The morphology of the pupae of six species of Philonthina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) with taxonomic remarks
Author
Pietrykowska-Tudruj, Ewa
Author
Staniec, Bernard
text
Zootaxa
2011
2865
53
67
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.202575
e6fc0416-99c9-495a-af89-35115e9a1675
1175-5326
202575
Bisnius fimetarius
(Gravenhorst)
(
Figs 1–3
, 41–42, 52, 61, 62)
Body length:
3.57–4.40 mm
(mean
4.16 mm
); body width:
1.43–1.84 mm
(mean
1.67 mm
); head width:
0.80–1.24 mm
(mean
1.03 mm
); pronotum width:
1.11–1.17 mm
(mean
1.15 mm
), about 1.1 x as broad as long; body moderately stocky and weakly sclerotized. Antennae reaching to about half of elytra length (
Fig. 2
). Anterior margin of pronotum with 10–14 projections (6/6, 7/7, 7/7, 5/5, 7/5, 6/5, 6/5 projections on sides in individuals). Wings almost reaching the posterior margin of 1st (morphologically 3rd) clearly visible abdominal segment (
Figs 1, 2
). Each fore, middle, and hind tibiae with 5, 8–10, and 6 protuberances respectively. Tarsi of hind legs slightly protruding from anterior margin of 4th (morphologically 6th) clearly visible abdominal segment (
Figs 1, 2
). Abdomen moderately and gradually widened from segment II to IV and narrowed to the terminal part of the body (
Fig. 3
). Abdominal tergites with microstructure as in
G. osseticus
(
Fig. 19
A). Abdominal segments VII and VIII each bearing a pair of setiform projections on sides, projections similar in length and structure to these one in
G. osseticus
(
Figs 19, 20
). Terminal sternite of female pupa with two well-developed ventral prolongations (Fig. 41); in male pupa sternite IX as in Fig. 42; ventral and terminal prolongation with numerous, sharp, cuticular processes (Figs 41A, B). The first pair of functional spiracles elongated, gradually narrowed apically, almost as long as wide (
Fig. 52
); atrophied spiracles as in
Figs 61, 62
.