Oligotergus ogloblini Bernhauer

Aballay, Fernando H., Chani-Posse, Mariana R., Ayón, María Rosana, Maldonado, María Belén & Centeno, Néstor D., 2014, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, Zootaxa 3860 (2), pp. 101-124 : 120

Oligotergus ogloblini Bernhauer

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Diagnosis. Oligotergus ogloblini can be distinguished by the following characters: head and pronotum dull black, coarsely and moderately punctuated, both with medial area impunctate; elytra black, finely and densely punctuated, with golden-orange pubescence; visible abdominal segments 2–7 black with apical margins increasingly goldenorange, segment golden orange; antennal segments 4–10 elongate. Length 8.5–10.0 mm.

Distribution. Argentina ( Herman 2001; Newton, unpublished database).

Bionomics. Species belonging to Oligotergus have been mainly found in fungi, carrion, dung and decaying fruits in tropical pine forests and mountain forests ( Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002; Morales & Aguilar-Astudillo 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 13 – 24. Habitus: 13, Philonthus quadraticeps Boheman; 14, P. discoideus (Gravenhorst); 15, P. bicoloristylus Chani- Posse; 16, P. bruchianus Chani-Posse; 17, P. flavolimbatus Erichson; 18, P. bonariensis Bernhauer; 19, P. longicornis Stephens; 20, P. argus Herman; 21, Styngetus viduus (Erichson); 22, Xenopygus analis (Erichson); 23, Nordus elytisi Chatzimanolis; 24, Oligotergus ogloblini Bernhauer.