Three new species of Paraneseuthia Franz from Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) Author Jałoszyński, Paweł text Zootaxa 2013 3702 6 566 572 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.6.4 7644f7cb-7f5d-4589-8be1-744d3984f93c 1175-5326 220307 8630F9B5-BE17-4DAA-B11D-C3DCAC741E5E Paraneseuthia angustifurculata sp. n. ( Figs. 3, 4 , 9–10 ) Type material. Holotype : AUSTRALIA (QUEENSLAND): ♂, three labels: " 11.45S 142.35E QLD / Heathlands 26Jan. - / 29Feb. 1992 P.Feehney / MALAISE #2 dump / open forest" [white, printed], "Aust. Nat. / Ins. Coll." [green, printed], " PARANESEUTHIA / angustifurculata m. / det. P. Jałoszyński, '13 / HOLOTYPUS " [red, printed] ( ANIC ). Diagnosis. Aedeagus in ventral view strongly narrowing from middle to apex; with short asetose lateral subapical lobes; with long and slender lateral apical projections with narrow distal parts, each bearing submedian seta. Description. BL 0.78 mm . Body of male ( Fig. 3 ) moderately convex, dark brown, covered with vestiture slightly lighter than cuticle. Head broad in relation to pronotum (PW/HW 1.33), broadest across the large and strongly convex eyes, HL 0.13 mm , HW 0.19 mm ; vertex weakly convex; frons flattened and with a pair of shallow but distinct circular pits between eyes; supraantennal tubercles indistinct. Punctures on vertex and frons inconspicuous, fine and sparse; setae sparse and short, suberect. Antennae slender, AnL 0.30 mm , antennomeres I–II elongate, III–V as long as broad, VI–VIII slightly transverse, IX–X strongly transverse; XI about as long as IX–X together. Pronotum semi-oval, broadest near base, barely noticeably broader than long; PL 0.23 mm , PW 0.25 mm ; anterior margin weakly and evenly rounded; lateral margins strongly rounded in anterior half and weakly rounded in posterior third; posterior pronotal corners distinctly obtuse and blunt; posterior margin distinctly arcuate with short and shallow emargination in front of mesoscutellum; base with shallow but distinct transverse impression connected at each side with a distinct and nearly circular sublateral pit, lateral pits distinct and elongate, located anterolaterally in relation to sublateral pits. Punctures on pronotal disc fine and sparse; setae sparse but relatively long, suberect. Elytra oval, broadest near middle; EL 0.43 mm , EW 0.34 mm , EI 1.26; humeral calli prominent, elongate. Punctures on elytral disc much more distinct than those on pronotum, small and shallow but obvious, separated by spaces subequal to puncture diameters; setae similar to those on pronotum, sparse, long and suberect. Hind wings well developed. Legs moderately long and slender, unmodified. Aedeagus ( Figs. 9–10 ) elongate; AeL 0.16 mm ; in ventral view median lobe slightly asymmetrical in basal part and strongly narrowing distally; ventral membranous area ( Fig. 9 ; vma ) small, circular and located at base; lateral subapical lobes ( Fig. 9 ; lsl ) present, short, without apical setae; lateral apical projections ( Fig. 9 ; lap ) present, symmetrical, flexible, slender and recurved, each with long seta located on external margin of submedian part; assemblage of median apical projections ( Fig. 9 ; map ) nearly symmetrical, composed of lateral pair of elongate sclerites and median copulatory piece; parameres slender, each with very long apical and very short subapical seta. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Australia , Far North Queensland (Cape York) ( Fig. 4 c). Etymology. The name angustifurculata refers to the slender lateral apical lobes of the aedeagus, after Latin angustus (narrow) and furcula (forks). Remarks. See Remarks for P. dilatifurculata .