A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Earota Mulsant & Rey, 1874 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
text
Zootaxa
2002
92
1
16
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.155693
a38a90c3-e026-42d8-b356-62d894d157be
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155693
Atheta klimschi
(
Bernhauer, 1909
)
Atheta
(s. str.)
klimschi
Bernhauer, 1909
: 523
(publication date:
July 1, 1909
).
Atheta sulcata
Blatchley, 1910
: 355
(publication date:
September 20, 1910
), syn. nov.
Atheta
(
Hypatheta
)
klimschi
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926
: 653
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Earota
)
sulcata
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926
: 655
(as valid species).
Stethusa klimschi
:
Seevers, 1978
: 267
(as valid species).
Earota sulcata
:
Seevers, 1978
: 271
(as valid species).
Type
material.
Lectotype
of
Atheta klimschi
(here designated),, “Opelousas, La. June”, “
Klimschi
Brh.
Typus
. Klimsch” (yellow label), “
Earota klimschi
Brnh. Typ. Klimsch.
det. Bernh.”, “Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection” (
FMNH
);
paralectotype
,, “Opelousas, La. June”, “Klages”, “
Klimschi
Brh. Cotypus. Klimsch” (yellow label), “Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection” (
FMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Atheta sulcata
(here designated),, “
TYPE
” (red label), “Posey Co. Ind. W. S.B.
42209
”, “3618 det. A.Fenyes”, “11”, “Purdue Blatchley collection”, “
Atheta sulcata
sp. nov.
” (
PURC
).
Additional material.
, “Opelousas, La. May”, “
Klimschi
Bernh. Cotypus. Klimsch” (yellow label), “Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection” (
FMNH
);, “Opelousas, La. May”, “als
pedicularis
von Klimsch”, “
Klimschi
Brh. Cotypus. Klimsch” (yellow label), “Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection” (
FMNH
).
Discussion.
The two males listed as additional material were labeled by Bernhauer as cotypes. In his description of
A. klimschi
Bernhauer
indicated that the specimens were collected in June. Therefore, the males collected in May had not been included in the
type
series of
A. klimschi
and cannot be considered the
paralectotypes
.
The
types
of
A. klimschi
and
A. sulcata
are identical in external characters and male genitalia. Although
A. sulcata
was included in
Earota
by
Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz (1926)
and
Seevers (1978)
, this species has narrow mesosternal process, characteristic of
Atheta
, unlike both
E. reyi
and
E. dentata
which have mesocoxae widely separated by broad mesosternal process. Therefore,
A. klimschi
(=
A. sulcata
) cannot be included in the genus
Earota
and this species is considered here to be a member of
Atheta
. A detailed redescription of
A. klimschi
will be given in a separate paper.