Paramaurops vonickai, Hlaváč, 2013

Hlaváč, Peter, 2013, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XII. New species of Paramaurops Jeannel, 1948 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Macedonia, Zootaxa 3745 (3), pp. 397-399 : 397-399

Paramaurops vonickai n. sp.

( Figs. 1, 2 )

Etymology: named after Pavel Vonička, co-collector of the type material.

Material studied: Holotype, 1 ♂: (p) MACEDONIA, Bistra pl. Mts., Lazaropole, 1471 m, 1300-1400 m, 15.VI.2008, P. Vonička lgt. / red label (p) HOLOTYPE Paramaurops vonickai n. sp. P. Hlaváč det., 2013. NMPC. Parataypes: 4 ex, same data as holotype; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 ex: same data as holotype, but P. Moravec lgt.; 17 ex, same data as holotype, but L. Blažej lgt.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 ex: (p) MACEDONIA, Galičica Mts. , Livada pass— Magaro , 1650-1800 m, 9- 10.VI.2008, P. Vonička lgt. (reg. silv.); 1 ♂: (p) MACEDONIA, Bistra pl. Mts., Lazaropole , Mala reka valley, 800-1000 m, 16.6.2008, P. Moravec lgt.; 1ex: (p) MACEDONIA, Bistra pl. Mts., Mavroro, Carevec pass env., 1500-1650 m, 16.6.2008, P. Vonička lgt. (reg. silv.). NMPC, CPH, CPV, CPM, CLB .

Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, sparsely covered with golden uneven setation; legs, antennae and maxillary palpi slightly lighter, length 2.20-2.30 mm, maximum width of elytra 0.60–0.62 mm.

Head slightly longer than wide; smooth, with prominent antennal tubercles and oval median depression on frons, lateral vertexal carinae well-defined, median carina short, evident from the level of ocular spines and reaching level of well-defined tentorial pits, ocular spines minuscule, eyes absent; antennae about 1.1 mm long, scape 1.2 times longer and slightly wider than pedicel, antennomeres III, V and VII of the same length, slightly longer than IV and VI, antennomere VII shortes, IX about as long as VII, X asymmetric, about as long as wide, terminal antennomere twice as long X, relative length of antennomeres: 12 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 9 / 7 / 9 / 6.5 / 9 / 9 / 19.

Pronotum slightly longer than wide and slightly narrower than head, with well defined lateral and discal carinae not reaching posterior margin, ended by sharp spine in posterior fourth, lateral carinae about half the length of the discal carinae, median fovea replaced by depression.

Elytra simple, about as long as wide, about 1.35 times as long as pronotum, on each elytron with small but well defined basal fovea close to sutura.

Abdomen slightly wider than elytra, first visible tergite very large, about 1.3 times as wide as long, external parallel carinae almost as long as internal carinae, length of internal carinae 0.3 of length of first visible tergite, distance between internal carinae about 0.18 mm, lacking basomedial and basolateral foveae or depressions.

Legs long, simple, lacking spines.

Aedeagus as in Figs. 1, 2 .

Sexual dimorphism: not apparent.

Habitat: all specimens were collected under large deeply embedded stones in forested areas.

Differential diagnosis: Paramaurops vonickai belongs to the group of the Balcanic Paramaurops with 2 parallel carinae on disc of the pronotum together with P. apfelbecki Ganglbauer, 1896 ; P. breiti breiti Ganglbauer, 1903 ; P. breiti leonis J. Müller, 1928 ; P. modestus J. Müller, 1934 and P. purkynei Roubal, 1934 . Following the key for the genus (Müller, 1944: 94), P. vonickai due to having elytra about as long as wide and the presence of pronotal discal carinae is closely related to P. modestus and P. breiti breiti but it differs from them by size, P. modestus is only 2 mm long and P. breiti breiti is much larger, 2.4 mm long, and by the different shape of the aedeagus.

Distribution: Macedonia (Bistra planina Mts., Galičnica Mts.)

Figures

FIGURE 1,2. Paramaurops vonickai n. sp. 1—aedeagus, dorsal view. 2—aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bar 0.1 mm.