Porongurup clarkei
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Porongurup
Name
Porongurup clarkei Choi & Chandler & Park, 2019 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype. Australia: Western Australia (WA): 1♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, “AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Peak Track, 480–520 m, 34°23.4'S, 118°03.3'E, 5 VIII 2004, Eucalyptus forest & mallee; FMHD#2004-146, Berlese, leaf & log litter, Clarke & Grimbacher 1115”. Paratypes (N = 11; 7 males, 4 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♂2♀ (FMNH, 1♀ slide mounted), Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Peak Track, 430–485m, 34°23.5'S, 118°03.65'E, 5 VIII 2004, mallee Eucalyptus; FMHD#2004-145, Berlese, water-washed soil, 0–18 cm, D. Clarke 1114; 5♂ (UNHC), 1♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Porongorup N.P., Bolganup Creek, 12 VI 1980, Berlese, bark & fungi karri tree bases, S. &J. Peck; 1♂ (CBNUIC, aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Tr. WA, 10 VI 1980, Berlese, rotted logs & moss, S. & J. Peck, SBP47; 1♀(FMNH), Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Tr. WA, 10 VI 1980, Berlese, fungi on Euc. Trunks, S. & J. Peck, SBP45; 1♀(UNHC), Porongorup N.P., Bolganup Creek, 12 VI 1980, Berlese, bark & fungi on karri tree bases, S. & J. Peck, SBP53.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from Porongurup angulatus sp. nov. by antennomere 3 being longer than wide (Fig. 4C), and abdominal segment VI being approximately three times longer than V (Fig. 1B, E). This species is also separated from Porongurup tenuis sp. nov. by the median lobe of the male genitalia having a small digit at the apex (Fig. 2B: arrowed).
Description
Length 1.6–1.9 mm (Fig. 1B, E). Head. Head in dorsal view with both shallow frontal sulcus and vertexal foveae. Male and female antennae are almost identical in length (Fig. 4C, D). Antennomeres II longer than wide, III subquadrate and smallest, IV—VIII longer than wide, IX and X transverse (Fig. 4C, D). Elytra. Male elytra longer than wide, female elytra shorter, as long as wide (Fig. 1B, E). Abdomen. Abdominal segment VI approximately three times longer than V (Fig. 1B, E). Aedeagus. Median lobe of male genitalia as long as parameres with apical articulated extension. Phallobase rounded in dorsal view. Parameres symmetrical (Fig. 2B, C).
Etymology
This species is named for one of the collectors of the holotype, the staphylinid specialist Dave J. Clarke.
Distribution
Western Australia (Fig. 5, triangles).
Habitat
Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf, log, bark, moss or fungus litter in Eucalyptus forests, or were taken by Berlese funnel water-washed soil.
Original Description
- Choi, S; Chandler, D; Park, J; 2019: Porongurup, a new genus of pselaphine staphylinid beetles from Western Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae) ZooKeys, 881: 13-22. doi
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