Earota reyi ( Kiesenwetter, 1850 )

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Earota Mulsant & Rey, 1874 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 92, pp. 1-16 : 13-14

Earota reyi ( Kiesenwetter, 1850) ( Fig. 33 )

Homalota reyi Kiesenwetter, 1850: 218 . Myrmedonia triangulifera Fairmaire, 1883 : xli. Earota reyi: Mulsant & Rey, 1874a: 124 . (other references are omitted)

Material examined. Italy: ,, Prov. di Aquila, Mt. Pagano (Paganetti) ( FMNH).

Diagnosis. Earota reyi can be distinguished from the Nearctic E. dentata by having elongate antennal article 4, less transverse articles 5­10, broader median lobe of aedeagus (in parameral view), broad and flat triangular tubercle on male tergum 7, straight posterior margin of male tergum 8.

Figures

FIGURES 29 ­ 33. Male genitalia of Earota dentata (Bernhauer) (29 ­ 32, Terrace, British Columbia; 33, Mt. Pagano, Italy) and E. reyi (Kiesenwetter). 29, 33 – everted internal sac of aedeagus, parameral view; 30 – everted internal sac of aedeagus, lateral view; 31 – medial lamellae, ventral view; 32 – copulatory piece, ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (29 ­ 30, 33), 0.1 mm (31 ­ 32).