Porongurup tenuis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Staphylinidae
Genus: Porongurup
Name
Porongurup tenuis 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: Walpole-Nornalup N.P., 1.4 km NE Mandalay Beach, 20 m, 34°59.76'S, 116°32.94'E, 3–9 VIII 2004, mixed forest on old dunes; FMHD#2004-140, flight intercept trap, A. Newton, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov 1112”. Paratypes (N = 5; 1 male, 4 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♂(FMNH), elytra and aedeagus dissected in micro vial, Mt. Clare, 12 km, W Walpole, 20 XII 1976, JKethley, FM#76-517, Ber. #151, Euc. cornuta litter; 1♀(FMNH), Walpole-Nornalup N.P., Anderson Rd. near Valley of the Giants Rd., 120 m, 34°59.48'S, 116°52.35'E, 2 VIII 2004, tingle-Allocasuarina-karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forest; FMHD#2004-137, Berlese, leaf & log litter, A. Newton, M. Thayer, et al. 1111; 1♀ (CBNUIC, slide mounted), Walpole-Nornalup N.P., Giant Tingle Tree area, 190 m, 34°58.88'S, 116°47.42'E, 2–9 VIII 2004, tingle-Allocasuarina-karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forest; FMHD#2004-130, flight intercept trap, Newton, Solodovnikov, Thayer, 1110; 2♀ (1, UNHC; 1 FMNH), Walpole N.P. Hilltop Rd., 21 VI 1980, Berlese, karri & tingle tree litter, S. & J. Peck.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from Porongurup angulatus sp. nov. by the elytra being as long as wide (Fig. 1C, F). It also differs from P. clarkei sp. nov. by lacking the articulated extension at the apex of the median lobe of the male genitalia (Fig. 2D).
Description
Length 1.8–2.0 mm (Fig. 1C, F). Head. Head in dorsal view with both deep and narrow frontal sulcus and vertexal foveae. Male antennae longer than those of female (Fig. 4E, F). Antennomeres II longer than wide, III subquadrate and smallest, IV and V longer than wide, VI—VIII as long as wide, IX and X transverse (Fig. 4E, F). Elytra. Male elytra longer than wide, female elytra shorter than those of male (Fig. 1C, F). Abdomen. Male abdominal segment VI approximately three times as long as V, female with segment VI 1.5 times longer than V (Fig. 1C, F). Aedeagus.Median lobe of male genitalia as long as parameres, apex sharp and narrow. Phallobase oval in dorsal view. Parameres symmetrical (Fig. 2D).
Etymology
This species name refers to the elongate slender parameres of the male genitalia.
Distribution
Western Australia (Fig. 5, squares).
Habitat
Specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps, or by sifting leaf or log litter.
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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