Revision and phylogeny of Hypotelus Erichson: a Neotropical genus of minute rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae)
Author
Bortoluzzi, Sidnei
Author
Caron, Edilson
Author
Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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4
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journal article
32893
10.11646/zootaxa.4273.4.1
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Hypotelus corniculatus
Bortoluzzi & Caron
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 16
,
22
,
100, 101, 102
)
Type
material.
Holotype
deposited in
FMNH
, female (photo,
Fig. 16
, image by
Crystal Maier
, copyright
Field Museum
of
Natural History
,
Chicago
) [
Dissected
, body glued on white card; abdominal segments 8 to 10 fixed on acetate plastic card and covered with
Canada
balsam], with labels: (1) “
Chitaría
,
Alto Sl
/
Corrial
[?],
9-13.IV.41
./
Costa Rica
” [old white label, handwritten]; (2) “Field Mus. Nat. Hist./1966/A, Bierig Colln./Acc. Z-13812” [white label, printed in black]; (3) “
HOLOTYPE
/
Hypotelus corniculatus
/
Bortoluzzi
&
Caron
” [red label, printed in black].
Diagnosis.
Hypotelus corniculatus
sp. nov.
may be distinguished from other species of
Hypotelus
by the deflected and projected front with two small and pointed frontal processes (
Fig. 22
), antennomeres 5–11 longer than wide (
Fig. 16
) and by the shape of the bursa copulatrix (
Fig. 100
).
FIGURES 25–35.
25–27,
Hypotelus pusillus
. 25, antenna, male; 26, antenna, female; 27, labrum, dorsal view, left epipharynx and right setae removed; 28,
H. castaneus
sp. nov.
, labrum, dorsal view, left epipharynx and right setae removed; 29,
H. pusillus
, mandibles, dorsal view, right prostheca removed; 30,
H. laevis
, mandibles, dorsal view, right prostheca removed; 31,
H. pusillus
, labium, ventral view, left setae of the ligula and right setae of the mentum removed; 32,
H. castaneus
sp. nov.
, labium, ventral view, left setae of the ligula and right setae of the mentum removed; 33,
H. pusillus
, maxilla, ventral view; 34– 35,
H
.
pusillus
, pronotum, lateral and ventral view, respectively. Scale bars: Figs. 25–26 = 0.5 mm; Figs. 27–33 = 0.125 mm; Figs. 34–35 = 0.25 mm.
FIGURES 36–47.
36–38,
Hypotelus pusillus
. 36, anterior leg, posterior view; 37, median leg, posterior view; 38, hind leg, posterior view. 39,
H. brevitarsus
sp. nov.
, metatarsus, lateral view. 40–45,
H. pusillus
. 40, tergites 1–3, dorsal view; 41, sternites 1–3, ventral view; 42, tergite 8, female, dorsal view, setae removed (drawn under microscope slides, plates were separated); 43, sternite 8, lateral view; 44, sternite 9, male, ventral view; 45, ovipositor, female, ventral view. 46–47,
H. castaneus
sp. nov.
46, abdominal segments 7–9, male, ventral view; 47, abdominal segments 7–8, female, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.125 mm, except Fig. 40 = 0.25 mm and Figs. 46–47= 0.5 mm.
FIGURES 48–58.
Tergites and sternites of males in dorsal and ventral view, respectively and right setae removed. 48,
Hypotelus pusillus
,
tergite 8; 49,
H. scheerpeltzi
sp. nov.
, tergite 8; 50,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
, tergite 8; 51,
H. pusillus
, sternite 8; 52,
H. insulanus
, sternite 8; 53,
H. testaceus
, sternite 8; 54,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
, sternite 8; 55,
H. pusillus
, tergites 9 and 10; 56,
H. insulanus
, tergite 10; 57,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
, tergite 10; 58,
H. brevitarsus
sp. nov.
, tergite 10. Scale bars = 0.125 mm.
FIGURES 59–74.
