Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Devia prospera
(
Erichson, 1839
)
(
Figs.
22–23
in
Lohse & Smetana 1985
(as
De.
prospera
and
De.
congruens
))
Oxypoda prospera
Erichson, 1839: 143
.
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Kraatz, 1856: 131
(as valid species).
Oxypoda congruens
Casey, 1893: 292
.
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Casey, 1906: 318
(as valid species).
Dasyglossa congruens
:
Casey, 1906: 318
(as synonym of
Das. prospera
).
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Bernhauer, 1906: 348
(as valid species).
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Bernhauer, 1907: 402
(as valid species).
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Fenyes, 1920: 359
(as valid species).
Dasyglossa congruens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 359
(as synonym of
Das. prospera
).
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 766
(as valid species).
Dasyglossa congruens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 766
(as synonym of
Das. prospera
).
Dasyglossa prospera
:
Lohse, 1974c: 284
(as valid species).
Devia prospera
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 396
(as valid species).
Devia congruens
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 396
(as synonym of
De.
prospera
).
Devia prospera
:
Seevers, 1978: 248
(as valid species).
Devia congruens
:
Seevers, 1978: 248
(as valid species).
Devia prospera
:
Muona, 1984: 228
(as valid species).
Devia prospera
:
Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 294
(as valid species).
Devia congruens
:
Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 294
(as valid species).
Devia congruens
:
Lohse
et al.
, 1990: 136
(as valid species).
Devia congruens
: Ashe
in
Newton
et al.
, 2000: 361
(as valid species).
(Other references are omitted)
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda prospera
(here designated): “Germ. bor. Schüppel”, “5514”, “
prospera
Er. Germ.
bor. Schüpp” (
ZMHB
).
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda congruens
(here designated):
♀
, “
Helena
Mon
.[tana]”, “
Oxyp.
[
oda
]
congruens
”, “TYPE USNM 39766” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “CASEY determ.
prospera
19” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
♂
, “Mic.[higan]”, “
congruens
PARATYPE USNM 39766” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “CASEY determ.
prospera
14”
;
2♀♀
, “Mich.[igan]”, “
congruens
PARATYPE
USNM 39766” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “CASEY determ.
prospera
”
;
♀
, “:
Mon
[tana,
Helena
(
Wickham
)]”, “
congruens
PARATYPE
USNM 39766” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “CASEY determ.
prospera
16” (
NMNH
)
.
Additional material.
CANADA
:
Alberta
:
18 specimens
, Athabasca Riv. at Rocky Riv.,
13.viii.1965
(J. & W.Ivie);
1 specimen
, Little Smokey River,
6 mi.
S Guy,
4.viii.1965
(J. & W.Ivie) (
AMNH
);
British Columbia
:
1 specimen
,
9 mi.
NW Wonowon,
56º50’N
121º57’W
,
3.viii.1968
(W.Ivie) (
AMNH
);
Labrador:
2 specimens
, Carter Basin, willow humus,
7.ix.1958
;
1 specimen
, ditto but
4.viii.1958
;
1 specimen
, ditto but moss under willow,
7.ix.1958
;
2 specimens
, ditto but moss on willow,
17.viii.1958
(
BMNH
);
Manitoba
:
♀
, Aweme (N.Criddle) (
NMNH
(Casey collection));
2 specimens
, Riding Mt. Nat. Park, Whirlpool River at Rt. 19,
23.vi.1975
(L. & N.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Ontario
:
2 specimens
, Ottawa (
NMNH
(Casey collection));
♂
, Nepigon,
6.vi.1918
(A.Fenyes) (
NMNH
(Casey collection));
CZECK REPUBLIC:
2 specimens
, Moravia (Reitter) (
NMNH
(Casey collection));
RUSSIA
:
Magadan
Reg.:
7 specimens
,
25 km
N Magadan, in grass,
3.vii.1985
(Yu.M.Marusik);
10 specimens
,
30 km
N Magadan, Snezhnaya Dolina, viiiix.1996 (Yu.M.Marusik) (
SPSU
);
Ul’yanovsk
Reg.:
♂
,
♀
, Ul’yanovsk, near the Sviyaga River,
5.v.1983
(Isayev) (
SPSU
);
UNITED STATES
:
Alaska
:
2 specimens
, env. of Fairbanks, Chena Ridge, Chena Ridge Rd.,
64º50.57'N
147º52.83'W
,
100 m
, forest litter (V.I.Gusarov),
20.vii.1998
(
SPSU
);
1 specimen
, Big Delta,
64º09’N
145º50’W
,
10.viii.1968
(W.Ivie);
13 specimens
, Chatanika,
65º07’N
147º30’W
,
13.viii.1968
(W.Ivie);
6 specimens
, Fairbanks,
13.viii.1968
(W.Ivie) (
AMNH
);
California
:
Sierra Co.:
4 specimens
, 6.5 mi. E Sierra City, N. Yuba River, 5600’,
25.vi.1976
(L. & N.Herman); Siskiyou Co.:
2 specimens
, 1.5 mi. S McCloud, Soda Springs, 3200’,
1.vii.1976
(L. & N.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Colorado
:
Boulder Co.:
6 specimens
, Boulder (
NMNH
(Casey collection)); Chaffee Co.:
♀
, Buena Vista, 7900–8000’,
1–6.vii.1896
(H.F.Wickham) (
NMNH
(Casey collection)); Dolores Co.:
5 specimens
, near Fish Creek,
27 mi.
