New genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Pace, Roberto
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2015
2015-12-21
65
2
327
339
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1886
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.327-339
0005-805X
4754013
Apimela queenslandica
spec. nov.
(
Figs 16
,
54
)
Type material
:
Holotype
,
Australia
, Queensld.,
Gympio
,
Brooyar St. Forest
,
12.III.1997
, leg.
Wachtel
(
CSCÜ
).
Description
: Length
2.2 mm
. Body reddish-brown, antennae lost, legs yellowish-red. Eyes shorter than the postocular region in dorsal view. Reticulation of head, elytra and abdomen strong, that of the pronotum visible. Granulation of head and pronotum invisible, that of the elytra superficial, that of the abdomen close and evanescent, but sparse on the fifth free tergite. Spermatheca as in
Fig. 54
.
Comparative notes
: The new species differs from
A. australiensis
PACE, 2003
, also from
Australia
, known only by the male, having the body reticulate and from
A. carnavonensis
spec. nov.
by the shape of the spermatheca.
Etymology
: The new species takes its name from
Queensland
.