Caledonogonus pilosus, Č, Peter Hlavá, 2009

Č, Peter Hlavá, 2009, The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. II. Revision of the tribe Tyrini Reitter, 1882, Zootaxa 2010, pp. 46-56 : 53-54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185787
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6215516
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03969B18-7A43-0313-BC86-2334FC79FDEE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Caledonogonus pilosus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Caledonogonus pilosus View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 2 – 7 , 17, 18 View FIGURES 13 – 20 )

Type material (ɗ, Ψ). Holotype: NEW CALEDONIA: ɗ, NEW CALEDONIA 1 1960, 20 o47’S x 164o35’E, 980 m, Mt. Taom summit, Site 1. 4 Jan2005, G.Monteith, Berlesate, sieved litter, RF / [red label] HOLOTYPE Caledonogonus pilosus sp. nov. P. Hl av á č det. 2007 ( MNHN). Paratype: NEW CALEDONIA: Ψ, the same data as holotype, with the following red label (p) PARATYPE Caledonogonus pilosus sp. nov. P. Hl a vá č det. 2007 ( QMBA).

Description. Body length 1.5–1.6 mm, shining, entirely dark brown, with long and dense setation on whole body; legs, maxillary palpi and antennae slightly lighter.

Head slightly wider than long and slightly shorter than pronotum, pronotum globular; antenna short and stout, scape about five times as long as pedicel, about as long as funicule, antennomeres III–VI quadrate, VII–VIII transverse, three-segmented antennal club very clearly defined, antennomeres IX and X of about same size, transverse, terminal antennomere pointed apically, 1.9 times as long as wide.

Legs shorter; protrochanter with one laterally bent spine; profemur close to base with well defined spine.

Aedeagus as in Figs. 17, 18 View FIGURES 13 – 20 .

Biology. All specimens were sifted from leaf litter in rain forest and extracted by Berlese.

Etymology. The name of the species relates to its pubescent body.