Adota madida (Bernhauer, 1907) Bernhauer, 1907

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of Nearctic species of the genera Adota Casey, 1910 and Psammostiba Yosii & Sawada, 1976 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 185, pp. 1-35 : 20

Adota madida (Bernhauer, 1907) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 8 in Sawada 1977)

Atheta (Halobrecta) madida Bernhauer, 1907: 400 . Atheta (Halostiba) madida: Sawada, 1977: 190 .

Diagnosis. Adota madida can be recognized by the distinct shape of male tergum 8 ( Fig. 8 , K: Sawada 1977), the presence of bifurcate microsetae at the apex of male sternum 8 ( Fig. 8 , G) and by the distinct shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca ( Figs. 8 , H­L).

Adota madida can be distinguished from the Nearctic species of Adota by slightly concave and almost smooth posterior margin of the male tergum 8 and different shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca.

Distribution. Adota madida is known from Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Figures

FIGURES 6 ­ 12. Mouthparts of Adota maritima (Mannerheim) (male from Homer, Alaska). 6 – right maxilla, ventral view; 7 – right galea, dorsal view; 8 – right lacinia, ventral view; 9 – right lacinia, dorsal view; 10 – prementum; 11 – hypopharynx; 12 – mentum. Scale bar 0.1 mm (7 ­ 12), 0.2 mm (6).