Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Strigota ambigua
(
Erichson, 1839
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 142–154
)
Homalota ambigua
Erichson, 1839: 134
.
Strigota oppidana
Casey, 1910a: 177
,
syn. nov.
Strigota gnava
Casey, 1910a: 177
,
syn. nov.
Strigota verecunda
Casey, 1910a: 178
,
syn. nov.
Strigota assueta
Casey, 1910a: 178
,
syn. nov.
Strigota mediocris
Casey, 1910a: 179
,
syn. nov.
Strigota vapida
Casey, 1910a: 179
,
syn. nov.
Strigota inculta
Casey, 1910a: 180
,
syn. nov.
Strigota placata
Casey, 1910a: 182
,
syn. nov.
Strigota
(
s. str.
)
recta
Casey, 1911a: 165
,
syn. nov.
Paradilacra ambigua
:
Fenyes, 1920: 244
(as valid species).
Strigota oppidana
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota gnava
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota verecunda
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota assueta
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota mediocris
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota vapida
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota inculta
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota placata
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Strigota recta
:
Fenyes, 1920: 253
(as valid species).
Anaduosternum brevipennis
Notman, 1922: 107
,
syn. nov.
Atheta
(
Paradilacra
)
ambigua
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 607
(as valid species).
Strigota oppidana
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota gnava
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota verecunda
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota assueta
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota mediocris
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota vapida
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota inculta
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota placata
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Strigota recta
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Anaduosternum
)
brevipennis
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 671
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Dilacra
)
ambigua
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 354
(as valid species).
Strigota oppidana
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota gnava
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota verecunda
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota assueta
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota mediocris
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota vapida
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota inculta
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota placata
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Strigota recta
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 486
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Anaduosternum
)
notmani
Moore & Legner, 1975: 367
(replacement name for
At. brevipennis
(
Notman, 1922
)
(
nec
J.
Sahlberg, 1876
)),
syn. nov.
Atheta
(
Anaduosternum
)
brevipennis
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 367
(as synonym of
At. notmani
).
Paradilacra ambigua
:
Seevers, 1978: 265
(as valid species).
Strigota oppidana
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Strigota gnava
:
Seevers, 1978: 257
(as valid species).
Strigota verecunda
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Strigota assueta
:
Seevers, 1978: 257
(as valid species).
Strigota mediocris
:
Seevers, 1978: 257
(as valid species).
Strigota vapida
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Strigota inculta
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Strigota placata
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Strigota recta
:
Seevers, 1978: 258
(as valid species).
Anaduosternum brevipennis
:
Seevers, 1978: 261
(as valid species).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Homalota ambigua
(here designated):
♀
, “5507”, “
ambigua
Er. Am.
[erica] spt. Zimm.[ermann]” (green label), “Zool. Mus.
Berlin
”, “Typus” (red label), “
Homalota ambigua
Er.
[on red side] / Lectotypus Lohse fix. 1983 [on white side]” [
Lohse
never published this lectotype designation] (
ZMHB
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
2♂♂
,
2♀♀
, “America Sept. Zimmermann Nr. 5507” (green label), “Zool. Mus.
Berlin
”, “Typus” (red label) (
ZMHB
)
.