NE Dolores, 8200’,
24.vii.1976
(L. & N.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Michigan
:
Washtenaw Co.:
2 specimen
, Ann Arbor (
AMNH
);
Minnesota
:
Carlton Co.:
6 specimens
,
14 km
SW Carlton, Hwy. 35,
46º33.56'N
92º35.98'W
,
200 m
, in forest litter,
Betula
,
Populus
,
10.vii.1999
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
);
New Mexico
:
Colfax Co.:
9 specimens
, Cimarron Canyon W of Ute Park,
6.x.1965
(J. & W.Ivie) (
AMNH
);
Oregon
:
Klamath Co.:
3 specimens
, Kimball State Park, Wood River Spring,
2 mi.
N Fort Klamath,
20.vi.1978
(J.Schuh, L. & N. Herman);
3 specimens
, Wood River Spring, willow duff,
20.vi.1978
(J.Schuh & L.Herman);
2 specimens
, ditto but
2.v.1974
(J.Schuh);
22 specimens
, 7.5 mi. NW Klamath Falls, Geary Canal, Howard Bay of Upper Klamath Lake,
19.vi.1978
(J.Schuh, L. & N.Herman) (
AMNH
);
South Dakota
:
Custer Co.:
36 specimens
,
7 mi.
WSW Custer, North Pole Spring, 5500’,
15.vi.1981
(L.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Utah
:
San Juan Co.:
1 specimen
, Monticello,
10.vi.1987
(L.Herman); Summit Co.:
1 specimen
,
10 mi.
ESE Kamas, Shingle Cr., 7700’,
10.vi.1981
(L.Herman);
15 specimens
,
7 mi.
ESE Kamas, Beaver Cr., 7300’,
10.vi.1981
(L.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Washington
:
Lewis Co.:
3 specimens
, Packwood, Cowlitz Riv., leaf litter,
21–23.vii.1969
(L.Herman) (
AMNH
);
Wisconsin
:
Ashland Co.:
4 specimens
,
9 mi.
SW Marengo, near Beaver Lake,
23.vi.1981
(L.Herman);
4 specimens
, ditto but
7.viii.1978
(L. & N.Herman);
8 specimens
,
6 mi.
S Marengo, near Brunsweiler Riv., 1400’,
7.viii.1978
(L. & N.Herman) (
AMNH
); Bayfield Co.:
8 specimens
, Bayfield (Wickham) (
NMNH
(Casey collection));
Wyoming
:
Fremont Co.:
12 specimens
,
10 mi.
SW Lander, Middle Fork Popo Agie Riv., 7100’,
12.vi.1981
(L.Herman);
4 specimens
,
16 mi.
SW Lander Roaring Fork Creek, 8400’,
12.vi.1981
(L.Herman) (
AMNH
).
Diagnosis.
See
Lohse 1974c
(as
Dasyglossa prospera
);
Lohse
et al.
1990
(as
De.
congruens
).
Discussion.
There is some controversy on how many species of
Devia
occur in North America.
Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz (1926)
listed
Das. prospera
as a single valid species of
Dasyglossa
and considered it as a Holarctic species. They listed
Das. angularis
(Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1853
) and
Das. congruens
(both described from North America) as synonyms of
Das. prospera
.
Moore and Legner (1975)
followed
Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz (1926)
.
Seevers (1978)
listed
De.
congruens
and
De.
prospera
as separate valid species, both represented in North America.
Muona (1984)
confirmed that
De.
prospera
occurred in North America but did not comment on the status of
De.
congruens
, perhaps because he did not have an opportunity to examine the
type
of the latter species.
Lohse and Smetana (1985)
designated the
lectotype
of
Myrmedonia angularis
Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1853
and transferred it to the genus
Lypoglossa
Fenyes,
1918
in the tribe
Athetini
. They considered
De.
prospera
and
De.
congruens
as separate species and illustrated the aedeagi for both.
Lohse and Smetana (1985)
were mostly interested in clarifying the status of
My. angularis
and provided no information on the localities of the illustrated specimens; nor did Lohse and Smetana discuss the geographical distribution of
De.
prospera
and
De.
congruens
. In a later paper (
Lohse
et al.
1990
) dealing with the Arctic North American aleocharines Lohse mentioned only
De.
congruens
. Unfortunately, he did not explicitly state whether, in his opinion,
De.
prospera
occurred in North America.
Ashe (
Newton
et al.
2000
) states that only one species of
Devia
(
De.
congruens
) occurs in North America.
My examination of the
types
of
Oxypoda prospera
and
O. congruens
, as well as additional specimens did not reveal any differences between the specimens from the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions in the shape of the aedeagus and the sclerites of its internal sac. The drawings in the paper by
Lohse and Smetana (1985
:
Figs. 22–23
) are very schematic and the difference between them results mostly from different extent of the evertion of the internal sac in the two preparations. I consider
De.
congruens
to be a synonym of
De.
prospera
, a species with Holarctic distribution and the single valid species in the genus
Devia
.
Distribution.
Devia prospera
has a circumpolar distribution. In North America
De.
prospera
is known from
Canada
(
British Columbia
,
Northwest Territories
(
Lohse
et al.
1990
),
Alberta
,
Manitoba
,
Ontario
and Labrador) and the
United States
(
Alaska
,
Washington
,
Oregon
,
California
,
Montana
,
Wyoming
,
Utah
,
Colorado
,
New Mexico
,
South Dakota
,
Minnesota
,
Wisconsin
and
Michigan
).