Logasa newtoni Kang, Chandler & Park
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.886.39446 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/66785C9A-2DA5-4593-A9EA-BB78B2DA22AA |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:66785C9A-2DA5-4593-A9EA-BB78B2DA22AA |
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Logasa newtoni Kang, Chandler & Park |
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sp. nov. |
Logasa newtoni Kang, Chandler & Park sp. nov.
Type material.
Holotype. Australia: NSW: ♂ (ANIC), "AUSTRALIA: NSW., / Brown Mtn. Floral / Res., 0.5 km SSW / Cochrane Dam, 940 m" "II - 8/ 22 - 1993 / A Newton & M Thayer / cool temp. rainfor / window trap". Paratypes (N = 83; 25 males, 58 females). Australia: NSW: 1♂2♀♀ (FMNH), Brown Mountain Flora Reserve, 0.5 km SSW Cochrane Dam, 950 m, 36.35S, 149.27E, 20 XII 1986, warm-temperate rainforest, A. Newton & M. Thayer 767, FMHD #86-650, berlese, leaf & log litter, forest floor; 6♂♂ 41♀♀ (3♂♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, 1♀ slide mounted, FMNH), 20 XII 1986-15 II 1987, warm-temperate rainforest, A. Newton & M. Thayer 767, FMHD#86-648, FIT & window; 13♂♂ 12♀♀ (1♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, 1♂ slide mounted, 1♂ 2♀♀, CBNUIC; 10♂♂ 10♀♀, UNHC), 940 m, 8-22 II 1993, A. Newton & M. Thayer, cool temperate rainforest, window trap; 3♀♀ (UNHC), Brown Mountain, 853 m, 30 III 1967, rainforest, RWT, RJB, ANIC Berlesate No. 20 leafmould; 1♂ (aedeagus dissected and placed in micro-vial, left paramere damaged, ANIC), ca. 914 m, 9 XII 1967, rainforest, Taylor & Brooks, ANIC Berlesate No. 42 leafmould; 1♂ (aedeagus dissected and placed in micro-vial, left paramere damaged, ANIC), Rutherford Creek, 9 I 1968, rainforest, M. Upton, ANIC Berlesate No. 55 leafmould; 1♂ (ANIC), nr Nimmitabel, Rutherford Creek, 910 m, 26 V 1970, RWT & R. Bartell, rainforest, ANIC Berl. #287; Victoria (VIC): 1♂ (aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, MV), Road C187, 15 km west Dartmoor, 1 VIII 2012, ground moss, blackwood stringybark forest.
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from the other Logasa species by the following combination of characters: antennomeres II and IV rectangular and longer than wide ( Fig. 1 g–h View Figure 1 ), apical lobe of male genitalia not divided, left paramere of male genitalia curved to left ( Fig. 3b View Figure 3 ).
Description.
Length 1.6-2.5 mm. Body yellowish to reddish-brown ( Fig. 1b View Figure 1 ). Head. Head triangular with frontal fovea and vertexal foveae. Antennomeres with tubercles and long setae ( Fig. 1 g–h View Figure 1 ). Antennomere I elongate, II rectangular, III subquadrate and smallest, IV rectangular, V—VII rhombic, VIII—X gradually transverse ( Fig. 1 g–h View Figure 1 ). Thorax. Pronotum with deep sulcus and pair of lateral antebasal foveae. Each elytron with basal elytral foveae and discal elytral foveae. Abdomen. Tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia ( Fig. 1b View Figure 1 ). Aedeagus. Apical lobe of male genitalia not branched ( Fig. 3b View Figure 3 ). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 3b View Figure 3 ). Parameres of male genitalia asymmetrical, left longer than right and curved to left ( Fig. 3b View Figure 3 ).
Distribution.
New South Wales, Victoria ( Fig. 4 View Figure 4 : circle).
Etymology.
This species is named for one of the co-collectors of the holotype and world-renowned beetle specialist, Alfred F. Newton.
Habitat.
Most specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps, window traps, or by sifting leaf and log litter in temperate forest or rainforest habitats.
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