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(
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)
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Franz
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(
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,
<figureCitation id="13442A76B0739A58BC4E461E1227FBEB" box="[264,308,1122,1146]" captionStart="FIGURES 99 104" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1887,1910]" captionTargetBox="[200,1391,182,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[185,1399,171,1872]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 99 104. Ven t er of Scydmaenilla. Scydmaenilla (s. str.) constricta Lea, paralectotype female (99), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) queenslandica Franz, holotype male (100), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) thompsoniana, holotype female (101), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) brisbanensis, holotype female (102), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) sydneyana, holotype female (103), Scydmaenilla (Scydmaenillunia) adelaidensis Franz, holotype female (104). Abbreviations: ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; lmtc, lateral metaventral carina; pl, posterior lobe of mesocoxal projection; si, setose impression of mesoventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/283486/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">101</figureCitation>
,
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D70B0739A58BDD146D611EBFB51" authority="Franz, 1975: 139" authorityName="Franz" authorityPageNumber="139" authorityYear="1975" box="[151,760,1194,1216]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thompsonianus" subGenus="Scydmaenilla">
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(
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)
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Franz, 1975: 139
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.
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<typeStatus id="54C48851B0739A58BDD1469113C1FA94" box="[151,210,1261,1285]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Type</typeStatus>
material studied
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.
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: Ƥ: three labels (
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): &quot;Umg. Maipoton / Queensld., Austr. / lg.H.Franz 1970&quot; and &quot;Pa 76&quot; on the reverse side [white, printed, reverse handwritten in blue], &quot;
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/ (
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) /
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D70B0739A58BDD147491227FADC" box="[151,308,1333,1357]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Scydmaenilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thompsoniana">thompsoniana</taxonomicName>
[sic!] m. / det.H.Franz&quot; [white, printed and handwritten in blue], &quot;
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&quot; [red, handwritten in blue] (SAM).
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BD8147011252FA07" bold="true" box="[199,321,1405,1430]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body length
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; elytra stout, EI 1.47; antennal club with slightly asymmetrical antennomere X; metatibiae with short and slender subapical setal brushes; lateral metaventral carinae absent; short median longitudinal groove on posterior pronotal collar present; lateral marginal pronotal carinae barely discernible. Indistinguishable from
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BCDA47961149F990" box="[412,602,1513,1537]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">S. queenslandica</emphasis>
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; see Remarks.
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BD8144711267F9B7" bold="true" box="[199,372,1549,1574]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Redescription.</emphasis>
The
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female (
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,
<figureCitation id="13442A76B0739A58BF9E44711010F9B4" box="[728,771,1549,1573]" captionStart="FIGURES 99 104" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1887,1910]" captionTargetBox="[200,1391,182,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[185,1399,171,1872]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 99 104. Ven t er of Scydmaenilla. Scydmaenilla (s. str.) constricta Lea, paralectotype female (99), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) queenslandica Franz, holotype male (100), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) thompsoniana, holotype female (101), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) brisbanensis, holotype female (102), Scydmaenilla (s. str.) sydneyana, holotype female (103), Scydmaenilla (Scydmaenillunia) adelaidensis Franz, holotype female (104). Abbreviations: ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; lmtc, lateral metaventral carina; pl, posterior lobe of mesocoxal projection; si, setose impression of mesoventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/283486/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">101</figureCitation>
) differs from the
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male of
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58B9CC44721654F9B4" box="[1162,1351,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">S. queenslandica</emphasis>
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only in more lightly pigmented body and slightly different measurements: BL
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; HL
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, HW
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, AnL
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; PL
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, PW
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; EL
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, EW
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, EI 1.47.
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BD8144061217F903" bold="true" box="[199,260,1658,1682]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Male</emphasis>
. Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BD8144E11273F927" bold="true" box="[199,352,1693,1718]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Distribution.</emphasis>
Eastern
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: southeastern Queensland.
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BD8144BE1228F94B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1730,1754]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Remarks.</emphasis>
Franz (1975) described
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58BF1244BE1003F948" box="[596,784,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">S. thompsoniana</emphasis>
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on the basis of a single female, and
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58B9F144BE1664F948" box="[1207,1399,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">S. queenslandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the basis of a single male, both collected in the same locality. In the identification key for
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<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58B9F244991658F96C" box="[1204,1355,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">Scydmaenilla</emphasis>
, Franz
</taxonomicName>
(1975; p. 140141) differentiated these species on the basis of the proportions of the pronotum, body shape and elytral punctation. However, examination of the
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specimens revealed that they have nearly identical PL and PW, share a similar body shape, and the difference in the elytral punctation is barely noticeable. The
<typeStatus id="54C48851B0739A58B846452D1671F8F8" box="[1280,1378,1873,1897]" pageId="35" pageNumber="74" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D70B0739A58B8C1452E1225F81C" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Scydmaenilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thompsoniana">
<emphasis id="B90BEAE1B0739A58B8C1452E1225F81C" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="74">S. thompsoniana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is lighter in color and has slightly narrower head. The observed differences can be attributed to a sexual dimorphism or to inter-individual variation within species. However, I prefer not to synonymize these names until a larger sample has become available and the morphological variability has been better studied.
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