Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Liogluta nitens
(Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1852
)
(
Fig.
12
in
Lohse & Smetana 1985
;
Figs.
98–100
in
Klimaszewski & Winchester 2002
)
Homalota nitens
Mäklin
in
Mannerheim, 1852: 307
.
Atheta
(
Philygra
[sic!])
nitens
:
Bernhauer, 1907: 387
.
Atheta
(
Liogluta
)
insolens
Casey, 1910a: 16
,
syn. nov.
Dimetrota
(
s. str.
)
resplendens
Casey, 1910a: 104
,
syn. nov.
Atheta
(
s. str.
)
apposita
Casey, 1911a: 90
,
syn. nov.
Atheta
(
Philhygra
)
nitens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 201
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Liogluta
)
insolens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 209
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Dimetrota
)
resplendens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 205
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
s. str.
)
apposita
:
Fenyes, 1920: 214
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Philhygra
)
nitens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 629
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Liogluta
)
insolens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 657
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Dimetrota
)
resplendens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 665
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
s. str.
)
apposita
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 638
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Philhygra
)
nitens
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 367
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Liogluta
)
insolens
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 364
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Dimetrota
)
resplendens
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 372
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
s. str.
)
apposita
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 354
(as valid species).
Xenota nitens
:
Seevers, 1978: 670
(as valid species).
Liogluta insolens
:
Seevers, 1978: 263
(as valid species).
Dimetrota resplendens
:
Seevers, 1978: 260
(as valid species).
Xenota apposita
:
Seevers, 1978: 269
(as valid species).
Liogluta nitens
:
Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 288
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Liogluta
)
nitens
:
Klimaszewski & Winchester, 2002: 40
(as valid species).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Homalota nitens
(designated by
Lohse and Smetana (1985))
:
UNITED STATES
:
Alaska
:
♂
,
Sitka
(Holmberg) (
MZHF
).
Lectotype
of
Atheta insolens
(here designated):
♂
, “QCI [
Queen Charlotte Islands
]”, “
insolens
2
PARATYPE
USNM 39479” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotype
:
♀
, “QCI [
Queen Charlotte Islands
]”, “
insolens
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39479” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Holotype
of
Dimetrota resplendens
:
♀
, “QCI [
Queen Charlotte Islands
]”, “
resplendens
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39123” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Atheta apposita
(here designated):
♀
, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “
apposita
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39308” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotype
:
♀
, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “
apposita
PARATYPE
USNM 39308” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Additional material:
UNITED STATES
:
Alaska
:
7♀♀
,
Denali State Park
, Byers
Lake Campground
,
23.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
8♀♀
, ditto but
25.vi.1978
;
♀
, ditto but above
Byers Lake
, 2500’,
24.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
3♀♀
,
Denali State Park
at
Hwy.
1,
20.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
4♂♂
,
7♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
Ptarmigan Creek
campground, 500–600’,
26.v.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
5♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
16 mi.
N Seward
, 500–600’,
26.v.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
2♂♂
,
15♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
22 mi.
N Seward
, 600–800’,
27.v.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
7♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
23 mi.
N Seward
, 600–900’,
28.v.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
10♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
15 mi.
N Seward
, 400’,
29.v.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
2 mi.
S Moose Pass
, 500’,
30.v.1978
(
A.Smetana
&
E.C.Becker
)
;
♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
1 mi.
W Anchor Point
,
1.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♂
,
4♀♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
, Anchor
River Campground
,
12 mi.
N Homer
, 450’,
3.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
3♀♀
, ditto but
5.vi.1978
;
11♀♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
Anchor River
at
Highway
1, 450’,
4.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
3♀♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
Crown Pt. Mine
4000’, 3 air mi.
NE Crown Pt.
,
17.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♀
,
Kenai Mts.
,
Tern Lake
campground, 7000’,
12.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
Kasilof River
at
Hwy.
1,
12.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♂
,
♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
8 mi.
SE Kasilof
,
9.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♂
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
Kalifonsky Beach
near
Kenai
,
8.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
2♂♂
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
Clam Gulch
,
6.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Campbell
)
;
♀
,
Alaska Range
,
Antimony Creek
, 3500’, 2.5 mi. E mi. 181
George Parks Hwy.
,
27.vi.1978
(
Smetana
&
Becker
)
;
♀
,
8 mi.
NW
Haines
,
3.vii.1968
(
Campbell
&
Smetana
) (
CNCI
)
;
Oregon
:
Benton Co
.:
5♂♂
,
2♀♀
,
Mary’s Peak
, 3800’,
27.vii.1979
(
J.M. & B.A.Campbell
) (
CNCI
)
;
Washington
:
♀
,
Olympic N. P.
,
Obstruction Peak
, 6000’,
10.viii.1979
(
J.M.Campbell
&
B.A.Campbell
)
;
♂
,
♀
,
Olympic N. P.
, 4.0–6.0 mi. SE
Soleduck
Campground, 2500–3100’,
15.viii.1979
(
J.M.Campbell
&
B.A.Campbell
)
;
♂
,
Olympic
N. P.,
Lunch Lake
, 4400’,
9 mi.
SE Soleduck
R.S.
,
17.viii.1979
(
J.M.Campbell
&
B.A.Campbell
)
;
♂
,
Olympic N. P.
,
7 mi.
S Port Angeles
, 2400’,
11.viii.1979
(
J.M.Campbell
& B.A.
Campbell
) (
CNCI
)
;
CANADA
:
British Columbia
:
♂
,
♀
,
5 mi.
E Whistler’s Mt.
,
29.v.1968
(
Campbell
&
Smetana
)
;
♂
,
Slide Mt
,
10 mi.
E Barkerville
, 4500’,
24.vi.1968
(
Campbell
&
Smetana
) (
CNCI
)
.
Diagnosis.
See
Klimaszewski & Winchester (2002)
. This species is unusual in lacking a sclerotized spermatheca.
Discussion.
The
types
of
H. nitens
,
At. insolens
,
At. apposita
and
Dim. resplendens
are similar in external characters, in the shape of the aedeagus (in male specimens) and in lacking a sclerotized spermatheca (in female specimens).
Distribution.
Atheta nitens
is known from
Alaska
,
British Columbia
,
Washington
and
Oregon
.