Logasa comforti
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Logasa
Name
Logasa comforti Kang, Chandler & Park sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype. Australia: TAS: ♂ (ANIC), “43.25S 146.10E TAS / Melaleuca near / Bathurst Harbour / 15 Apr.–29 May 1991 / M. Comfort F.I.T.#1”, “F.I.T. / ANIC 1185 / closed forest”. Paratypes (N = 6; 3 males, 3 females). Australia: TAS: 1♂ 1♀ (ANIC), Melaleuca near Bathurst Harbour, 43.25S, 146.10E, 15 IV–29 V 1991, M. Comfort, FIT#1, ANIC 1185, closed forest; 1♀ (ANIC), 29 V–29 VIII 1991, M. Comfort, FIT#1, ANIC 1190, closed forest; 1♂ (aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, ANIC), 29 VIII–28 XI 1991, I. Naumann & G. Clarke, FIT#1, closed forest, ANIC 1202; 1♀ (ANIC), 15 III–15 IV 1991, E. Edwards, J. Berry, FIT#1, ANIC 1179, closed forest; VIC: 1♂ (aedeagus dissected in micro-vial, MV), Ballarat, C. Oke.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from the other Logasa species by the following combination of characters: antennomeres II and IV rectangular and longer than wide (Fig. 1k–l), apical lobe of male genitalia with three branches bearing to right, left paramere broader than right (Fig. 3d).
Description
Length 1.6–1.9 mm. Body yellowish to reddish-brown (Fig. 1d). Head. Head triangular with frontal fovea and vertexal foveae. Antennomeres with tubercles and long setae (Fig. 1k–l). Antennomere I elongate, II rectangular, III subquadrate, IV rectangular, V–VI rhombic, VII–X gradually transverse (Fig. 1k–l). Thorax. Pronotum with deep and distinct pit in the middle and lateral antebasal foveae. Each elytron with basal elytral foveae and discal elytral foveae. Abdomen. Tergite IV with patches of microtrichia (Fig. 1d). Aedeagus. Apical lobe of male genitalia with three branches bearing to right (Fig. 3d). Phallobase of aedeagus asymmetric and rounded (Fig. 3d). Left paramere broader than right (Fig. 3d).
Distribution
Tasmania, Victoria (Fig. 4: diamond).
Etymology
This species is named for the collector of the holotype, C. Comfort.
Habitat
Most specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps in forests.
Original Description
- Kang, J; Chandler, D; Park, J; 2019: Revision of the Australian genus Logasa Chandler (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae) with description of three new species ZooKeys, 886: 145-154. doi
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