Gnypeta, : Casey, 1906

Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges & Webster, Reginald, 2008, Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 11-84 : 45

II. Gnypeta caerulea species group

The caerulea species group may be characterized by the following combination of characters: spermatheca S-shaped, apical part of capsule mushroom-shaped, and stem narrow and sinuate, slightly swollen basally ( Figs 105 , 114); median lobe of aedeagus with short tubus broadly triangular apically in lateral view ( Figs 99 , 108); male tergite 8 with two small lateral dents at apical margin ( Figs 103 , 112).

Species included: G. caerulea (C.R. Sahlberg) and Gnypeta lohsei Klimaszewski sp. nov.

Figures

Figs 99-107. Genital structures of Gnypeta brincki: 99, median lobe of the aedeagus in lateral view, 100, dorsal view, 101, apical part of median lobe in ventral view; 102, paramere; 103, male tergite 8; 104, male sternite 8; 105, spermatheca; 106, female tergite 8; 107, female sternite 8.