Eight new species, a new record, and redescription of the genus Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904: The first record of termitophilous rove beetles in Cambodia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Author
Kanao, Taisuke
Author
Maruyama, Munetoshi
text
Zootaxa
2015
4044
2
201
223
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.2
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1175-5326
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Discoxenus katayamai
Kanao & Maruyama, 2010
(
Figs. 17, 18
,
149–164
)
Discoxenus katayamai
Kanao & Maruyama, 2010
: 79
.
Additional materials.
Cambodia
: 8 sex?,
500 m
S of Ankor Wat, Siem Reap,
5 VI 2012
, Maruyama M. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-1-001). 2♀♀,
1 km
S of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap,
18 VIII 2012
, Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-2-002). 3♂♂, 2♀♀, North Wall of Preah Khan, Siem Reap,
19 VIII 2012
, Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-2-006) (
1♂
, completely dissected, 1♀, abdominal segments dissected off). 2♂♂, 6♀♀, Bayon, Ankor Thom, Siem Reap,
20 VIII 2012
, Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-2-008) (
1♂
, 1♀, abdominal segments dissected off). 1♀,
1 km
W of Banteay Prei, Siem Reap,
21 VIII 2012
, Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-2-0016).
1♂
, 9♀♀,
1 km
S of Ankor Wat, Charles De Gaulle, Siem Reap,
22 VIII 2012
, Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. MMCB-T-2012-2-0023) (1♀, completely dissected). 3♂♂, 1♀,
2 km
SE of Neak Pean, Siem Reap,
18 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. & Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. SK001). 2♂♂, 2♀♀,
0.76 km
NE of Preah Kham, Siem Reap,
18 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. & Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. SK003). 1♀,
0.65 km
N of Preah Kham, Siem Reap,
19 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. leg. (Colony no. SK004). 3♀♀,
0.76 km
NE of Preah Kham, Siem Reap,
19 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. leg. (Colony no. SK008). 7♂♂, 17♀♀,
0.77 km
E of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap,
24 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. & Maruyama M. leg. (Colony no. SK015). 2♂♂, 2♀♀, same locality data to SK002,
25 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. leg. (Colony no. SK019). 1♀,
1.8 km
W of Neak Pean, Siem Reap,
26 VIII 2014
, Kakizoe S. leg. (Colony no. S022).
Diagnosis.
This species is distinct, and is easily distinguishable from other
Discoxenus
species by a combination of the following character states: antennal segment XI thick and approximately 1.4 times longer than wide (
Fig. 150
), elytra and abdominal tergites sparsely covered with yellow setae (
Fig. 17
).
Redescription.
Head (
Fig. 149
) approximately 1.6 times wider than long. Antenna (
Figs. 17, 18
,
150
) with segment I longer than other segments; segment II as long as segment III, with 3 macrosetae; segment III bowl shaped; segment IV transverse; segments V–VII wider than other segments; segments VIII–X gradually narrowed distally; segment VIII slightly wider than long; segments IX–X subquadrate; segment XI approximately 1.4 times longer than wide, widest around middle. Labrum (
Fig. 151
, left side) with anterior margin slightly concave at middle; median projection of apodeme short, with apex rounded; 4–5 lateral setae present in ventral view (
Fig. 151
, right side). Mandibles (
Figs. 152, 153
) covered with 15–20 pores. Left mandible (
Fig. 152
) with adoral margin moderately pointed around middle. Right mandible (
Fig. 153
) with a distinct tooth. Maxillary palpal segment III approximately 2 times longer than wide. Mentum (
Fig. 154
) approximately 2.8 times wider than long, covered with around 40 pores. Labium with prementum covered with approximately 6 pores.
Pronotum (
Fig. 155
) covered with approximately 48 macrosetae. Elytron (
Fig. 156
) transverse, sparsely covered with yellow setae, 14 macrosetae present on disc. Metaventrite approximately 1.6 times longer than mesoventrite.
Tergites (
Fig. 17
) and sternites (
Fig. 18
) sparsely covered with yellow setae. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 157
) with posterior margin rounded, 3 pairs of macrosetae present at posterior margin, with 2 pairs of macrosetae around middle. Macrochaetotaxy of abdominal tergites III–VIII = 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6. Sternites III–VII (
Fig. 18
) with 4–8 macrosetae at posterior margin.
Male.
Sternite VIII (
Fig. 158
) with posterior margin slightly rounded, 3 pairs of macrosetae present at posterior margin, with 2 pairs of macrosetae at middle. Median lobe of aedeagus narrowed apically in ventral view (
Fig. 161
); basal capsule with distal crest large in lateral view (
Fig. 134
); apical lobe less than half as wide as basal capsule in lateral view (
Fig. 162
). Paramere (
Fig. 163
) with paramerite approximately 3 times wider than condylite; velar sac sclerite with 7–8 setae; apical lobe with 2 minute setae at apex.
Female
. Sternite VIII (
Fig. 159
) with 2 pairs of macrosetae at posterior margin and middle, respectively. Spermatheca (
Fig. 164
) with basal part more than 3 times longer than apical part.
Measurement.
Body length = average
1.52 mm
(
1.46–1.58 mm
, N = 10), pronotal length = average
0.52 mm
(
0.49–0.56 mm
, N = 10), pronotal width = average
0.74 mm
(
0.71–0.78 mm
, N = 10), elytral length = average
0.38 mm
(
0.36–0.41 mm
, N = 10), elytral width = average
0.41 mm
(
0.39–0.44 mm
, N = 10).
Host species.
Odontotermes proformosanus
Ahmad, 1965
.
Comments.
This species was originally described from
Thailand
(
Kanao & Maruyama 2010
). The close morphological comparisons revealed that there are only a few morphological differences between the
Thai
and the Cambodian specimens: the elytra of the Cambodian specimens are slightly wider than that of the
Thai
specimens; the Cambodian specimens have a slightly broader distal crest of the median lobe. We, therefore, consider these populations as conspecific. In this paper, we have redescribed this species to include additional morphological details.