Lectotype
of
Strigota oppidana
(here designated):
♀
, “N.[ew] Y.[ork, near
New York
City
]”, “
Strigota oppidana
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39034” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
2♂♂
,
2♀♀
, “N.[ew] Y.[ork, near
New York
City
]”, “
oppidana
PARATYPE USNM 39034” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Strigota gnava
(here designated):
♂
, “·N.[orth] C.[arolina, Asheville]”, “
gnava
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39035” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Paralectotypes
:
♂
,
♀
, “·N.[orth] C.[arolina, Asheville]”, “
gnava
PARATYPE
USNM 39035” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota verecunda
(here designated):
♂
, “Ia. [
Iowa
,
Cedar Rapids
(
Brendel
)]”, “
verecunda
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39037” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota assueta
(here designated):
♀
, “Mo.· [
Missouri
,
St. Louis
]”, “
assueta
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39038” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota mediocris
(here designated):
♀
, “·Tex.[as, El Paso]”, “
mediocris
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39039” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota vapida
(here designated):
♂
, “Salida Colo[rado] Wickham”, “
vapida
3
PARATYPE
USNM 39040” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Paralectotype
:
♂
, “Cöl. [Colorado, Greeley]”, “
vapida
2
PARATYPE
USNM 39040” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (the second
paralectotype
of
St. vapida
(
♂
, “Coolidge N.[ew] Mex.[ico]”, “
vapida
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39040” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)) is not conspecific with
St. vapida
and belongs to
St. seducens
Casey, 1910a
or
St. perplexa
Casey, 1910a
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota inculta
(here designated):
♀
, “·Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “
inculta
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39041” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Paralectotypes
:
2♂♂
,
♀
, “·Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “
inculta
PARATYPE
USNM 39041” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota placata
(here designated):
♂
, “Cal.[ifornia, Santa Cruz]”, “
placata
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39045” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Paralectotype
:
♂
, “Cal.[ifornia, Santa Cruz]”, “
placata
PARATYPE
USNM 39045” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Strigota recta
(here designated):
♀
, “
West Haven Ct
[
Connecticut
]
27 June 1905
H.L.Viereck
”, “
recta
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39036” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Holotype
of
Anaduosternum brevipennis
:
UNITED STATES
:
New Jersey
:
♂
,
Newark
, 24.vii (
E.L.Dickerson
) (
SIIS
)
.
Paratype
:
UNITED STATES
:
New Jersey
:
♂
,
Newark
, 24.vii (
E.L.Dickerson
) (
SIIS
)
.
Additional material.
UNITED STATES
:
California
:
Kern Co.
:
♂
,
♀
,
4 specimens
,
Lake Isabella
,
Rd.
155,
35º38.37'N
118º29'W
,
800 m
,
Isabella Lake
Main Dam, river bank below dam,
12.viii.1999
(
V.I.Gusarov
) (
KSEM
)
;
Kansas
:
Douglas Co.
:
10 specimens
, 2.5 km N
Lawrence
, flood refuse by the
Kansas River
(right bank),
38º59.59'N
95º14.59'W
,
200 m
,
18.iv.1999
(
V.I.Gusarov
) (
SPSU
)
;
New York
:
2♀♀
, “L.[ong] I.[sland]” (
NMNH
(
Casey Collection
))
;
Texas
:
Brewster Co.
:
2♀♀
,
19 km
S Study Butte
,
29º09.41'N
103º33.39'W
,
650 m
,
Rio Grande
, river banks,
31.iii.2001
(
V.I.Gusarov
) (
SPSU
)
.
Diagnosis.
Strigota ambigua
is very similar to other Nearctic species of
Strigota
and can be reliably identified only by the distinct shape of the aedeagus (
Figs. 149–154
) and spermatheca (
Figs. 147–148
).
Discussion.
The
types
of
H. ambigua
,
St. oppidana
,
St. gnava
,
St. verecunda
,
St. assueta
,
St. mediocris
,
St. vapida
,
St. inculta
,
St. placata
,
St. recta
and
Ana. brevipennis
are similar in external characters and in the shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca. All these names are considered to be synonyms.
Moore and Legner (1975)
proposed the name
Atheta notmani
to replace the name
Atheta brevipennis
(
Notman, 1922
)
(ex
Anaduosternum
) which was preoccupied by the name
Atheta brevipennis
(J.
Sahlberg, 1876
)
(ex
Homalota
), listed by
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz (1926)
as a junior synonym of
Atheta
(
Anopleta
)
arcana
(
Erichson, 1839
)
.
Atheta notmani
is a junior synonym of
Strigota ambigua
.
Distribution.
Strigota ambigua
is widespread across the
United States
. It is known from
New York
,
Connecticut
,
New Jersey
,
North Carolina
,
Iowa
,
Missouri
,
Kansas
,
Texas
,
Colorado
,
New Mexico
,
Nevada
and
California
.