And then there were six: a revision of the genus Phanolinopsis Scheerpeltz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
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Chatzimanolis, Stylianos
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Zootaxa
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2017-09-20
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Phanolinopsis goniakos
Chatzimanolis
,
new species
(
Figs. 4
,
10
,
16
,
34–36
,
43
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
, here designated, male, with labels: “
Costa Rica
:
Puntarenas
, Monteverde, Estacion Biol. Monteverde,
1730m
,
10°19’10’’N
84°48’57’’W
,
12.vi.2001
, montane forest litter, R. Anderson, CR1A01 107” / “[barcode label] SM0516461”
/
“
Holotype
Phanolinopsis goniakos
Chatzimanolis
, des. Chatzimanolis 2017”. In the collection of
SEMC
.
Paratypes
.
45: same label as
holotype
, SM0516460 (
1 ♂
SEMC
); “
Costa Rica
:
Puntarenas
, Monteverde, Biol. Station,
1540m
,
10°19.672’N
84°49.141’W
,
10–17.vi.2001
, S & J. Peck, 01-09, FIT, cloud forest, CR1P01 001”, barcode label SM0459582 (
1 ♂
SEMC
); “
Costa Rica
:
Puntarenas
, Monteverde,
1570m
,
15.v.1989
, J.S. Ashe, R. Brooks, R Leschen, pitfall traps” / “Snow Entomol. Mus.
Costa Rica
Exped. #205”, barcode labels SM0079890, SM0079896, SM0079886, SM0079905, SM0079897, SM0079906, SM0079885, SM0079887, SM0079889, SM0079899, SM0079900, SM0079901, SM0079895, SM0079888, SM0079893, SM0079894, SM0079891, SM0079892, SM0079903, SM0079904, SM0079902, SM0079898 (
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
UTCI
;
17 ♂
,
3 ♀
SEMC
); same locality and collectors,
10.v.1989
, #101, barcode labels SM0079919, SM0079924, SM0079922, SM0079921, SM0079925, SM0079923, SM0079920 (
1 ♂
UTCI
;
5 ♂
,
1 ♀
SEMC
); same locality and collectors,
12.v.1989
, #129, barcode labels SM0079910, SM0079911, SM0079909 (
3 ♂
SEMC
); same locality and collectors,
9.v.1989
, #074, barcode labels SM0079908, SM0079907 (
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
SEMC
); same locality and collectors,
23.v.1989
, #412, barcode labels SM0079918, SM0079917 (
2 ♀
SEMC
); same locality and collectors, Chomogo Trail,
1690m
,
23.v.1989
, #410, barcode labels SM0079915, SM0079912, SM0079914, SM0079913 (
2 ♂
,
2 ♀
SEMC
); same locality,
1520m
,
30.iv.1986
, J.S. Ashe, leaf litter, barcode label SM0079926 (
1 ♂
SEMC
); same locality,
5000ft
,
23–24.v.1979
, J.M. & B.A. Campbell (
1 ♂
CNC
); “
Costa Rica
:
Guanacaste
,
Santa Elena
,
Santa Elena
Cloud For. Reserve,
1650m
,
10°20’42’’N
84°47’53’’W
,
11.vi.2001
, cloud for. litter, R. Anderson, CR1A01 104”, barcode label SM0516591 (
1 ♂
SEMC
). All
paratypes
with label “
Paratype
Phanolinopsis goniakos
Chatzimanolis
, des. Chatzimanolis 2017”.
Diagnosis.
This species can be easily distinguished from all other taxa of
Phanolinopsis
based on the morphology of the head. In
P. goniakos
the posterolateral corners of the head are pointed (
Figs. 4
,
10
,
16
) more so than any other known species.
FIGURES 34–36.
Aedeagus of
P. goniakos
Chatzimanolis.
34. Dorsal view. 35. Lateral view. 36. Detail of paramere, ventral view.
Description.
Body length 10.5–13.0mm. Head and pronotum metallic brown, sometimes with green overtones; elytra dark metallic brown-green. Mouthparts, mesoscutellum, ventral surface of thorax and legs brown. Antennomeres 1–6 brown; antennomeres 7–11 dark yellow. Abdominal terga and sterna brown; posterior 1/5 of segment VII and segment VIII orange. Head transverse, width: length ratio = 1.45. Epicranium with transverse and polygon-shaped microsculpture and sparse micropunctures; with large to medium-sized punctures around margin of head (becoming more numerous near posterior margin); with 3–4 other large puncture near center but with no other punctures on epicranium. Eyes medium-sized, length of eyes / length of head ratio = 0.48, distance between eyes as wide as 2.07 times length of eye. Area between postmandibular ridge and eye (lateral side of head) wide, with polygon-shaped microsculpture; posterolateral corner of head pointed. Antennomeres 1–9, 11 longer than wide; antennomere 10 subquadrate. Neck with micropunctures, microsculpture, and with sparse small punctures. Pronotum subquadrate, width: length ratio = 0.98; surface of pronotum uniformly covered with sparse micropunctures and dense polygon-shaped microsculpture; appearing matte due to microsculpture. Pronotum with few large punctures around margin; disc of pronotum with four large punctures at center, each one delimiting corner of square. Elytra with medium-sized punctures (about 8–9 punctures / elytron width); distance between punctures 0.5–1 width of puncture. Elytra appearing shiny; with sparse longitudinal microsculpture. Abdominal terga sparsely punctate with small to medium-sized punctures. Male secondary sexual structures with sternum VIII having shallow emargination medially; sternum IX with deep U-shaped emargination medially. Female without obvious sexual structures. Aedeagus as in
Figs. 34–36
; in dorsal view paramere converging to rounded tip; paramere about as long as and narrower than median lobe; in lateral view paramere slightly concave apically; paramere with peg setae as in
Fig. 36
. Median lobe in dorsal view wide, converging to rounded apex, with two broad teeth apically; in lateral view becoming narrower near apex.
Distribution.
Known from the provinces of
Guanacaste
and
Puntarenas
in
Costa Rica
.
Habitat.
Collected with pitfall traps, flight intercept traps and in leaf litter in cloud forests at elevations between
1520–1690m
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek word γωνία (angle) and refers to the sharp angle of the posterolateral corners of the head. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition.