLOURATION. Head and pronotum brown; legs light brown; abdomen brown.

HEAD. Head capsule wider than long; anterior margin sinuate, dorsoventrally deflexed, slightly elevated; posterior margin rounded, with emargination in front of neck; posterior angles rounded; setation with 1 pair of PCS and 1 row of PMS. Epicranium shiny, without micropunctuation, setation with 1 pair of FS and 2 pairs of PFS, without OS. Gena with irregular surface, with depression from mandibular base to middle of eye, setation with 1 OT, IOS, MS, and POS. Sockets of MS and POS umbilicate. Postgena with row of 2 setae in line from eye to gular suture; gular sutures reaching posterior margin of head, joining neck pits; anterior part of gula with 2 setae; posterior margin of head with 2 setae near gular sutures. Neck with foramen magnum occupying ¾ of occiput. Antenna moniliform from antennomere 5, longer than head and pronotum combined ( Fig. 10A ); antennomeres longer than wide, antennomeres 3–11 with tomentose pubescence; antennomere 1 shorter than antennomeres 2 and 3 combined, antennomere 3 longer than 2. Labrum bilobed, with U-shaped emargination ( Fig. 10A ; Supp. file 2).

THORAX. Pronotum slightly wider than long, with umbilicate micropunctures, 2 paramedial and 2 lateral rows of setae. Prosternum with superior marginal line parallel to anterior margin. Metasternal intercoxal process with 1 pair of acute processes. Elytron longer than wide, surface of elytra with moderately dense umbilicate punctures in 8–9 longitudinal rows ( Fig. 10A ; Supp. file 2).

LEGS. Protibia with 4 well-developed combs of setae; apical comb longitudinal, composed of widely separated, thick setae; mesotibial apical ctenidium on both sides, inner longer than outer; mesotarsomere 1 longer than 2, metatarsomeres 3 and 4 as long as 2, mesotarsomere 5 longer than 1; inner ctenidium of metatibia longer than outer; metatarsomere 1 longer than 2, metatarsomeres 2, 3 and 4 equal, metatarsomere 5 as long as metatarsomere 1.

ABDOMEN. Male: tergites with low-density randomly distributed micropunctuation. Posterior margin of tergite VII straight ( Fig. 10B ). Posterior margin of sternite VII sinuate ( Fig. 10C ). Posterior margin of tergite VIII apically rounded ( Fig. 10D ). Posterior margin of sternite VIII with midlongitudinal glabrous depression and midpoint U-shaped emargination, 1/5 of segment length, lateral angles rounded ( Fig. 10E ). Posterior margin of tergite IX with midlongitudinal deep emargination in ¾ of segment length; aedeagus, in parameral view, median lobe widest at middle, with pair of oval invaginations on sides from basal foramen to apex of lobe, apex of median lobe with 2 flattened processes. pPMS of complex form, with 2 pairs of acute triangular arms protruding towards parameral side. pLS longer than pPMS and APS, fused into plate on parameral side, with 2 acute flat triangular elongate arms bent towards parameral side. APS flat, with 2 long arms with rounded tips aligned with pLS ( Fig. 10F–I ). Female: unknown.

Distribution

This species is known from the type locality in Ecuador (Sucumbíos, Shushufindi), and Suriname (Sipaliwini, Kabalebo). It was collected at low altitudes between 25 to 270 m a.s.l. using Malaise and flight interception traps.

Figures

Fig. 10. Neolindus napo Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (KUNHM-ENT). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B−E. Abdominal segments, posterior margin schemes. B. Tergite VII. C. Sternite VII. D. Tergite VIII. E. Sternite VIII. F−I. Aedeagus. F. Parameral view. G. Parameral view scheme. H. Lateral view. I. Lateral view scheme. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B–I = 0.25 mm.