A revision of the genus Rudolfina Roháček (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae)
Author
Paiero, Steven Mark
Author
Marshall, Stephen A.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-01-16
593
1
48
journal article
24112
10.5852/ejt.2020.593
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Rudolfina pilosa
sp. nov.
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Figs 18
,
21C
Etymology
The species epithet is from the Latin for ‘hairy’, referring to the hirsute sternites 4 and 5 of the male.
Material examined
Holotype
MEXICO
•
♂
;
Oaxaca
, 2.0 mi.
W of Jct. Mex.
175-
Yuvila Rd
;
9500 ft
a.s.l.
;
8–19 Aug. 1973
;
A. Newton
leg.; oak-pine, dung;
FMNH
debu01086240.
Paratypes
MEXICO
–
Oaxaca
•
1 ♂
;
6.6 mi.
N of
Ixtlan de Juarez
;
8300 ft
a.s.l.
;
10–18 Aug. 1973
;
A. Newton
leg.; oak woodland, human dung;
DEBU
•
1 ♂
;
4.1 mi.
W of Jct. Mex.
175-
Yuvila Rd
;
9300 ft
a.s.l.
;
8–19 Aug. 1973
;
A. Newton
leg.; oak-fir-pine forest;
UNAM
•
1 ♂
; same collection data as for preceding; oak-fir-pine forest;
FMNH
.
Description
BODY. Length:
1.5–1.8 mm
. Eye height 2.5 × genal height. Head with 3 interfrontal setae and 5–6 small setae along inner margin of orbital plate. Gena with 2 strong setae and 7–9 smaller setulae. Acrostichal setulae in 4–6 rows. Costagial seta extending slightly beyond humeral break; second costal sector equal to third sector; length of M
1
between crossveins dm-cu and r-m 2.0× dm-cu; CuA
1
stub vein ~5.0 × M
1
stub vein. Male mid femur with 4–5 small setae in ventrobasal cluster. Male mid tibia with ventral comb of 7–8 robust setae on apical ½, midventral seta absent (female unknown).
Fig. 18.
Rudolfina pilosa
sp. nov.
, male terminalia (debu01086241).
A
. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus, caudal view.
B
. Same as preceding, lateral view.
C
. Sternite 5, ventral view.
D
. Phallus and ejaculatory apodeme, dorsal view.
E
. Same as preceding, dorsolateral view.
F
. Same as preceding, lateral view.
G
. Postgonite, lateral view. Scale bars: A–B = 0.10 mm; C = 0.10 mm; D–G = 0.10 mm.
MALE ABDOMEN (
Fig. 18
). Sternite 3 and 4 with dense cluster of setae posteromedially. Posterior margin of sternite 5 with round teeth on each side of a medial emargination; emargination less than 1/6 width of sternite and extending ~½ length. Transverse part of sternite 6 weakly arcuate. Epandrium with one large pair of setae ventrolaterally, one smaller pair of setae lateral to larger pair, and several setulae scattered over surface; subanal plate broadly continuous below anal opening. Surstylus boot-shaped, posteriorly bent near base, hirsute with 3–5 setae on posterior lobe (heel) and numerous smaller setae on anterior lobe (toe). Cercus fused with epandrium, with distinct seta on ventral margin. Postgonite clavate, with several setulae on dorsal surface. Dorsal sclerite of distiphallus (
Fig. 18
D–F) without distinct swellings and not extending beyond apex of acrophallus.
Female
Unknown.
Remarks
This species is most similar to
R. newtoni
sp. nov.
, which also has a setulose male sternite 4 and sternite 5. These species are easily distinguished by the shape of the male surstylus.