Two New Species of Bibloplectus Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the Orlando Park Collection, Field Museum of Natural History
Author
Owens, Brittany E.
Author
Carlton, Christopher E.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-10
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.10
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Bibloplectus silvestris
Owens
,
new species
(
Figs. 3a–3b
)
Type Material. Holotype: (1 male)
Urbana Ill. iv.14.32// 147// Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Orlando Park
Pselaphidae Colln
(FMNH).
Paratypes
: (
4 males
)
same data as holotype// 150
;
same data as holotype// 149
;
same data as holotype// 145
;
same data as holotype// 125 (
FMNH
)
;
same data as holotype// 158 (
FMNH
)
.
Etymology.
The name is based on the same unpublished manuscript name provided by Orlando Park.
Diagnosis.
The combination of the mesotibia with a small flange and the mesotibia not swollen near the midpoint is similar to characters of
B
.
levis
Owens and Carlton
and
B
.
wingi
Owens and Carlton
,
n. sp.
The form of the aedeagus is unique among members of the genus (
Fig. 3a–3b
).
Description.
MALE
holotype
.
Measurements
: HL
0.06 mm
, HW
0.15 mm
; PL
0.13 mm
, PW
0.20 mm
; EL
0.25 mm
, EW
0.31 mm
; A1–6, respectively, 0.04, 0.08, 0.06, 0.07, 0.09,
0.03 mm
; An1–11, respectively, 0.02, 0.02, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.02, 0.02,
0.06 mm
; MP1–4, respectively, 0.01, 0.03, 0.01,
0.02 mm
; GL
0.39 mm
, GW
0.23 mm
; ML
2.3 mm
.
Integument:
head, pronotum, elytra, and abdomen light brown, appendages yellow. Entire surface covered with sparse, semierect pubescence. Pubescence in gular area denser, slightly longer than on rest of body.
Thorax:
procoxae unmodified, protibiae unmodified, with setae denser towards apex. Mesocoxae contiguous, unmodified, mesotibiae with conspicuous small subapical spine, setae slightly denser towards apex. Metacoxae unmodified, conjunct, not fully separated by short intercoxal process of ventrite I, metatibiae with subapical spine on inner face, setae slightly denser towards apex.
Abdomen:
typical for genus.
Genitalia:
aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe elongate, distal end curved upwards, bilobed. Left and right lateral processes distally flattened and slightly expanded, forming part of sheath extending down ¾ of aedeagal length. Ventral lobe of aedeagus elongate, as long as median lobe. Ventral strut present, small.
Females.
No female specimens were available for comparison
Distribution.
This species is only known from the
type
locality.