Pselaphomorphus brevipennis Raffray, 1917

Vásquez-Vélez, Laura M., 2016, Revision of the genus Pselaphomorphus Motschulsky, 1855 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae: Jubini), Zootaxa 4107 (1), pp. 1-48 : 15

Pselaphomorphus brevipennis Raffray, 1917 incertae sedis

Pselaphomorphus brevipennis Raffray, 1917: 473 .

Original description (translated from Latin). “Elongate, anteriorly narrow, red, smooth, with long scattered setation. Head elongate, pear-shaped, anteriorly narrow, all deeply sulcate and with fovea in the middle; antennal tubercle cordate, its disc with longitudinal sulcus and base with transverse sulcus, genae rounded. Eyes strong, black, anteriorly located. Antennae long, slender with cylindrical antennomeres, longer than wide and barely incrassate at apex, 5th elongate, 11th more elongate and acuminate. Prothorax shorter than head, anteriorly narrow and blunt, sides longitudinally sulcated, shortened and lobed, posterior region transversely sulcated and shortened, posterior lobe transverse and shortened. Elytra short and subtriangular, base attenuate, sides oblique, humera spinose, posterior margin slightly emarginated and hairy. Abdomen large, first abdominal segment dorsally the largest, lateral margin broad, hard. Legs long and slender, femora slightly incrassate, tibiae straight and thin, tarsi very long and filiform. Length 2.16 mm.

Paraguay: Asuncion.“