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.
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Zootaxa
2017
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Hypotelus andinus
(
Bernhauer, 1917
)
(
Figs. 19
,
114
)
Piestus
(
Antropiestus
)
andinus
Bernhauer, 1917
: 45
(original description,
type
locality: ‘West-Kolumbien: Umgebung von Cali am Rio Cauca’);
Scheerpeltz, 1933
: 993
(distribution);
Scheerpeltz, 1952
: 295
(characters, distribution);
Piestus andinus
:
Blackwelder, 1944
: 100
(distribution);
Herman, 2001
: 1788
(distribution);
Newton
et al
., 2005
: 37
(distribution).
Piestus
(
Antropiestus
)
strigipennis
Bernhauer, 1921
: 65
(original description,
type
locality; ‘
Bolivien
: Yuracaris’);
Scheerpeltz, 1933
: 993
(distribution);
Scheerpeltz, 1952
: 295
(characters, distribution);
Caron
et al
., 2012
: 551
(as junior synonym).
Piestus strigipennis
:
Blackwelder, 1944
: 101
(distribution);
Herman, 2001
: 1795
(distribution).
Hypotelus andinus
:
Caron
et al
., 2012
: 551
(redescription,
lectotype
designed, distribution, notes).
Type material.
Piestus
(
Antropiestus
)
andinus
Bernhauer, 1917
. Lectotype (designated by
Caron
et al
. 2012
) deposited in FMNH, male [damaged specimen: without right anterior leg] with labels: (1) “♂” [white label, handwritten, together with the specimen]; (2) “Columbia occ/Cali. Fassl” [white label/printed in black]; (3) “
Antropiestus
/
andinus
/Brnh. Typus” [light yellow label, handwritten]; (4) “♂” [white label, printed in black]; (5) “LECTOTYPE/
Piestus andinus
/
Bernhauer, 1917
/det. E. Caron, 2009” [red label, printed in black]; (6) “Chicago NHMus/M.Bernhauer/Collection” [white label, printed in black]; (7) “FMNH-INS/0000 0 63 446” [white label, printed in black]; (8) "Photographed/Kelsey Keaton 2014/Emub Catalog" [blue label, printed in black].
Note
:
Caron
et al
. (2012)
cited one
paralectotype
deposited in
NMW
(Naturhistorische Museum
Wien
,
Wien
,
Austria
).
Piestus
(
Antropiestus
)
strigipennis
Bernhauer, 1921
. Syntype deposited in FMNH (
Caron
et al.
2012
) (not examined).
Diagnosis.
Hypotelus andinus
may be easily distinguished from other species of
Hypotelus
by the conspicuous, deep and large depression at the middle of the pronotum (
Fig. 19
).
Redescription.
BL:
6.1 mm
, BW:
1.3 mm
. Body slightly convex; dorsal surface matte, except elytra; entirely black with legs a little lighter (
Fig. 19
). Dorsal integument of head and pronotum with fine punctures and granulate microsculpture; elytra each with one longitudinal finely punctate stria close to sutural margin, conspicuous only on basal half; metaventrite and abdomen with fine punctures and granulate microsculpture.
Male. Head
. With five moderately sized punctures with long setae on basal half of dorsal margin of eyes; supra-antennal area visibly prominent. Antennae almost reaching apex of elytra; every antennomeres with some dispersed long setae, setae on inner face are longest; antennomere 3 longer than 2; 5–11 gradually increasing in length toward antennal apex. Labrum with median third deeply emarginate, three pairs of long setae medially; lateral thirds with two pairs of long setae, two apical and two subapical. Mandibles symmetrical, one acute tooth on each inner margin. Mentum 2 times as wide as long.
Thorax.
Pronotum wider than long (PW/PL=1.25); 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 conspicuous longitudinal median sulcus; conspicuous and deep large depression at middle. Elytra somewhat longer than wide (EL/BW=1.2), covering abdominal tergite 3.
Abdomen.
Apical abdominal segments 8 to 10 and genitalia were not studied, but according to
Caron
et al
. (2012)
the shape of the structures are: sternite 8 with posterior margin truncate; tergite 9 with short ventral struts; tergite 10 with some long setae on apex and posterior margin with short fringes, basal half not divided longitudinally; sternite 9 with two pairs of long setae and truncate apex. Median lobe of aedeagus somewhat globose apex in lateral view, tube closed in dorsal view; length of parameres exceeds apex of median lobe by a little (see
Caron
et al
. 2012
, Figs. 248–250).
Female.
Not examined. According to
Caron
et al
. (2012)
the female is similar to male except for: elytra a little shorter, covering only basal half of abdominal tergite 3; abdominal sternite 8 with pointed apex and short setae on posterior margin; tergite 10 divided longitudinally in basal half (see
Caron
et al
. 2012
, Fig. 151); ovipositor consisting of a pair of weakly pigmented hemisternites and a pair of more apical coxites, and with many long setae on apex (see
Caron
et al
. 2012
, Fig. 155). Spermatheca unknown.
Geographical records.
In the current study, the species was examined from
Colombia
.
Caron
et al
. (2012)
also recorded it from
Ecuador
and
Bolivia
(
Beni
) (
Fig. 114
).
Biological notes.
Hypotelus andinus
has been collected in a Malaise trap.