Pelioptera exasperata ( Kraatz, 1859 )

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 : 21

Pelioptera exasperata ( Kraatz, 1859) ( Figs. 26 , 30­32 )

Homalota exasperata Kraatz, 1859: 32 .

Atheta (Microdota) granulipennis Bernhauer, 1907: 402 . Pelioptera exasperata: Cameron, 1939: 418 .

Pelioptera granulipennis: Cameron, 1939: 418 (as synonym of P. exasperata ). Geostiba exasperata: Sawada, 1977: 206 .

Pelioptera exasperata: Sawada, 1982: 167 .

Examined material. India: 2,, Dehra Dun ( Cameron), 26.ii.1922 ( 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).