Pelioptera micans Kraatz, 1857

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tropimenelytron Pace, 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), a new genus for North America, Zootaxa 114, pp. 1-24 : 20-21

Pelioptera micans Kraatz, 1857 ( Figs. 23­24 , 27­29 )

Pelioptera micans Kraatz, 1857: 56 .

Termitopora adustipennis Motschulsky, 1859: 93 . Pelioptera micans: Cameron, 1939: 415 .

Pelioptera differens Cameron, 1939: 418 .

Pelioptera adustipennis: Cameron, 1939: 415 (as synonym of P. mi can s).

Pelioptera micans: Sawada, 1980: 42 . Pelioptera micans: Sawada, 1982: 168 .

Type material. Syntype of P. micans : Sri Lanka:, (Kraatz) ( FMNH).

Additional material. Sri Lanka: (with missing head, prothorax and aedeagus) (Waagen, Bang­Haas) ( FMNH); Indonesia:, Java, Semarang (E. Jacobson), ix.1909 ( FMNH).

Figures

FIGURES 22 ­ 26. Details of Pelioptera testaceipennis (Motschulsky) (syntype of P. longicornis Cameron from Sumatra, Indonesia (22, 25 )), P. m i c a n s Kraatz (Sri Lanka (23 ­ 24 )) and P. exasperata (Kraatz) (Dehra Dun, India (26 )). 22 ­ 23 – prementum, ventral view; 24 ­ 26 – mesometathorax, ventral view. Scale bar 0.15 mm (23), 0.2 mm (22), 0.4 mm (24, 26), 0.8 mm (25).

FIGURES 27 ­ 34. Male genitalia of Pelioptera micans Kraatz (syntype from Sri Lanka (27 ­ 29 )), P. exasperata (Kraatz) (Dehra Dun, India (30 ­ 32 )) and P. testaceipennis (Motschulsky) (Java, Indonesia (33 ­ 34 )). 27, 30, 33 – median lobe of aedeagus, parameral view; 28 – apex of median lobe, parameral view; 29 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 31, 34 – median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 32 – copulatory piece of internal sac, parameral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (28 ­ 29, 32), 0.4 mm (27, 30 ­ 31, 33 ­ 34).