Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Zootaxa
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2003-11-17
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Mocyta breviuscula
(Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1852
)
(
Figs.
17–18
in
Lohse & Smetana 1985
)
Homalota breviuscula
Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1852: 309
.
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
fungi breviuscula
:
Bernhauer, 1907: 398
(as a form (subspecies?) of
At. fungi
(
Gravenhorst, 1806
)).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
digesta
Casey, 1910a: 148
,
syn. nov.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
severa
Casey, 1910a: 148
,
syn. nov.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
shastanica
Casey, 1910a: 148
,
syn. nov.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
prudens
Casey, 1910a: 149
.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
ardelio
Casey, 1910a: 150
,
syn. nov.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
renoica
Casey, 1910a: 150
,
syn. nov.
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
malaca
Casey, 1910a: 151
,
syn. nov.
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
breviuscula
:
Fenyes, 1920: 224
(as synonym of
At. fungi
).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
digesta
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
severa
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
shastanica
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
prudens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
ardelio
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
renoica
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
malaca
:
Fenyes, 1920: 225
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
breviuscula
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 673
(as synonym of
At. fungi
).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
digesta
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 673
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
severa
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
shastanica
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677
(misspelled as
shastnica
; as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
prudens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 676
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
ardelio
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 672
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
renoica
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
malaca
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 675
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
breviuscula
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 362
(as synonym of
At. fungi
).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
digesta
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 359
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
severa
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 373
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
shastanica
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 373
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
prudens
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 371
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
ardelio
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 354
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
renoica
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 372
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
malaca
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 365
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
breviuscula
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
digesta
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
severa
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
shastanica
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
prudens
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
ardelio
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
renoica
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
s. str.
)
malaca
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Mocyta
)
breviuscula
:
Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 292
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Mocyta
)
prudens
:
Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 293
(as synonym of
At. breviuscula
).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Homalota breviuscula
(designated by
Lohse and Smetana (1985))
:
UNITED STATES
:
Alaska
:
Sitka
(
MZHF
).
Lectotype
of
Acrotona digesta
(here designated):
♂
, “Cal.[ifornia,
Sonoma Co.
:
Duncan's Mills
]”, “
digesta
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38982” (red label), “CASEY bequest
1925” (
NMNH
).
Paralectotypes
:
5 specimens
(1 with the apex of the abdomen missing), “Cal.[ifornia,
Sonoma Co.
:
Duncan's Mills
]”, “
digesta
PARATYPE USNM 38982” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Acrotona severa
(here designated):
♀
, “
Siskiyou Co.
, Cal.[ifornia]”, “
severa
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38984” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Acrotona shastanica
(here designated):
♂
, “
Siskiyou Co.
, Cal.[ifornia]”, “
shastanica
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38983” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
8 specimens
, “
shastanica
PARATYPE USNM 38983” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Acrotona prudens
(here designated):
♀
, “Q.[ueen] C.[harlotte] I.[slands] [
Keen
leg.
]”, “
prudens
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
9 specimens
(1 with the head, prothorax and abdomen missing), “Q.[ueen] C.[harlotte] I.[slands] [
Keen
leg.
]”, “
prudens
PARATYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”
;
7 specimens
, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “
prudens
PARATYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Acrotona ardelio
(here designated):
♂
, “Cal.[ifornia] [
Lake Tahoe
]”, “
ardelio
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38988” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Acrotona renoica
(here designated):
♂
, “Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “
renoica
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38987” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotype
:
♂
, “Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “
renoica
PARATYPE USNM 38987” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Acrotona malaca
(here designated):
1 specimen
(with the abdomen missing), “
Siskiyou Co.
, Cal.[ifornia]”, “
malaca
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 38989” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Diagnosis.
See
Lohse & Smetana (1985)
.
Discussion.
The lectotypes of
Acro. digesta
,
Acro. severa
,
Acro. shastanica
,
Acro. prudens
,
Acro. ardelio
,
Acro. renoica
,
Acro. malaca
and
H. breviuscula
are similar in body proportions, punctation, in the proportions of the antennal segments and in the shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca.
Distribution.
Mocyta breviuscula
is known from British Columbia, California and Nevada.