Amblopusa vancouverensis Yoo & Ahn, 2020

Yoo, In-Seong & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2020, Validation of Amblopusa vancouverensis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Zootaxa 4859 (2), pp. 300-300 : 300

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.2.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4413071
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA678791-FFEE-FFEE-FF67-FCAAFB7BD0C9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Amblopusa vancouverensis Yoo & Ahn
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Amblopusa vancouverensis Yoo & Ahn View in CoL sp. nov.

Type series. Holotype ♂, labeled as follows: CANADA: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Ucluelet, Wild Pacific Trail , N48°55′39.23″ E125°32′22.74″ 6 m, 16 XI 2018, JH Song, JS Lee, 0–20 cm deep, near log on gravel beach, flota- tion GoogleMaps ; Holotype, Amblopusa vancouverensis Yoo & Ahn, Desig. I. - S. Yoo & K.-J. Ahn 2019 [deposited in the Canadian National Collection of Insects , Arachnids and Nematodes ( CNC), Ottawa, Canada] . Paratypes 20, same data as holotype (8 exx.; 1♂ 1♀ on slides; 10 exx. in 100% EtOH) [2 deposited in CNC and 18 in Chungnam National University Insect Collection ( CNUIC)] .

Diagnosis. Amblopusa vancouverensis is similar to A. brevipes but can be distinguished by the following characters: the smaller body, longer head with linear lateral margins, shorter antennomeres, and different shapes in both median lobe and spermatheca. Detailed description and illustrations of the species are provided by Yoo & Ahn (2020).