Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin

Klimaszewski, Jan, Godin, Benoit & Bourdon, Caroline, 2012, Further contributions to the aleocharine fauna of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 186, pp. 207-237 : 214-215

Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin sp. n. Figs 123162, 63

Holotype

(female). Canada, Yukon, EMAN Plot, Cadet Camp, 60.5951, -134.9499, 20.IX.2006, 760 m, pitfall trap, mature white spruce and feathermoss forest, coll. EP Yukon, AJK (LFC).

Paratypes.

Canada, Yukon, EMAN Plot, Cadet Camp, 60.5951, -134.9499, 29.V.2006, 760 m, pitfall trap, mature white spruce and feathermoss forest, EP Yu kon, AHW (ECW) 1 female; same data except: 15.V.2002, JF (ECW) 1 female; 12.VI.2002, EV (ECW) 1 female; 18.X.2002, FD (CNC) 2 females; 8.VII.2003, LMK31Y. LJ (ECW) 1 female; Fireweed Dr., 60.6014, -134.9387, 23.IX.2000, 772 m, pitfall trap, mixed pine and willow forest, EP Yukon (ECW) 1 female; Whitehorse, Granger, 60.7078, -135.0971, 5.VIII.2007, 657 m, soil sifting, black spruce stand, B. Godin (ECW, LFC) 2 females; same data except: 25.VIII.2007 (LFC) 1 female; Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 16.IX.2007, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed aspen and white spruce forest, B. Godin (ECW) 1 female; Upper Liard, Albert Creek, 60.0522, -128.928, 8.VII.2000, 699 m, deciduous litter sifting, B. Godin (ECW, LFC) 2 females.

Etymology.

Named for Douglas Davidge, biological technician (ECW), who supported the second author in his work for 20 years.

Diagnosis.

Body narrow, subparallel, head narrower than pronotum, elytra and abdomen slightly wider, uniformly brown with appendages yellowish-brown and antennae yellow, or with head and abdomen dark brown and rest of body light brown (Fig. 12); surface moderately glossy; pubescence fine, punctation weak and moderately dense, meshed microsculpture pronounced on forebody; head round, slightly flattened medially and with eyes about as long as postocular region of head; antennae slender, articles 4-5 slightly elongate, 6-10 subquadrate to slightly transverse, last article elongate; pronotum transverse, widest in basal half; elytra at suture slightly longer than pronotum; abdomen broadly arcuate laterally; length 2.8-2.9 mm (Fig. 12). MALE: unknown. FEMALE: tergite 8 transverse and truncate apically (Fig. 62); sternite 8 slightly elongate and rounded apically (Fig. 63); spermatheca S-shaped, capsule elongate, stem short and sinuate (Fig. 31).

The following combination of characters distinguishes this species from other congeners: body narrow, subparallel and brown, with pronotum, elytra and legs lighter, antennae yellowish, surface of forebody moderately glossy and with dense microsculpture, and spermatheca short and S-shaped.

Distribution.

This Nearctic species is known only from the type localities in the Yukon Territory.

Bionomics.

Adults were collected from May to September from soil and organic litter.

Comments.

This species may be easily distinguished by the unique shape of the spermatheca.