A new species of Oxyporus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxyporinae) from Mexico, with notes on some poorly known species
Author
Márquez, Juan
Author
Asiain, Julieta
Author
Fierros-López, Hugo E.
text
Zootaxa
2005
954
1
12
journal article
51034
10.5281/zenodo.171198
849b47f9-14fd-4857-809c-08646432eb6d
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171198
Oxyporus
(
O
.
)
flohri
Sharp, 1887
Material.
One female: “
México
: Veracruz, Totutla, Rancho de Los Vequia. Carr. 125,
7.4 km
al E de la Carr. XalapaHuatusco.
9VIII2001
/ Alt. ca.
1000 m
. Acahual. Trampa de intercepción. C. Gordon col./
IEXA
5330233/
Oxyporus flohri
Sharp, 1887
. L. Delgado det. 2003” (
IEXA
).
Discussion.
This record documents a new locality of this rare species.
Oxyporus flohri
was originally described based on two specimens (one of them is a male) from Alto del Tizar (
Sharp 1887
), a locality in
Mexico
that could not be located (Selander & Vaurie 1962;
Campbell 1969
). Subsequently, one female was collected in Xico, Veracruz (
NavarreteHeredia & MárquezLuna 1995
) and two females in departamento Zacapa (Rio Hondo and San Lorenzo),
Guatemala
(
Campbell 1990
).
This specimen presents a color variation which has not been previously recorded in
O
. flohri
: the posterior half of the elytra is black; the anterior half of the elytra is piceus; the ventral surface of the head is black; the pro and mesosternum, pro and mesocoxae are dark brown; the entire fourth and the anterior margin of the fifth visible abdominal tergite are black; and the third visible abdominal sternite has a basal dark brown belt.