Six new species of Triomicrus Sharp from southern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Author
Shen, Jia-Wei
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
text
Zootaxa
2015
4044
4
585
595
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.8
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1175-5326
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Triomicrus longus
Shen and Yin
,
new species
(
Fig. 4
)
Type
material
(5 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀).
Holotype
:
China
:
♂, labeled ‘
China
: Guangxi, Xing’an County (※aeA), Mao'er Shan (aAM),
25°52’27’’N
,
110°24’44’’E
, beech forest, mixed leaf litter, humus, sifted,
1940 m
,
29.vii.2014
, Peng, Song, Yu & Yan leg.’ (
SNUC
).
Paratypes
:
China
:
7 ♀♀, same data as
holotype
(
SNUC
);
1 ♂
, labeled ‘
China
: Guangxi, Guilin City, Xing’an County, Mao'er Shan,
25°54’52’’N
,
110°27’14’’E
,
1550–1750 m
, mixed litter, sifted,
24.vii.2012
, Hu & Song leg.’ (
SNUC
); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, also from Mao'er Shan, ‘
25°53’20’’N
,
110°25’53’’E
,
2000–2100 m
, mixed litter, sifted,
22.vii.2012
, Hu & Song leg.’ (
SNUC
);
1 ♂
, also from Mao'er Shan, ‘
10.vii.2011
,
2100 m
, W.J. He & L. Tang leg.’ (
SNUC
).
Diagnosis.
Antennomere XI with large, disc-like protuberance near base. Head lacking median vertexal carina. Pronotum very finely punctate. Elytral subhumeral sulci long, reaching level of metacoxae. Profemora swollen, protrochanters and protibiae lacking protuberance, mesotibiae lacking spur. Apical lamina of abdominal sternite VII composed of two sclerites. Aedeagus with right paramere slender and long, curved mesally, internal sac bearing several sclerotized spines, lacking hairy sclerite.
FIGURE 4.
Diagnostic characters of
Triomicrus longus
, male.
A.
Habitus.
B.
Antennal club, in dorsal view.
C.
Same, in lateral view.
D.
Abdominal sternites VII–VIII.
E.
Aedeagus, in dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; B, C = 0.2 mm; D, E = 0.1 mm.
Description.
Male (
Fig. 4
A). Length
2.05–2.08 mm
. Head longer than wide, HL
0.40–0.43 mm
, HW
0.43– 0.44 mm
, lacking median vertexal carina; lateral portions of frons relatively smooth; each eye composed of about 29 facets. Antennomere XI (
Fig. 4
B, 4C) with large, disc-like protuberance near base, diameter of protuberance about two-fifths of segmental length. Pronotum wider than long, PL
0.43–0.44 mm
, PW
0.53–0.55 mm
, very finely punctuate. Profemora swollen (
Fig. 4
A), protrochanters and protibiae lacking protuberance, mesotibiae lacking spur. Elytra wider than long, EL
0.78–0.81 mm
, EW
0.83–0.85 mm
, smooth; subhumeral sulci long, reaching level of metacoxae. Abdomen wider than long, AL
0.43–0.45 mm
, AW
0.73–0.75 mm
; abdominal tergite IV (first visible tergite) with discal carinae extending to two-fifths of tergal length; abdominal sternite VII modified (
Fig. 4
D), with apical lamina composed of two sclerites, each curved mesally. Length of aedeagus (
Fig. 4
E)
0.41 mm
, right paramere slender and long, curved mesally, internal sac bearing several sclerotized spines, lacking hairy sclerite.
Female. Similar to male; antennomere XI and profemora unmodified. Each eye composed of about 15 facets. Measurements: BL
1.96–2.05 mm
, HL
0.41–0.43 mm
, HW
0.41–0.43 mm
, PL
0.40–0.41 mm
, PW
0.49–0. 50 mm
, EL
0.71–0.73 mm
, EW
0.80–0.83 mm
, AL
0.43–0.45 mm
, AW
0.73–0.75 mm
.
Discussion.
The new spices is morphologically close to
T. inaequalis
Shen, Yin & Li,
2015
in a similar general habitus (
Fig. 4
A), the form of the protuberance on antennomere XI (
Fig. 4
B, 4C), the structure of abdominal sternite VII (
Fig. 4
D), and the aedeagus (
Fig. 4
E). Males of these two species can be most readily separated by the presence of a long apical spine of the protrochanter in
T. inaequalis
, whereas
T
.
longus
lacks such a spine.
Distribution.
Southern
China
: Guangxi.
Etymology.
The specific epithet ‘
longus
’ in Latin refers to the long right paramere of the aedeagus.