Orphnebius krypticola PACE, 2007

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 60

Orphnebius krypticola PACE, 2007

Material examined: Brunei: 1 ♂, Temburung District , ridge NE of Kuala Belalong, 300 m, light trap, X.1992, leg. Martin ( BMNH) .

Comment: The original description is based on a unique male from Brunei. The specific epithet is evidently a misspelling: in the heading of the description PACE (2007) writes “ kripticola ”, whereas in other parts of the article (abstract, résumé, keys, figure caption) he uses the – etymologically correct – epithet “ krypticola ” five times. HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) list the species as Orphnebius kripticola .

The fact that PACE (2007) uses the epithet “ krypticola ” five times, as opposed to one occurrence of “ kripticola ”, is evidence that he meant to use the etymologically correct noun and that the spelling “ kripticola ” represents an inadvertant error in the sense of Article 32.5.1 of the Code ( ICZN 1999). According to Article 24.2.3 of the Code, HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) cannot be regarded as First Revisers, since they do not cite both spellings together. Thus, the epithet “ krypticola ” is here designated as the correct original spelling.

Based on the shapes of tergite and sternite VIII, as well as on the male sexual characters (ventral process massive; paramerite slender and curved), O. krypticola belongs to the O. reductus subgroup.