Boreophilia ovalis Klimaszewski & Langor, 2011

Klimaszewski, Jan, Sikes, Derek S., Brunke, Adam & Bourdon, Caroline, 2019, Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution, ZooKeys 848, pp. 57-102 : 57

6. Boreophilia ovalis Klimaszewski & Langor, 2011 Figs 53-56

Boreophilia ovalis Klimaszewski & Langor, in Klimaszewski et al. 2011: 186. Klimaszewski et al. 2018: 568.

Diagnosis.

Body very broad, forebody moderately and abdomen strongly glossy (Fig. 53); length 3.0-3.5 mm; head, pronotum and abdomen except for its apex dark brown, elytra dark-reddish brown medially, appendages brown, or entire body dark brown to almost black and tarsi reddish brown; antennomeres VIII-X elongate; pronotum ca. as long as elytra at suture, maximum width of pronotum slightly less that the maximum width of elytra. Male. Unknown. Female. Spermatheca: capsule pitcher-shaped basally with broadly tubular and slightly pointed apical part, stem short, strongly sinuate and looped posteriorly (Fig. 56); tergite VIII arcuate apically (Fig. 54); sternite VIII rounded apically, antecostal suture strongly sinuate medially (Fig. 55). Females of this species may be confused with those of B. fusca , from which they differ by distinctly elongate antennomeres VIII-X, more deeply medially sinuate antecostal suture of sternite VIII, and spermathecal capsule more evenly elongate and apex less pointed laterad.

Distribution.

Nearctic species, recorded only from Canada: NF.

Collection data.

Habitat: unspecified forest. Collecting methods: one female was captured in Malaise trap. Collecting period: June to September.

DNA Barcode data

. Two specimens of this species, one being a paratype, were submitted for DNA barcoding but failed to generate DNA sequences (process IDs on BOLD: LFCAB222-15, NGSFT931-15).