Nornalup afoveatus Park & Chandler

Park, Jong-Seok & Chandler, Donald S., 2017, Nornalup, a new genus of pselaphine beetle from southwestern Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae), ZooKeys 695, pp. 111-121 : 115-116

Nornalup afoveatus Park & Chandler sp. n. Figs 1a, 2 a–b, 2g, 2j, 3 a–b, 4a, 4 d–e, 5

Type material.

Holotype. Australia: Western Australia (WA): 1♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in euparal on clear plastic card, "Australia: Western Australia: Walpole- Nornalup N.P., Anderson Rd., near Valley of the Giants Rd., 120m, 34°59.48'S, 116°52.35'E, 2 VIII 2004, tingle- Allocasuarina -karri ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) forest; FMHD#2004-137, berl., leaf & log litter, A. Newton, M. Thayer, et al. 1111". Paratypes (n = 14; 7 males, 7 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♀ (CBNUIC, slide mounted), Warren N. P., Bicentennial Tree vic., 120 m, 34°29.73'S, 115°58.62'E, 30 VII-10 VIII 2004, kauri forest ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ), flight intercept trap, A. Newton & A. Solodovnikov, FMHD#2004-114, 1105; 1♂ (WAM), same as holotype; 1♂ (ANIC), 2-8 VIII 2004, flight intercept trap, A. Solodovnikov, A. Newton & M. Thayer, FMHD#2004-135, 1111; 1♂ (ANIC), Beedelup N. P., Beedelup Falls Rd., 150 m, 34°25.81'S, 115°53.098'E, 31 VII 2004, jarrah ( Eucalyptus marginata ) forest with Banksia grandis , Xanthorrhoea , A. Newton, M. Thayer, et al., FMHD#2004-128, 1109; 1♂ (FMNH), Warren N. P., Maidenbush Tr., 60 m, 34°30.515'S, 115°57.411'E, 29 VII 2004, old-growth karri forest ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ), A. Newton & D. Clarke, FMHD#2004-113, 1104; 1♂ (FMNH), Pemberton, The Cascades, 7 VII 1980, fungus & jarrah litter, S. Peck & J. Peck; 1♂ (CBNUIC), Brockman N. P., 23.5 km S Pemberton, 6 XII 1976, bark litter, J. B. Kethley, FMHD#76-5031; 1♂ (WAM), Walpole N. P., 5 km NE Coalbine, 5 XII 1976, fungal mat, J. B. Kethley, FMHD#76-470; 1♀ (FMNH), Beedelup N. P., Walk-though Tree vic., 100 m, 34°25.7'S, 115°58.63'E, 30 VII-10 VIII 2004, karri forest ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ), flight intercept trap, A. Newton & M. Thayer, FMHD#2004-116, 1106; 1♀ (CBNUIC), Brockman N. P., 8 XII 1976, leaf litter, debris u. canopy of karri, J. B. Kethley, FMHD#76-482; 1♀ (FMHD), Walpole N. P., 6 km NE Coalbine, 13 XII 1976, litter base of Red Tingle, J. B. Kethley, FMHD#76-493; 2♀♀ (WAM), Nornalup , Valley of Giants, 21 VI 1980, berl., tingle tree bark, S. Peck & J. Peck; 1♀ (ANIC), Walpole N. P., Collier Rd., 19 VI 1980, berl., tingle tree litter, S. Peck & J. Peck.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from N. quadratus sp. n. by the longer elytra (Fig. 1a), larger body length (> 2.0 mm), presence of a median metasternal fovea, and the straight anterior margin of female abdominal sternite IX (Fig. 4a). This species is also separated from N. minusculus sp. n. by the greater body length (> 2.0 mm, Fig. 1a).

Description.

Length 2.0-2.5 mm (Fig. 1a). Head. Male antennomeres 1-2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4-9 longer than wide, 10 subquadrate (Fig. 2a). Female antennomeres 1-2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4-6 longer than wide, 7-9 subquadrate, 10 weakly transverse (Fig. 2b). Thorax. Elytra rectangular and longer than wide (Fig. 1a). Hind wings fully developed. Metaventrite with median metasternal fovea. Abdomen. Female abdominal sternite IX with straight anterior margin (Fig. 4a). Aedeagus. Apex of male aedeagus with one small lobe, bended as L-shape in lateral view (Fig. 4e).

Distribution.

Western Australia (Fig. 5: squares).

Habitat.

Specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps, or by sifting leaf, bark, or fungus litter in Eucalyptus forests.