Taxonomy of ' Euconnus complex'. Part II. Revision of Archiconnus Franz, Parapseudoconnus Franz and Mexiconnus gen. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) Author Jałoszyński, Paweł text Zootaxa 2013 3666 4 523 543 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.7 466196cc-49a6-4ba4-949b-3b7367afb3b8 1175-5326 216458 4470BF7B-DCDB-4668-B221-600A9EDE11FA Parapseudoconnus ( Neuraphomimus ) simulator Franz ( Figs. 21 , 23 , 32–35 ) Pseudoconnus (s. str.) simulator Franz, 1980: 217 , Fig. 203. Material studied . Holotype : 3: three labels ( Fig. 23 ): "Umg. Tarapoto / Peru , lg. Franz" with "SA137 [or /37]" on the reverse side [white, printed; reverse handwritten], " Pseudoconnus / simulator / 3 m . / det. H. Franz" [white, handwritten and printed], " Typus " [red, handwritten] (NHMW). Diagnosis. Aedeagus with internal armature as in Fig. 35 . Redescription. Body of male ( Fig. 21 ) moderately strongly convex and elongate, with moderately long appendages, BL 0.75 mm ; glossy, uniformly light brown with slightly lighter appendages; vestiture slightly lighter than cuticle. FIGURES 32–36. Morphology of Parapseudoconnus ( Neuraphomimus ) simulator Franz (32–35) and Parapseudoconnus ( Neuraphomimus ) fraudulentus Franz (36), holotype males. Head in ventral view (32); prothorax in ventral view (33); pterothorax in ventral view (34); aedeagus of holotype (35–36) in ventral or dorsal view (see Material and Methods). Abbreviations: ai, asetose impression; ar, anterior ridge; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; cd, cardo; gal, galea; gen, gena; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; fo, foramen occipitale; h, hypostoma; hr, hypostomal ridge; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lac, lacinia; lp, labial palp; lmfa, lateral arm of metafurca; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; mst, mesostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nr, nss, pronotosternal suture; occ, occipital constriction; par, projection of anterior ridge; pc, prosternal intercoxal carina; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; ppf, palpifer; pre, prepectus; ptp, posterior tentorial pit; smn, submentum; vIII, metaventrite; vlf, ventro-lateral fovea. Head ( Figs. 21 , 32 ) approximately rhomboidal and slightly transverse, broadest at eyes, HL 0.15 mm , HW 0.18 mm ; occipital constriction slightly broader than half HW; tempora slightly shorter than eyes, only slightly rounded and strongly convergent caudad; vertex distinctly broader than long, convex, only slightly (not conically) projected dorso-caudad, without postero-median impression; frons subtriangular, confluent with vertex; supraantennal tubercles weakly developed; eyes large and strongly convex, moderately coarsely faceted, kidney-shaped with deep posterior emargination, nearly transverse in relation to the long axis of head. Punctures on head dorsum fine and sparse, inconspicuous; setae moderately long, sparse, suberect to erect, those on vertex mostly directed caudad, thick bristles absent. Antennae ( Fig. 21 ) slender, with distinctly delimited club composed of antennomeres IX–XI, AnL 0.30 mm ; antennomeres I–II elongate, III–VIII about as broad as long or only slightly elongate; VIII–X distinctly transverse; XI 1.7x as long as broad, slightly asymmetrical, with subconical, blunt apex. Pronotum ( Fig. 21 ) in dorsal view sub-oval, broadest between middle and posterior third; PL 0.20 mm , PW 0.20 mm ; anterior margin strongly arcuate; front angles rounded and indistinct; sides broadly rounded; hind angles moderately distinct and obtuse; posterior margin weakly arcuate; base of pronotum with shallow and small but distinct pair of external lateral pits, each adjacent to barely marked longitudinal sub-lateral carina. Punctures on pronotal disc fine and inconspicuous; setae long, sparse and suberect to erect, sides of pronotum with dense thick and very long bristles. Elytra ( Fig. 21 ) oval and only slightly more convex than pronotum, broadest distinctly anterior to middle, EL 0.40 mm , EW 0.33 mm , EI 1.23; humeral calli distinct, developed as short longitudinal protuberances; basal impressions short but distinct, basal pits well-visible; elytral apices separately rounded. Punctures on elytral disc nearly as fine as those on pronotum; setae short and sparse, only slightly suberect. Hind wings well-developed, about twice as long as elytra. Legs ( Fig. 21 ) moderately long and slender, without modifications. Aedeagus elongate, AeL 0.11 mm , as in Fig. 35 . Female. Unknown (see Remarks). Distribution. Northern Peru , San Martin Province. Remarks. The holotype male is accompanied in NHMW by a highly similar, but microphthalmous female labeled as Pseudoconnus ? simulator , and bearing the same collecting data. It is not possible to verify whether these specimens are conspecific or not without collecting a larger series composed of both sexes from the same spot. In the original description, Franz (1980) mentions that the type series is composed of a male holotype and female paratype , but in the Franz Coll. only this provisionally identified female is present, not labeled as paratype . In the original description Franz (1980) gives further collecting details: road Tarapoto-Yurimagua, 80 km from Tarapoto, between Pongo de Caimarachi and Shanussi, in litter of a bog or swamp forest ("Sumpfwald"), 0 1.10.1968 .