Mimogonia hermani
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Mimogonia
Name
Mimogonia hermani Irmler, Ulrich, 2007 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Mimogonia hermani Irmler, Ulrich, 2007, Zootaxa 1651: 58-58.
Materials Examined
Type material. Holotype, male: BOLIVIA: Beni, Ilha Flores, Rio Itenez, 0 7.08. 1964, leg. J.K. Bouseman & L. Lussenhop (AMNH). Paratypes: BOLIVIA:9 females with same data as holotype (AMNH, UIC).
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. The species resembles M. elytrata Irmler, 2005 in body size and colour of the elytra: yellow with darker posterior part. The eyes are smaller and less prominent, and the punctation of the elytra is finer and sparser than in M. elytrata (Fig. 5 C). Furthermore, the dark part of the elytra is smaller and the head is yellow, too, while it is dark in M. elytrata.
Description
Description.Body length2.1 mm. Body colour yellow, posterior edge of elytra dark. Head0.25 mm long, 0.40 mm wide; with eyes nearly twice as long as temples; setiferous punctation dense and distinct, distance between punctures on average half as wide as diameter of punctures; microsculpture reticulate; surface glossy, a space at base of antennae without punctures and microsculpture, surface glossy. Antennae with 1 st antennomere long, nearly as long as 2 nd and 3 rd antennomeres combined, 2 nd antennomere oblong, slightly longer than wide, 3 rd antennomere conical and not longer than 2 nd, 4 th antennomere wider than long and as wide as 3 rd, the following antennomeres increasing in width, distinctly wider than long (Fig. 2 B). Pronotum0.35 mm long, 0.47 mm wide; widest close to anterior angles, slightly narrowed to large emargination in front of posterior angles, an indistinct longitudinal depression on each side of midline in front of posterior edge; setiferous punctation coarse and dense, distance between punctures on average half as wide as diameter of punctures, with reticulate microsculpture, surface glossy. Elytra0.50 mm long, 0.45 mm wide; with dense setiferous punctation (Fig. 5 C), a larger setiferous puncture on the disc on each side of the suture, with distinct reticulate microsculpture, microsculpture much deeper than on head and pronotum, thus surface with weak gloss. Abdomen with finer setiferous punctation than on forebody, microsculpture as weak as on head and pronotum, surface glossy. Male mesotibia widest in the middle, weakly narrowed towards apex, at inner side, from widest part to apex with a comb of long setae (Fig. 2 C); posterior side covered with few setiferous punctures. Aedeagus with short hook-like structure at apex (Fig. 2 D).
Etymology
Etymology. The species is named in honour of the curator of AMNH, New York, Dr. Lee Herman who loaned this nice species for my studies.
Taxon Treatment
- Irmler, Ulrich; 2007: The genus Mimogonia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) from the Neotropical region with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 1651: 58-58. doi
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