Redescription of Ceroderma asperata Raffray, and description of Cerochusa cilioceps gen. et sp. n. from Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Nomura, Shûhei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
text
Zootaxa
2012
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62
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281580
2bfd0596-8431-4e0f-b1cd-9bb3075b4d50
1175-5326
281580
Cerochusa cilioceps
Yin and Nomura
,
new species
(
Figs. 2
,
12–18
)
Type
material
(
SNUC
).
Holotype
:
CHINA
:
3, labeled ‘
China
: Hainan Prov. / Ledong County / Jianfengling N. R. /
19.v.2011
, alt.
1,000 m
/ Wen-Xuan
BI
leg.’;
Paratype
:
CHINA
:
Ƥ, same label data as
holotype
, except ‘Jianfengling N. R. / core area No. V,
978 m
/
3.xii.2009
/
18.73236° N
/
108.87023° E
/ Mei-Ying Lin leg.’.
Diagnosis.
Head triangular; vertex convex medially, U-shaped sulcus connecting well-defined foveae; postocular margins expanded laterally to form thick triangular tubercles; triangular pronotum broadly and deeply incised at level of lateral antebasal foveae; elytra barely constricted at base, with two large basal foveae; tergite IV about twice length of V.
Description.
Male. BL 2.39. Body (
Fig. 2
) reddish brown, maxillary palpi and tarsi lighter; head, pronotum and elytra covered with dense setae, microtuberculate where setae arise. Head (
Fig. 12
) much wider than long, HL 0.36, HW 0.64; vertex with tuft of setae anterior to transverse arched median carina, vertexal foveae connected by U-shaped sulcus, sulcus broken at anterior margin; eyes well-developed, each composed of about 65 facets; antennomeres II–VIII (
Fig. 13
) of similar width, VIII–X distinctly transverse; clubs formed by enlarged antennomeres IX–XI. Pronotum much wider than long, PL 0.50, PW 0.83; with distinct longitudinal median and lateral sulci;with discal carinae at middle; lateral and antebasal spines large. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.76, EW 0.98; barely constricted at basal half. Metaventrite concave medially. Legs with thick femora; mesotibiae (
Fig. 14
) with tiny membranous apical projections; metatrochanters lack projection at ventral margin. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.77, AW 0.89; tergites IV–VI with thick triangular lateral ridges; tergite VI (
Fig. 15
) with short discal carinae close, reaching one-fifth tergal length; tergite VII with small lateral protuberances. Sternite IV twice length of V at midline, with inner pair of basolateral foveae close to mediobasal foveae; sternites V–VII lacking foveae. Aedeagus (
Figs. 16–18
) well-sclerotized, length 0.33; basal bulb with large foramen, elongate median lobe sharpened apically.
Female. Similar to male in general. Measurements: BL 2.39, HL 0.36, HW 0.63, PL 0.49, PW 0.82, EL 0.74, EW 0.97, AL 0.80, AW 0.92. Vertex lacking transverse carina and tufted setae. Each eye composed of about 60 facets. Mesotibiae lacking apical tubercle.
Distribution.
South
China
: Hainan Island.
Host ant.
Vollenhovia
Mayr
sp. (det. A. Radchenko).