The Neotropical species of the genus Osoriellus FAGEL, 1959 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)
Author
Irmler, Ulrich
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2014
2014-12-15
64
2
231
354
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1859
journal article
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10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.231-354
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Osoriellus multipunctatus
n. sp.
(
Figs 87
A-C, 101C)
Type material
:
Holotype
,
male
:
Ecuador
:
Pichincha
,
Mindo
,
10.6 km
W. Mindo Road
(
78°45.14'W
,
0°04.23'S
),
1375 m
elevation,
26.-
29.3.1999
, leg.
R. Brooks
,
D. Brzoska
, #ECU1899065, ex.
flight intercept trap
(
KNHM
).
Paratype
:
Bolivia
:
Cochabamba
,
Cochabamba
,
109 km
E Yungas
(
Cochabamba-Villa Tunari Rd.
) (
65°42.54'W
,
17°08.52'S
),
flight intercept trap
, female,
8.-
12.2.1999
, leg.
F. Genier
, #BOL1G99060 (
UIC
)
.
Diagnosis
: The species can be differentiated from the other similarily sized species by the large prominent eyes and the densely punctate pronotum. It closely resembles
O. triangulatus
. But the eyes in
O. triangulatus
are not prominent, the punctation of the pronotum is less dense and the shape of the body is more slender than in
O. multipunctatus
.
Description
:
Length
:
4.8 mm
.
Colouration
: Dark brown, legs and antennae lighter brown.
Head
:
0.57 mm
long,
0.97 mm
wide; eyes large; twice as long as temples; sides of fore-head strongly convergent; anterior edge of clypeus only half as wide as interstice between eyes; anterior edge of clypeus even; setiferous punctation coarse and dense; on average, interstices between punctures less than half as wide as diameter of punctures; short central area on posterior vertex and at base of antennae impunctate; netlike microsculpture dense and distinct; surface slightly shiny.
Antennae
longer than head and half of pronotum combined; second antennomere oblong; third conical and as long as second; fourth antennomere slightly longer than wide; following antennomeres increasing in width, but all quadrate.
Pronotum
:
0.90 mm
long,
0.99 mm
wide; widest shortly behind anterior angles; anterior angles produced to extremely short acute granules; sides evenly convergent to widely ronded posterior angles; lateral margin fine; in dorsal aspect, visible throughout its total length; setiferous punctation coarse and dense, but not coriaceous; on average, interstices between punctures less than half as wide as diameter of punctures; wide midline impunctate; between setiferous punctures with sparse micro-punctation; netlike microsculpture weaker than on head; surface slightly shiny.
Elytra
:
1.13 mm
long,
1.09 mm
wide; with dense coriaceous ground-sculpture; dense setiferous punctation nearly invisible in ground-sculpture.
Abdomen
with moderately dense setiferous punctation; netlike microsculpture still weaker than on pronotum; surface moderately shiny.
Protibia
:
0.58 mm
long,
0.18 mm
wide; 9 spines on outer edge; WLR: 1.70; in posterior aspect, comb at inner emargination shortly covered in central part; posterior face densely coverd by yellow setae.
Aedeagus
with moderately thick apical lobe ending in obtuse apex; seven sensillae at inner edge of apical lobe.
Etymology
: The specific word is a combination of the Latin words
multi
meaning many and
punctatus
meaning punctate and refers to the densely punctate pronotum.