Ant-like stone beetles on the roof of the world. Cephenniini of Nepal and Bhutan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
Author
Jałoszyński, Paweł
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-15
4349
1
1
120
journal article
31536
10.11646/zootaxa.4349.1.1
3e5cd781-3051-4527-bace-d222e83d8398
1175-5326
1049190
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Cephennodes gokarnaensis
species group
A newly established group to accommodate
C. gokarnaensis
and
C. pseudogokarnaensis
, both known to occur in Nepal. Closely allied to the
C. inflatipes
,
C. spatulipes
and
C. simplicipes
groups, shares with them a very small aedeagus of the
simonis
form with asymmetrical and drop-shaped median lobe and asymmetrical parameres, but males have unmodified abdominal sternites and unmodified metatibiae. Additionally, among apical structures of the aedeagus, a tubular component located in front of the apical projection (in ventral view) is bifurcate at apex. External character shared by males of this group is the elytral subapical region covered with setae distinctly denser than those on remaining areas and directed posteromesally.