Gnypeta, : Moore and Legner, 1975

Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges & Webster, Reginald, 2008, Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 11-84 : 59

IV. Gnypeta helenae species group

The helenae species group may be characterized by the following combination of characters: spermatheca S-shaped, capsule pipe-shaped and consisting of a small cylindrical apical part angularly connected with a narrow, tubular and sinuate stem ( Figs 153 , 161); median lobe of aedeagus with narrowly triangular apical portion of tubus in lateral view ( Figs 148 , 156); male tergite 8 truncate and slightly emarginated medially ( Figs 151 , 159); and female sternite 8 deeply emarginated medially ( Figs 155 , 163).

Species included: G. helenae Casey , and G. canadensis Klimaszewski sp. nov.

Figures

Figs 148-155. Genital structures of Gnypeta helenae: 148, median lobe of the aedeagus in lateral view, 149, dorsal view; 150, paramere; 151, male tergite 8; 152, male sternite 8; 153, spermatheca; 154, female tergite 8; 155, female sternite 8.