Paraphloeostiba subopaca ( Cameron, 1924 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2023, New species and records of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Papua New Guinea, and notes on some species from India, Indonesia and Philippines, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 486-500 : 497-498

Paraphloeostiba subopaca ( Cameron, 1924)

( Figs. 35 , 39–40 )

Phloeonomus subopacus Cameron, 1924: 168 ; Cameron 1930: 144

Phloeonomus ( Phloeonomus) subopacus: Scheerpeltz 1933: 1051

Paraphloeostiba subopaca: Steel 1960: 157

Material examined. INDIA: 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀: UTTARAKHAND: Nainital District , Mukteshwar. 2100–2150 m a.s.l. 25.02.2004. S. Saluk leg. (cSh) ; TAMIL NADU: 6 ♁♁, 10 ♀♀: Kodaikanal , Madurai. 1400 m a.s.l. 28.08.1989. A. Riedel leg. (cSh, SMNS) .

Remarks. Phloeonomus subopacus was originally described from “Chakrata District; Simla Hills...”. Steel (1960) redescribed it and transferred to the genus Paraphloeostiba . The species was known from the Himalayan regions of India ( Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand). It is here recorded from southern India ( Tamil Nadu) for the first time. Habitus as in Fig. 35 . Aedeagus as in Figs. 39–40 .

Figures

FIGURES 33–36. Habitus of Paraphloeostiba: 33—P. apicalis (Mindanao), 34—P. obesa (Borneo), 35—P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), 36—P. tonkinensis (Leyte). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 37–42. Aedeagus of Paraphloeostiba (Figs. 37–38: P. apicalis (Mindanao), Figs. 39–40: P. obesa (Sabah), Figs. 41–42: P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), Figs. 43–44: P. tonkinensis (Leyte)): 37, 39, 41, 43—parameral view, 38, 40, 42, 44—lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.