Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Zootaxa
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Oxypoda
(
s. str.
)
grandipennis
(
Casey, 1911a
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 10–14
)
Moluciba grandipennis
Casey, 1911a: 156
.
Atheta
(
Moluciba
)
grandipennis
:
Fenyes, 1920: 219
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Moluciba
)
grandipennis
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 671
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Moluciba
)
grandipennis
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 362
(as valid species).
Moluciba grandipennis
:
Seevers, 1978: 249
(as valid species).
Moluciba grandipennis
:
Newton
et al
., 2000: 361
(as valid species).
FIGURES 10–14.
Genitalia of
Oxypoda grandipennis
(Casey)
(male from Armagh, Québec (10– 13); and female from 10 km S Ninilchik, Alaska (14)). 10 — median lobe, parameral view; 11 — apex of median lobe, parameral view; 12 — median lobe, lateral view; 13 — apex of median lobe, lateral view; 14 — spermatheca. Scale bar 0.1 mm (14), 0.2 mm (11, 13), 0.4 mm (10, 12).
Type material.
Holotype
of
Moluciba grandipennis
:
♀
, “
Metlakatla B.
[ritish] Col.[umbia]
Keen
”, “
Moluciba grandipennis
Csy.
”, “TYPE
USNM 39020
” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Additional material.
CANADA
:
Québec
:
♀
,
ChicChocs
,
17.viii.1994
;
♂
,
50 km
E QuébecCity
,
Armagh
,
46º44’N
70º35’W
,
2.viii.1994
(
SPSU
)
;
2 specimens
,
170 km
NE QuébecCity
,
Pohénégamook
,
47º28’N
69º14’W
,
16.viii.1994
(
LFC
,
SPSU
)
;
3 specimens
, ditto but
2.viii.1994
(
LFC
)
;
1 specimen
,
Lac Mitis
,
48º18’N
67º48’W
,
22.viii.1994
(
SPSU
)
;
1 specimen
, ditto but
15.viii.1994
(
LFC
)
;
UNITED STATES
:
Alaska
:
♀
,
Kenai Peninsula
,
10 km
S Ninilchik
, 59º57.26–.25’N 151º43.81’W,
50 m
, forest litter,
Picea
,
22.vii.1998
(
V.I.Gusarov
)
;
♂
,
Richardson Hwy.
, NNW
Willow Creek
,
61º50.17’N
145º13.81’W
,
500 m
, in human feces,
13.vii.1998
(
V.I.Gusarov
) (
SPSU
)
.
Diagnosis.
Oxypoda grandipennis
can be distinguished from other Nearctic members of the nominotypical subgenus by a dark brown body with the brownish yellow pronotum, humeral angles and posterior margin of the elytra, abdominal terga 3–5 and posterior margin of tergum 7; and the distinct shape of the aedeagus (
Figs. 10–13
) and spermatheca (
Fig. 14
).
Distribution.
Oxypoda grandipennis
is a boreal species with a transnearctic distribution. It is known from
Alaska
and
Québec
.