Aleocharinae from Sabah (Borneo) collected by Guillaume de Rougemont (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Pace, R.
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2014
2014-07-31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5306753
0253-116X
5306753
6EB57FAF-A54D-4A33-AB58-C03E7294FA00
Strabocephalium borneorum
nov.sp.
(
Figs 26
and
125-127
)
T y p e m a t e r i a l
Holotype
,
Sabah
, Danum Valley, B.R.L., f.i.t.,
14-16.II.2007
, G. de Rougemont leg. (CROU).
Paratypes
: 8 exx., same provenance as the
holotype
(CROU, MSNV).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Length
5.4-5.9 mm
. Body shiny, reddish; head, antennae and legs brown. Second antennomere shorter than the first, third longer than the second, fourth to tenth transverse. Eyes longer than the postocular region in dorsal view. Head, pronotum and abdomen devoid of reticulation, that of the elytra evident, forming an irregular polygonal mesh. Puncturation of the head very superficial and very close, absent on the longitudinal median band. Puncturation of the pronotum invisible except for a few punctures on each side of the median line. Granulation of the elytra evident and not very close. Free abdominal tergites bare, posterior ¾ of the male fifth free tergite strongly punctate, the posterior margin of the male fifth tergite with six tubercles. Aedeagus:
Fig. 126
; spermatheca:
Fig. 125
; female sixth free tergite:
Fig. 127.
C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s The new species is very similar to
S. mirabile
BERNHAUER, 1911
from Borneo. It differs in the eyes being as long as the postocular region, whereas in
S. mirabile
the eyes are shorter than the postocular region. The posterior margin of the female sixth free abdominal tergite is plurilobate in the new species, whereas is serrate in
S. mirabile
(
Fig. 124
). The distal bulb of the spermatheca is transverse in the new species (
Fig. 125
), and spherical in
S. mirabile
(
Fig. 123
). The proximal bulb of the spermatheca of the new species is sub-spherical, whereas it is pearshaped in
S. mirabile
.
E t y m o l o g y: The new species is dedicated to the inhabitants of Borneo.