Porongurup clarkei, Choi, Su-Ho, Chandler, Donald S. & Park, Jong-Seok, 2019
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.881.39535 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11556FE3-6FDF-4265-999C-C160B8F6F17E |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:11556FE3-6FDF-4265-999C-C160B8F6F17E |
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scientific name |
Porongurup clarkei |
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sp. nov. |
Porongurup clarkei sp. nov. Figs 1B View Figure 1 , 1E View Figure 1 , 2 B–C View Figure 2 , 4 C–D View Figure 4 , 4H View Figure 4 , 4K View Figure 4 , 5 View Figure 5
Type material.
Holotype. Australia: Western Australia (WA): 1♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, " AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Peak Track, 480-520 m, 34°23.4'S, 118°03.3'E, 5 VIII 2004, Eucalyptus forest & mallee; FMHD#2004-146, Berlese, leaf & log litter, Clarke & Grimbacher 1115". Paratypes (N = 11; 7 males, 4 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♂2♀ (FMNH, 1♀ slide mounted), Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Peak Track, 430-485m, 34°23.5'S, 118°03.65'E, 5 VIII 2004, mallee Eucalyptus ; FMHD#2004-145, Berlese, water-washed soil, 0-18 cm, D. Clarke 1114; 5♂ (UNHC), 1♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Porongorup N.P., Bolganup Creek, 12 VI 1980, Berlese, bark & fungi karri tree bases, S. &J. Peck; 1♂ (CBNUIC, aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Tr. WA, 10 VI 1980, Berlese, rotted logs & moss, S. & J. Peck, SBP47; 1♀(FMNH), Stirling Range N.P., Toolbrunup Tr. WA, 10 VI 1980, Berlese, fungi on Euc. Trunks, S. & J. Peck, SBP45; 1♀(UNHC), Porongorup N.P., Bolganup Creek, 12 VI 1980, Berlese, bark & fungi on karri tree bases, S. & J. Peck, SBP53.
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from Porongurup angulatus sp. nov. by antennomere 3 being longer than wide ( Fig. 4C View Figure 4 ), and abdominal segment VI being approximately three times longer than V ( Fig. 1B, E View Figure 1 ). This species is also separated from Porongurup tenuis sp. nov. by the median lobe of the male genitalia having a small digit at the apex ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 : arrowed).
Description.
Length 1.6-1.9 mm ( Fig. 1B, E View Figure 1 ). Head. Head in dorsal view with both shallow frontal sulcus and vertexal foveae. Male and female antennae are almost identical in length ( Fig. 4C, D View Figure 4 ). Antennomeres II longer than wide, III subquadrate and smallest, IV—VIII longer than wide, IX and X transverse ( Fig. 4C, D View Figure 4 ). Elytra. Male elytra longer than wide, female elytra shorter, as long as wide ( Fig. 1B, E View Figure 1 ). Abdomen. Abdominal segment VI approximately three times longer than V ( Fig. 1B, E View Figure 1 ). Aedeagus. Median lobe of male genitalia as long as parameres with apical articulated extension. Phallobase rounded in dorsal view. Parameres symmetrical ( Fig. 2B, C View Figure 2 ).
Etymology.
This species is named for one of the collectors of the holotype, the staphylinid specialist Dave J. Clarke.
Distribution.
Western Australia ( Fig. 5 View Figure 5 , triangles).
Habitat.
Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf, log, bark, moss or fungus litter in Eucalyptus forests, or were taken by Berlese funnel water-washed soil.
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