Pselaphogenius kangi Owens

Owens, Brittany E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2022, --- Revision- -- of- -- the- -- New- -- Zealand- -- species- -- of- -- the- -- Genus- -- Pselaphogenius Reitter- -- (Staphylinidae: --- Pselaphinae: --- Pselaphitae: --- Pselaphini) ---, Zootaxa 5155 (2), pp. 187-220 : 205-206

Pselaphogenius kangi Owens ­­­&­­­Carlton,­­­sp.­­­nov.

(Fig. 14a–c)

Type­­­Material.­­­ Holotype: (1­­­male)­­­ NEW ZEALAND ND Ngaiotonga Reserve 3 Nov 1981 G. Kuschel ( NZAC).

Etymology.­­­ This species is named after Ilgoo Kang, lab colleague at Louisiana State University, whose presence in the lab provided many hours of support and entertainment during the writing of this manuscript.

Diagnosis.­­­ Externally, this species is difficult to distinguish from all others in the genus on New Zealand. The form of the aedeagus, with the laterally compressed and distally broadened ventral process, is unique.

Description.­­­ MALE holotype. ­­­Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head:­­­ width between eyes equal to ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes small, composed of five facets. Frontal margin of rostrum acute, with sparse suberect setae in dorsal view. Gular mound modified, longer than wide, broad anteriorly and narrowed posteriorly; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV longer than head, narrow, widened at base and distal 1/5, v-shaped sensory patches present. Thorax:­­­ pronotum basal sulcus absent, lateral antebasal foveae and median antebasal fovea reduced to minute pits. Mesoventrite with median shield unmodified. Metaventrite afoveate, medially flattened, metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae and sutural fovea present; discal stria absent, sutural striae present. Abdomen:­­­ tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite I covered in dense, shining setae; ventrite II with basal sulcus occupying length of ventrite, sulcus densely setose, oval median depression deep, reaching apex. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe short, narrow. Right lateral process elongate, compressed laterally. Ventral process elongate, compressed laterally, broadened towards apex. Parameres present, as long as ventral and lateral processes.

Females.­­­Integument,­­­Head,­­­Thorax,­­­Abdomen:­­­ females of this species are unknown.

Distribution.­­­ This species is known only from the holotype locality.