Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Leptusa
(
Adoxopisalia
)
opaca
Casey, 1893
(Figs.
750–754 in
Pace 1989
)
Leptusa opaca
Casey, 1893: 364
.
Leptusa seminitens
Casey, 1893: 364
.
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
opaca
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as valid species).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
seminitens
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as synonym of
Le.
opaca
).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
opaca
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 555
(as valid species).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
seminitens
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 556
(as synonym of
Le.
opaca
).
Leptusa
(
Adoxopisalia
)
opaca
:
Pace, 1989: 130
(as valid species).
Leptusa
(
Adoxopisalia
)
seminitens
:
Pace, 1989: 130
(as synonym of
Le.
opaca
).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Leptusa opaca
(designated by
Pace (1989))
:
♂
, “Penn.[sylvania]”, “
Lept. opaca
”, “TYPE USNM 39579” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “
Leptusa opaca
C. det.
R. Pace
1981” (
NMNH
);
paralectotypes
:
2♀♀
, “Penn.[sylvania]”, “
opaca
PARATYPE
USNM 39579” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “
vidit
R. Pace
1981” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Leptusa seminitens
(here designated):
♀
, “N.[ew] Y.[ork]”, “
Lept. seminitens
”, “TYPE USNM 39578” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
);
Additional material.
UNITED STATES
:
Arkansas
:
Crawford Co.
:
3 specimens
,
32 km
NE Van Buren
,
Ozark National Forest
,
35º39.30'N
94º06.19'W
,
500 m
, under bark,
16.x.1999
(
V.I.Gusarov
)
;
Franklin Co.
:
♀
,
30 km
N Ozark
,
Ozark National Forest
,
35º45.32'N
93º48.77'W
,
500 m
, in forest litter,
Quercus
,
17.x.1999
(
V.I.Gusarov
) (
SPSU
)
;
Pennsylvania
:
Franklin Co.
:
♂
,
♀
,
Buena Vista Spring
(
NMNH
(
Casey
collection))
;
Rhode Island
:
♀
,
Casey
farm,
Boston Neck
,
N Kingston
(
NMNH
(
Casey
collection))
;
Wisconsin
:
Bayfield Co.
:
♀
,
Bayfield
(
Wickham
) (
NMNH
(
Casey
collection))
.
Diagnosis.
See
Pace (1989)
.
Discussion.
My examination of the
lectotypes
of
Le.
opaca
and
Le.
seminitens
confirmed the synonymy of the two species established by
Fenyes (1920)
.
Pace (1989)
designated the
lectotype
of
Le.
opaca
but failed to appropriately label any of the
three syntypes
present now in the Casey collection. These
three syntypes
include
one male
and
two females
. Since, in his revision,
Pace (1989)
indicated that the
lectotype
is a male, it seems reasonable to conclude that the male
syntype
represents the
lectotype
. I attached the
lectotype
label to this specimen.
Distribution.
Leptusa opaca
is known from
Pennsylvania
,
New York
,
Rhode Island
,
Wisconsin
and
Arkansas
. The records from
North Carolina
(
Pace 1989
) are based on a closely related undescribed species which will be described elsewhere. The records from
Georgia
(
Pace 1989
) need to be reconfirmed.