Aedeagus, for each species with lateral view and ventral view, respectively. 59–60,
Hypotelus pusillus
; 61– 62,
H. insulanus
; 63–64,
H. marginatus
; 65–66,
H. testaceus
; 67–68,
H. praecox
; 69–70,
H. brevitarsus
sp. nov.
, parameres removed in ventral view; 71–72,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
; 73–74,
H
.
scheerpeltzi
sp. nov.
Scale bars = 0.125 mm.
FIGURES 75–82.
Sternite 8 of females in ventral view, right setae removed. 75,
Hypotelus pusillus
; 76,
H. insulanus
; 77,
H. marginatus
; 78
H. testaceus
; 79,
H. melanodelta
sp. nov.
; 80,
H
.
brevitarsus
sp. nov.
; 81,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
; 82,
H
.
scheerpeltzi
sp. nov.
Scale bars = 0.125 mm.
Description.
BL:
4.2 mm
, BW: 1.0 mm. Body slightly convex (
Fig. 16
); dorsal surface matte (except elytra glossy); entirely brown with legs a little lighter. Dorsal integument of head and pronotum with fine punctures and granulate microsculpture; elytra with one longitudinal finely punctate stria close to internal margin; abdomen with fine punctures and granulate microsculpture.
Female. Head
. Supra-antennal area visibly prominent, deflected front and with pair of small and pointed frontal processes, about half-length of scape (
Fig. 23–24
). Antennae almost reaching apex of elytra; some long setae on apex of antennomeres 3–11; antennomere 2 slightly shorter than 3; 5–11 longer than wide and gradually increasing in length toward antennal apex. Mandibles symmetrical.
Thorax.
Pronotum wider than long (PW/PL=1.45); anterior angles rounded and slightly prominent; apical twothirds with somewhat curved sides and basal one-third gradually narrowing toward the base; with complete internal mid-longitudinal ridge and slight longitudinal median sulcus on almost entire length of pronotum; small depression at middle on basal half, near to posterior margin. Elytra somewhat longer than wide (EL/BW=1.2), not covering abdominal tergite 3.
FIGURES 83–108.
Tergites in dorsal view, right setae removed, and genitalia of female. 83–84,
Hypotelus pusillus
. 83, tergite 9, 10 and bursa copulatrix; 84, spermatheca. 85–86,
H. insulanus
. 85, tergite 10; 86, spermatheca. 87,
H. marginatus
, spermatheca. 88–90,
H. testaceus
. 88, bursa copulatrix; 89, tergite 10; 90, spermatheca. 91,
H. melanodelta
sp. nov.
, spermatheca. 92–94,
H. praecox
. 92, bursa copulatrix; 93, tergite 10; 94, spermatheca, 95–97,
H
.
castaneus
sp. nov.
95, bursa copulatrix; 96, tergite 10; 97, spermatheca. 98–99,
H
.
brevitarsus
sp. nov.
98, tergite 10; 99, spermatheca. 100–102,
H. corniculatus
sp. nov.
100, bursa copulatrix; 101, tergite 10; 102, spermatheca. 103–105,
H. laevis
. 103, bursa copulatrix; 104, tergite 10; 105, spermatheca. 106–108,
H
.
scheerpeltzi
sp. nov.
106, bursa copulatrix; 107, tergite 10; 108, spermatheca. Scale bars = 0.125 mm.
Abdomen.
Tergite 8 with posterior margin truncate; sternite 8 with posterior margin rounded and with short setae; tergite 10 with posterior margin weakly pigmented, with short fringes and three setae on each side at apex (
Fig. 101
); bursa copulatrix as
Fig. 100
; ovipositor consisting of a pair of weakly pigmented hemisternites and a pair of more apical coxites, and with many long setae on apex; spermatheca as
Fig. 102
.
Male.
Unknown.
Geographical records.
Costa Rica.
Biological notes.
No data.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the small “horns” on front of the head and it is a Latin masculine adjective,
corniculatus
, which means horned.