Boreophilia davidgei
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Boreophilia
Name
Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin, 2012 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin, in Klimaszewski et al. 2012[1]: 232.
Diagnosis
Body moderately broad, subparallel, moderately glossy, abdomen slightly more so (Fig. 117); length 2.8–2.9 mm; uniformly dark brown to almost black, basal sternite slightly reddish-brown, legs paler, yellowish-brown; antennomeres VIII–X subquadrate to slightly transverse; pronotum slightly shorter than elytra at suture, maximum width of pronotum distinctly less than maximum width of elytra. Male. Unknown. Female. Spermatheca: capsule ovoid apically and pitcher-shaped basally, without apical invagination; stem short, narrow, sinuate and looped posteriad (Fig. 120); tergite VIII truncate apically (Fig. 118); sternite VIII rounded apically, antecostal suture arcuate and slightly sinuate laterally (Fig. 119). This species may be distinguished by the unique shape of spermatheca.
Distribution
Nearctic species, known only from Canada, YT.
Collection data
Habitat: white spruce and feathermoss forest, mixed pine and willow forest, black spruce stand, mixed aspen and white spruce forest (Klimaszewski et al. 2012[1]). Females from Yukon were collected in May to September using pitfall traps and litter sifting in mature forest.
Comments
This species is tentatively assigned to this group, because the male is unknown and morphology of median lobe of aedeagus could not be analysed.
Taxon Treatment
- Klimaszewski, J; Sikes, D; Brunke, A; Bourdon, C; 2019: Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution ZooKeys, 848: 57-102. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klimaszewski J, Godin B, Bourdon C (2012) Further contributions to the aleocharine fauna of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).ZooKeys186: 207–237. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.186.2674
