Stenus shibatai, Puthz, 2011
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5324778 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5343669 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB098780-5A11-3829-9292-9539FDA8C66E |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Stenus shibatai |
status |
sp. nov. |
Stenus shibatai View in CoL nov.sp. ( Figs 33 View Figs 26-45 , 109 View Figs 108-121 )
T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype () and 2 - paratypes: TAIWAN: Taoyuan Hsien: near Mt. Lalashan , 25.VII.1978, Y. Shibata . Paratypes: 1, 2: ibidem, 24.VII.1978, Y. Shibata; 1: Nantou Hsien: Sungchuankang (2400 m), 3.VIII.1983, Y. Shibata. - HT and PTT in coll. Shibata, PTT also in cP .
D e s c r i p t i o n: Micropterous, black with some brownish hue, each elytron with a slightly elevated oval orange spot (fig. 33), moderately shiny, forebody coarsely and densely punctate, abdomen coarsely, moderately densely punctate; pubescence short, recumbent. Antennae yellowish, club infuscate. Maxillary palpi yellowish, segment 3 slightly infuscate. Paraglossae oval. Legs reddish brown. Clypeus black, labrum dark brown, moderately densely pubescent.
Length: 5.0-6.0 mm (forebody: 2.4-2.7 mm).
PM of the HT: HW: 37; DE: 20; PW: 26.5; PL: 29; EW: 31; EL: 33; SL: 24; SpL: 15.
M a l e: Same as in S. electristigma . Sternite 8 apically with a narrow rounded notch about one eighth as long as the sternite. Aedeagus (fig. 117), median lobe with a narrowly prominent apical tip, broad expulsion hooks and a weakly sclerotized flagelliform tube; parameres slightly longer than median lobe, weakly sclerotized at narrowed apices, with 3+4 lang setae.
F e m a l e: Same as in S. electristigma .
C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s:Inmostrespectsas S. electristigma , but the abdominal punctuation less coarse and less dense: on tergite 4 the interstices are on the average slightly larger than punctures, on tergite 7 distinctly larger than punctures. The reticulation of the abdomen is less deep than in S. electristigma .
This species belongs to the S. indubius -group. For identification amongst the Taiwanese species see key.
E t y m o l o g y: This is species is named in honour of Mr. Yasutoshi Shibata (Tokyo), who collected the type specimens and in appreciation of his merits in the staphylinid research of the Taiwanese fauna.
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