Studies on Stiliderus Motschulsky and Stilicoderus Sharp: biogeographical notes and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Author
Rougemont, Guillaume De
text
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie
2015
2015-04-30
8
113
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833627
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Stilicoderus kolaensis
n. sp.
Holotype
(
♂
):
Indonesia
,
Maluc., Aru Isls
,
Kola Isl.
,
Wafan
,
27.VIII.
[19]91,
AGOSTI
F91969
, “2” (
MHNG
)
.
P a r a t y p e s:
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
, same data as holotype (2exx.
MHNG
,
1 ex.
CRO
)
.
Description
Body length
3.8–4.1 mm
. Proportions of
holotype
: length of head: 58; breadth of head: 63; diameter of eye: 24; length of antenna: 105; length of pronotum: 60; breadth of pronotum: 52; length of elytron: 68; breadth of elytra: 65; metatibia: 59; metatarsus: 40.
Pitchy black, elytra somewhat paler, dark brown, legs entirely testaceous, palpi and antennae testaceous to rufotestaceous.
Male: sternite VIII not emarginate, the posterior margin merely slightly concave. Aedoeagus see
Fig. 5
, the apex of the median lobe and apices of lateral lobes explanate in lateral view, strongly compressed in ventral view.
Differential diagnosis
One of the smallest members of the group, in size comparable to
S. riedeli
n. sp.
and
S. laticeps
n. sp.
described above. This new species differs from
S. hieroglyphicus
by its smaller size and transverse head with distinct apicolateral angles. From
S. laticeps
n. sp.
it differs by its even smaller size and less transverse head. It is externally indistinguishable from
S. riedeli
. From these and all other species it is clearly distinguished by the aedoeagus (
Fig. 5
).
Remark
S. kolaensis
is the first member of the genus recorded from the Aru islands, where it is probably endemic.