A revision of Pseudolathra of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. II. Six new species and additional records, with notes on some New World species
Author
Assing, V.
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Linzer biologische Beiträge
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10.5281/zenodo.13146501
0253-116X
13146501
Pseudolathra filitarsis
(
CASEY
1905)
(Figs 35-41)
Linolathra
filitarsis
CASEY
1905:
132
f.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d
Lectotype
3 [remounted, aedeagus and apical abdominal segments dissected], present designation: "VA / Casey bequest 1925 /
filitarsis
-5,
Paratypus
USNM 38175 /
Lectotypus
3 Linolathra
filitarsis Casey
, desig.
V. Assing
2012 /
Pseudolathra filitarsis (Casey)
, det.
V. Assing
2012" (
USNM
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
4 exs.
[
1 ex.
without abdomen]: "VA /
Casey
bequest 1925 /
filitarsis
-[6, 7, 9, 11],
Paratypus
USNM 38175" (
USNM
)
;
13 [dissected prior to present study]: "VA /
Casey
bequest 1925 /
Type
USNM 38175 /
filitarsis Csy
/
Lectotype
Paralathra filitarsis by
L. E. Watrous
" (
USNM
)
;
2 exs.
[
1 ex.
without head and pronotum]: "
Tex.
/
Casey
bequest 1925 /
filitarsis
-[2, 3],
Paratypus
USNM 38175" (
USNM
)
;
2 exs.
: "
Nashville
,
Ten
,
Aug.
4-15, '97,
Wickham
/
Casey
bequest 1925 /
filitarsis
-[4, 10],
Paratypus
USNM 38175" (
USNM
)
;
1 ex.
: "
Miss
/
Casey
bequest 1925 /
filitarsis
-8,
Paratypus
USNM 38175" (
USNM
)
.
A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
1ex.
,"Cin.O."(USNM).
C o m m e n t: The original description of
Linolathra filitarsis
is based on an unspecified number of
syntypes
from "Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi (Vicksburg) and Texas (Austin)" (
CASEY
1905
).
Eleven type
specimens were located in the collections of the USNM. One of the males has a
lectotype
label by Watrous attached to it, but this designation was never published. The remaining specimens have curator
paratype
labels attached to them.
One male
in good condition is designated as the
lectotype
and illustrated in Figs 35-41. The species is the type species of
Linolathra
CASEY
1905
, another synonym of
Pseudolathra
. Based on an examination of the above type material, the generic placement of
L. filitarsis
in
Pseudolathra
is confirmed.
This species is distinguished from
P. inviolata
and
P. filicornis
by the smaller and more slender body, as well as by the coloration (head and abdomen blackish, strongly contrasting with the pale-reddish pronotum and elytra. The supra-marginal line of the elytra is fine, but complete.
Figs 35-41
:
Pseudolathra filitarsis
(
CASEY
)
,
lectotype
: (
35
) habitus; (
36
) male sternite VII; (
37
) male sternite VIII; (
38-39
) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (
40
) apical portion of aedeagus in dorsal view; (
41
) apical portion of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 35: 1.0 mm; 36-40:
0.2 mm
; 41:
0.1 mm
.
5. Afrotropical species