Ischnopodacapensis ( Casey, 1906 ) PA–NIK, 2006

PA – NIK, GRZEGORZ, 2006, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 1179 (1), pp. 1-96 : 80-82

Ischnopodacapensis ( Casey, 1906) , comb. n. ( Figs. 91–93 )

Amanota capensis Casey, 1906: 189 .

Falagria arachnipes Fauvel, 1907: 61 , syn. n.

Amanota rufobrunnea Tottenham, 1957: 122 , syn. n.

Amanota densicollis Pace, 1986: 94 , syn. n.

Type material. Amanota capensis Casey. Lectotype (here designated): ♂: S. Afr., Wellington, Casey bequest, 1925, Amanota capensis Csy. , Type USNM 38961 ( USNM). Paralectotype: ♂: same data as the lectotype ( USNM).

Falagria arachnipes Fauvel. Holotype: ♂: Nakuro 12, Rift Valley, arachnipes Fvl. (IRSNB) .

Amanota densicollis Pace. Holotype: ♂: Tanzania, Africa or., Katona , Arusha, 1905 ( HNHM) . Paratype: ♀: same data as the holotype ( HNHM) ; ♀: Tanzania, Deutsch. O. Afrika, Arusha –Chini ( HNHM) .

Amanota rufobrunnea Tottenham. Holotype: ♂: Uitenhage, Cape Colony, J. A. O'Neil ( BMNH); Paratype: ♂: Estcourt, Natal ( BMNH).

Taxonomic notes. My examination of the types listed above, particularly their genitalia, revealed that all the types are conspecific. Therefore, Falagria arachnipes Fauvel , Amanota densicollis Pace and Amanota rufobrunnea Tottenham are here synonymized with Amanota capensis Casey , the oldest name available.

Additional material. Angola: 5 mls. NE Negola , 25.III.1972, 3 exx ( BMNH) . Botswana: Kasane, Chobe Safari Lodge, Chobe banks, 12–13.III.1993, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; Shakawe, Okavango­banks, 3.III.1994, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ISEA) . Namibia: Kavango: Mahango Game Res.: Piknik site, Okavango banks, 1–4.III.1994, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; 5 exx ( ZMHB); Mahango GR, Kwetche piknik site, banks of Okavango, 30.III.1999, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ZMHB) . Republic of South Africa: Cape Province, Bontebok National Park: river bank, 15.XI.1993, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ZMHB) ; Cape Province: Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park, river banks in coastal forest, 25–27.XI.1996, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; Ciskei Amatole, Pirie Forest, 8.XII.1987, Endrödy­Younga , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; 2 exx ( TMSA); Little Karroo, Baviaanskloof, 28.X.1993, Endrödy­Younga , 3 exx ( TMSA) ; Natal: Dragon Peaks Park Ressort, 19.XI.1996, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; 6 exx ( ZMHB); Natal, Drakensberg: Dragon Peaks Park, 1200 m, river banks, 10.XI.1993, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ZMHB) ; Nelshoogte galery forest below Station, 2.XII.1986, Endrödy­Younga , 1 ex ( ISEA) ; 8 exx ( TMSA); Transvaal, Sabie, Castle Rocks, Sabie River banks, 25.I.1994, Uhlig , 1 ex ( ZMHB) .

Redescription. Body. Length 2.8–3.3 mm, convex, parallel­sided, glossy; body colour brown; abdominal tergites 3–4 red to reddish brown, legs red, antennae reddish brown.

Head quadrate in outline, moderately convex, moderately broadly and shallowly impressed medially in male and without impression in female; eyes large, moderately protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above subequal to that of postocular region; surface of head with fine isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation relatively coarse and dense. Antennae long, increased in width apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length, antennomeres 4–10 longer than wide, decreasing in length, antennomere 11 nearly conical.

Pronotum subquadrate, moderately convex, moderately broadly and shallowly impressed medially, lateral sides concavely narrowed to obtuse hind angles; before base with deep transverse impression; surface without microsculpture, puncturation coarse and dense; pubescence at midline directed posteriorly in apical half and anteriorly in basal half.

Elytra quadrate, at suture as long as pronotum at midline; surface without microsculpture; puncturation very fine and dense, much finer than that on pronotum.

Abdomen parallel­sided, bases of tergites 3–5 each with deep transverse impression, tergal impressions coarsely and densely punctuate, tergal puncturation fine and moderately dense, surface lacking microsculpture.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs. 91–92 .

Female. Spermatheca as in Fig. 93 .

Remarks. Ischnopoda capensis is closely related to I. basilewskyi , from which it can be distinguished by the paler body colour, the head without microsculpture, the brown antennae with antennomeres 1–2 and 10–11 reddish–yellow, and particularly by the shape of the genitalia.

Distribution. Ischnopoda capensis is common in the southern and central part of Africa from Republic of South Africa in the south to Kenya in the north.

Figures

FIGURES 91–93. Ischnopoda capensis (Casey): 92—aedeagus in lateral view, 92—aedeagus in ventral view, 93—spermatheca.