Neolindus parautriensis 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 : 46-49

Neolindus parautriensis Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła sp. nov.

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Fig. 16 ; Supp. file 2

Diagnosis

This species resembles N. utriensis sp. nov. and N. maya sp. nov. in habitus, but can be distinguished from them by the characters of the apical sclerites of the aedeagus. pPMS of N. parautriensis Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła sp. nov. are crossed with each other, narrower than in N. utriensis and N. maya with apical arms of equal lengths, slightly bent inwards, while in N. utriensis and N. maya , pPMS are more robust, not crossing each other, with apical arms of different lengths ( Fig. 16F–I ).

Etymology

The name is a combination of ‘ para ’, a Latin prefix that means ‘similar to’ or ‘equal’, and ‘ utriensis ’, which refers to one of the species described in this paper. An adjective.

Type material

Holotype PANAMA • ♂; “ Neolindus parautriensis Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła 2024 HOLOTYPE [red label] \\ Colón, 14 km N jct Escobal & Piña Rds. ; 02–11 Jun 1996; J. Ashe & R. Brooks Leg.; PAN1AB96 181B; ex: flight interception trap \\ SM0016476 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT.

Paratypes PANAMA • 1 ♀; “ Neolindus parautriensis Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła 2024 PARATYPE [yellow label] \\ Colón, 14 km N jct Escobal & Piña Rds. ; 02–11 Jun 1996; J. Ashe & R. Brooks Leg.; PAN1AB96 181B; ex: flight interception trap \\ SM0016473 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; “ SM0016472 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; “ SM0016477 KUNHM-ENT [barcode]”; KUNHM-ENT .

Description

MEASUREMENTS. BL (11.48), H (1.01, 1.68), A (3.15), a1 (0.63, 0.14), a2 (0.23, 0.12), a3 (0.3, 0.12), a4 (0.26, 0.11), a5 (0.27, 0.12), a6 (0.26, 0.09), a7 (0.24, 0.11), a8 (0.25, 0.1), a9 (0.27, 0.10), a10 (0.21, 0.10), a11 (0.22, 0.10), NKW (0.60), GL (0.38), P (1.38, 1.98), E (2.24, 1.96), PC (0.94, 0.52), PF (1.46, 0.46), PT (0.06, 0.36), MSC (0.44, 0.5), MSF (1.32, 0.42), MST (0.95, 0.18), MTC (0.72, 0.98), MTF (1.93, 0.40), MTT (1.74, 0.18).

COLOURATION. Head and pronotum dark brown; antennae and maxillary palpi light brown; legs brown and partially light brown; meso- and metatibia lighter than other parts of respective legs; abdomen dark brown.

HEAD. Head capsule wider than long; anterior margin straight; posterior margin straight with emargination in front of neck; posterior angles straight; setation with 1 pair of PCS, PMS setae in dense straight row. Epicranium with dense micropunctuation, setation with 1 pair of FS, 1 OS, 2–3 pairs of PFS in row parallel to PMS, and without OS. Gena with irregular surface, setation with 1 POS, 2 PTOS, 1 MS with umbilicate socket, and 1 OT, sockets of POS concave. Postgena with row of 3–5 setae in line from eye to gular suture, gular sutures not reaching posterior margin of head, anterior part of gula with irregular row of 6 setae. Antenna thin, longer than head and pronotum combined ( Fig. 16A ); antennomeres longer than wide; tomentose pubescence starting from antennomere 3; antennomere 1 as long as antennomeres 2 and 3 combined; antennomere 3 longer than 2. Labrum bilobed, with shallow V-shaped emargination ( Fig. 16A ; Supp. file 2).

THORAX. Pronotum wider than long, almost quadrate (ratio 0.87), with umbilicate punctures and 2 paramedial rows of setae. Basisternum of prosternum triangular, with row of 8 setae on anterior margin, well-developed longitudinal ridge, and wrinkled surface. Metasternal intercoxal process with 1 pair of acute spine-like processes. Elytron longer than wide, surface of elytra with moderately dense umbilicate punctures in 6–8 longitudinal rows ( Fig. 16A ; Supp. file 2).

LEGS. Protibia with 4 well-developed combs of setae; mesotibial apical ctenidia on both sides, inner longer than outer; mesotarsomere 1 longer than mesotarsomere 2; metatarsomere 1 as long as metatarsomere 2, metatarsomere 3 as long as metatarsomere 4 but shorter than metatarsomere 2, metatarsomere 5 as long as metatarsomere 1.

ABDOMEN. Tergites with sparse micropunctures. Posterior margin of tergite VII straight ( Fig. 16B ). Anterior margin of tergite VIII with 4 internal canals, central canals fused, forming inverted pentagon. Anterior margin of sternite VIII with 4 internal canals. Male: posterior margin of sternite VII with moderate emargination at middle, with acute processes on each side ( Fig. 16C ). Posterior margin of tergite VIII with 3 acute processes, wide 1 in middle and 2 narrow ones on sides ( Fig. 16D ). Posterior margin of sternite VIII bilobed, with narrow median emargination reaching up to ¼ of segment length, lobes obtuse ( Fig. 16E ). Posterior margin of tergite IX with midlongitudinal deep emargination, reaching up to ¾ of segment length ( Fig. 16A ; as in Asenjo 2011: fig. 12); aedeagus, median lobe broadened at base, apex with moderately deep emargination and rounded processes on each side. pLS thin, with net-like microsculpture, forming elongate flat processes equal in length to pPMS. APS spoon-shaped with widened distal third, wider than pLS, with slightly emarginate apical margin. pPMS elongate, thin, crossed with each other, with 2 acute apical arms of same length, slightly bent inwards ( Fig. 16F–I ). Female: lack of emargination on abdominal segments VIII and IX.

Distribution

This species is known from the type locality in Panama (Colón, Chagres). Based on the label information, it was collected in Bosque Protector San Lorenzo at a low altitude using a flight interception trap.

Figures

Fig. 16. Neolindus parautriensis 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 = 0.5 mm.