The Neotropical species of the genus Osorius G - M, 1829 with remarks to the Neotropical Osoriid complex (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)
Author
Irmler, Ulrich
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2010
2010-12-20
60
2
363
426
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1782
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.60.2.363-426
0005-805X
5212736
Osorius laevicollis
BERNHAUER
,, 1908: 294
(
Figs 17
a-c)
Type
material examined:
Bolivia
:
Lima
:
Mapiri
(
68°09' W
,
15°15' S
)
1 male
without further data (
holotype
,
FMNH
)
.
Additional material examined:
Ecuador
:
Sucumbios
,
Sacha Lodge
(
76°27' W
,
0°28' S
), under bark,
270 m
elevation,
1 specimen
,
24.3.1999
and in fruit fall,
1 specimen
,
23.3.1999
leg.
R.W. Brooks
(
KU
)
;
Esmeraldas
,
Bilsa
,
1 specimen
,
5.6.1996
, leg.
P. Hibbs
(
KU
)
;
Peru
:
Loreto
,
Boqueron del Padre Abad
,
470 m
elevation,
13 specimens
,
8.8.1946
, leg.
F. Woytkowski
(
AMNH
,
UIC
)
;
Junin
,
La Merced
,
Villa Rica
Road (
75°18' W
,
10°47' S
),
flight intercept trap
,
1450 m
elevation,
1 specimen
,
15.10.1999
and
9.5 km
NE
Villa Rica Rd.
,
880 m
elevation,
1 specimen
,
15.10.1999
, leg.
R.W. Brooks
(
KU
)
;
Madre de Dios
,
Pantiacolla
lodge (
71°16' W
,
12°38' S
),
8 km
NW El Mirador
, under bark,
950 m
elevation,
1 specimen
,
24.10.2000
, leg.
R.W.Rrooks
(
KU
)
;
Piura
,
Divisoria Huan
,
1 specimen
,
8.8.1946
, leg.
F. Woytkowski
(
AMNH
)
;
Ucayali
,
Aguaytia
,
295 m
elevation,
2 specimens
,
15.9.1946
, leg.
F. Woytkowski
(
AMNH
)
.
Diagnosis:
O. laevicollis
is similar in size to
O. dentatus
,
O. costaricensis
and
O. sublaevis
, but is, on average, slightly larger than these species.The dense microsculpture and matte pronotal surface resembles that of
O. costaricensis
and
O. sublaevis
, but pronotal punctation is distinctly larger and denser. In contrast to
O. costaricensis
, the apex of the aedeagus is extremely acute and long.
Description:
Length
:
7.8 mm
.
Colour
: black, legs and antennae reddish brown.
Head
::
1.2 mm
long,
1.5 mm
wide; front edge laterad without prominence, but with a wide emargination centrally; punctation dense and moderately deep; on disc, distance between punctures shorter than diameter of punctures; with sparser punctation on clypeus; a small midline and an area above base of antennae impunctate; surface with very weak isodiametric microsculpture; shiny; with several supraocular granular setiferous punctures; with short longitudinal striae at temples behind eyes.
AntennaeAntennae
with 2
nd
antennomere short and nearly circular; conical 3
rd
antennomere only slightly longer than 2
nd
; antennomeres 4 to 10 increasing in width; 4
th
antennomere quadrate; 10
th
antennomere wider than long; relation length: width 0.77.
Pronotum
:
1.4 mm
long,
1.6 mm
wide; widest at anterior edge; sides slightly narrowed in anterior half; distad more distinctly narrowed and slightly emarginate in front of posterior, obtusely rounded angles; lateral margin narrow in anterior half, widened to posterior angles; punctation finer and distinctly sparser than on head; distance between punctures two to three times wider than diameter of punctures; a narrow midline impunctate, but with short central groove; surface with isodiametric microsculpture; slightly shiny.
Elytra
:
1.7 mm
long,
1.6 mm
wide; with deep coriaceous ground sculpture; punctation present, but scarcely visible between deep ground sculpture; in spite of deep ground sculpture, surface shiny.
Abdomen
with very sparse and fine punctation and weak, netlike microsculpture; surface shiny; tergites without setae.
Front tibiatibia
at outer edge with 9 spines; apical three ones inserting on short teeth.
AedeagusAedeagus
oval in shape with extremely short apical part suddenly narrowed in front of acute apex.