Redescription of the genus Pseudognypeta CAMERON (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Paśnik, G. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2007 2007-12-18 39 2 1121 1127 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5414500 0253-116X 5414500 Pseudognypeta salvini ( SHARP 1883) nov.comb. ( Figs 11-15 ) Thamiaraea salvini SHARP 1883: 197 . T y p e m a t e r i a l: Lectotype :: Panama , Volcan de Chiriqui , 3000-4000 ft. , Champion (BMNH). Paralectotype :: same data as lectotype (BMNH). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l: Costa Rica , Carpintera, 18.VI.1939 , and (BMNH). R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Body. Length 3.6-3.7 mm , convex, parallel-sided, glossy ( Fig. 11 ); body colour pitchy brown, elytra reddish-brown, its lateral and posterior parts black, shoulders yellow, abdomen balck, tergites 3-4 yellow with black spot at middle, legs yellow, antennae brown with antennomeres 1-3 yellow. Head circular in outline, convex, glossy, narrower than pronotum, widest across eyes; eyes large, strongly protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above longer than postocular region; surface of head with distinct isodiametric mesh microsculpture; punctuation relatively coarse and sparse; pubescence short and sparse, directed inward. Antennae long, clearly increase in width apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length, antennomere 4 longer than wide, antennomeres 5-6 as long as wide, antennomeres 7-10 transverse, antennomere 10 about 1.5 times wider than long. Pronotum quadrate, moderately convex, glossy, widest in apical third, lateral sides gradually narrowed in straight line to rounded hind angles; before base without transverse impression, surface with fine isodiametric mesh microsculpture; punctuation fine and dense; pubescence at midline directed posteriorly. Elytra subquadrate, slightly wider than pronotum, at suture as long as pronotal length at midline; surface lacking microsculpture; punctuation relatively coarse and dense, interstices between punctures smaller than their diameter, pubescence short and dense. Abdomen narrowed from base to apex, bases of tergites 3-5 each with shallow transverse impression, impressions smooth, inpunctuate, tergal punctuation minute, pinprick-like and very sparse, surface of tergites with fine microsculpture composed of transverse line. Male. Aedeagus as in Figs 12-13 ; tergite 8 as in Fig. 15 . Female. Spermatheca as in Fig. 14. R e m a r k s: See under Pseudognypeta picta .