New genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Pace, Roberto
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2015
2015-12-21
65
2
327
339
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1886
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.327-339
0005-805X
4754013
Pseudoplandria bowravillensis
spec. nov.
(
Figs 17
,
55
)
Type material
:
Holotype
,
Australia
, NSW
Bowraville
,
Agent Hill
,
10.11.1997
, leg.
Wachtel
(
CSCÜ
).
Description
: Length
2.7 mm
. Body shiny, reddish, antennae brown with the three basal antennomeres yellowish-red and eleventh yellow, legs yellowish-red. Eyes longer than the postocular region in dorsal view. Second antennomere as long as the first one, third shorter than the second one, fourth and fifth as long as wide, sixth to tenth transverse. Reticulation of the body absent. Head dotting very superficial, that of the elytra close and evident. Granulation of the pronotum very delicate, close and clearly visible, that of the abdomen consisting of sparse, elongate granules. Bottom of the basal transverse sulci with six punctures each. Spermatheca as in
Fig. 55
.
Comparative notes
: In the shape of the spermatheca, the new species is comparable to
Ρ. kinabaluicola
PACE, 2008
from Borneo. It is recognizable by the distal bulb of the spermatheca being short, whereas it is long in
kinabaluicola
, and by the proximal portion of the spermatheca broad, whereas it is narrow in
kinabaluicola
. This new species is the first species of
Pseudoplandria
known from
Australia
.
Etymology
: The new species takes its name from the toponym Bowraville.