Seeversiella luridicollis Gusarov

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of the genus Seeversiella Ashe, 1986 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 142, pp. 1-102 : 70-73

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Seeversiella luridicollis Gusarov
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20. Seeversiella luridicollis Gusarov View in CoL , sp. n. ( Figs. 278­290 View FIGURES 278 ­ 281 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 )

Type material. Holotype ,, COSTA RICA: San Jose/Cartago: Cerro Buenavista, km 89 Int. Amer. Hwy., 9°33'00"N 83°45'30"W, 3200 m, leaf litter (R.Anderson), 18.vi.1998 ( KSEM).

Paratypes: COSTA RICA: San Jose/Cartago: 7, 7, same data as the holotype; Cartago: 13, 4, Cerro de la Muerte, Pan American Highway, km 89, 3300 m, elfin bamboo forest litter (R.Anderson), 10.ii.1996 (all ­ KSEM).

Diagnosis. Seeversiella luridicollis can be distinguished from other species of Seeversiella by having dark brown body with contrasting lighter pronotum and elytra; temples 1.4­2.1 times as long as eyes; elytra much shorter than pronotum; reduced wings (shorter than elytra); by lacking the medial emargination at the posterior margin of the male tergum 7 ( Fig. 278 View FIGURES 278 ­ 281 ); tergum 8 with four pairs of macrosetae; by the distinct shape of aedeagus ( Figs. 282­289 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 290 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ).

Seeversiella luridicollis differs from S. curtipennis and S. lativentris in having glossy pronotum with weak microsculpture; tergum 8 with four pairs of macrosetae; medial lamellae of internal sac short ( Fig. 288 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ), the apices of lamellae not protruding from retracted sac ( Fig. 282 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 ); the apex of median lobe in parameral view broad, without basal constriction ( Figs. 282­283 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 ); and S­shaped spermatheca ( Fig. 290 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ).

Seeversiella luridicollis differs from S. micralymma in having wider apex of median lobe (in parameral view) ( Figs. 282­283 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 ; 295­296) and S­shaped spermatheca ( Fig. 290 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ).

Description. Length 2.0­ 2.5 mm. Head and abdomen dark brown; pronotum reddish brown to brownish orange; elytra brown to brownish yellow; antennae, mouthparts and legs brown.

Head surface glossy, with fine and weak isodiametric microsculpture, and fine and poorly visible punctation, distance between punctures equals 2­3 times their diameter. Temples 1.4­2.1 times as long as eyes. Antennal article 2 as long as 3, articles 4­5 elongate, 6­7 subquadrate, 8­10 slightly transverse (ratio 1.5­2.0).

Pronotum slightly transverse, 1.1 times as wide as head, width 0.46­0.51 mm, length 0.40­0.47 mm, width to length ratio 1.1, surface glossy, with fine isodiametric microsculpture, and fine and poorly visible punctation, distance between punctures equals 2­3 times their diameter. Elytra wider and much shorter (measured from humeral angle) than pronotum (pronotal length to elytral length ratio 1.4), 1.6 times wider than long, glossy, with fine and weak isodiametric microsculpture, and fine punctation, distance between punctures equals 1­2 times their diameter. Wings reduced to short vestiges, shorter than elytra.

Abdominal terga glossy, with fine microsculpture consisting of transverse meshes, with fine punctation, distance between punctures equals 1­3 times their diameter on terga 3­5 and 2­4 times on tergum 7. Apical margin of tergum 7 without white palisade fringe. Tergum 8 with four pairs of macrosetae ( Figs. 278, 280 View FIGURES 278 ­ 281 ).

In males posterior angles of tergum 3 not projecting; tergum 7 without medial carina or tubercle; posterior margin of tergum 8 without emargination ( Fig. 278 View FIGURES 278 ­ 281 ).

Aedeagus as in Figs. 282­289 View FIGURES 282 ­ 285 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 . Apex of paramere narrow, proximal seta approximately as long as the other three setae ( Fig. 289 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 ).

Spermatheca as in Fig. 290 View FIGURES 286 ­ 290 .

Distribution. Known from Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica ( Fig. 389 View FIGURE 389 ). Natural History. Seeversiella luridicollis was collected in forest litter at altitude of 3200­3300 m.

ML – medial lamellae; SLD – sclerite of lateral diverticulum of internal sac.

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