Edaphus chilensis, Puthz, 2014

Puthz, V., 2014, Review of the New World Edaphus MOTSCHULSKY (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 120 th Contribution to the Knowledge of Euaesthetinae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 799-827 : 807

Edaphus chilensis nov.sp. (figs 63, 64)

Type material: Holotype (): CHILE: Prov. Antarctica, Isla Navarino [Caleta] Mejillones, 7.XII.2004, T. Cekalovic: in cP (in the SMNS).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Macropterous, chestnut brown, shiny, aside of setiferous punctures impunctate, pubescence recumbent.

L e n g t h: 1.0- 1.1mm (forebody: 0.7mm).

PM of the ht: HW: 31; DE: 23; LE: 7.5; LT: -; LG: 4; PW: 33; PL: 29; EW: 46; EL: 39: SL: 30.

M a l e: Sternite 8 (damaged), apical notch less than one third of the sternite length. Sternite 9 acute apicomedially, no fields of ha present. SpP (fig. 64) as long as the median lobe, with a double trumpet, vs narrow, tube-like, nearly as long as the median lobe. Aedeagus (fig. 63), apical portion of median lobe acutely angled, paramere with 1 apical seta and 1 subapical tubercle.

Head narrower than pronotum, eyes moderately large, moderately finely facetted, no distinct temples present, ptfF semicircular, alpF indistinct, ampF much broader than each of the moderately elevated, very finely punctate alpF, completely flat with some minute punctures. Antennae short, when reflexed nearly extending to the posterior margin of the pronotum, club 2-segmented, segment 10 about as broad as long, distinctly shorter than segment 11. Pronotum broader than long, sides strongly convex anteriorly, posteriorly strongly concavely constricted; base with 6 small bf, lbc and mbc absent. Elytra slightly trapezoid, much broader than long, shoulders simple, sides shallowly convexely dilated. Mbct3 ¼ as long as the tergite.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: This new species resembles numerous similar species and should be best identified by the male sexual characters; apart from that see the key.

E t y m o l o g y: The name refers to the country in which this new species has been found.