Palaminus swezeyi, Bernhauer, 1942

Bernhauer, Max, 1942, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 41-44 : 42-43

5. Palaminus swezeyi , new species.

Clear reddish yellow, shining, the antennae, palpi and legs whitish yellow, the deep black eyes sharply prominent. Head somewhat narrower than the prothorax, transverse, coarsely and densely punctured. Eyes large, prominent, the temples extremely short, prominently sharp pointed. Antennae almost as long as head and prothorax together, penultimate segments somewhat longer than wide, the apical segment wider and longer than the penultimate, thickened in the middle, towards the apex strongly and acuminately narrowed. Prothorax distinctly narrower than elytra, scarcely as long as wide, quite evenly convex, on the sides, moderately rounded, posteriorly narrowed, in front of the scutellum a shining raised longitudinal callosity, otherwise coarsely and quite densely punctured. Elytra almost a third longer than the prothorax, much longer than total width, fairly parallel-sided, less strongly punctured than the prothorax, yellow haired. Abdomen as normal, sculptured with crossing oblique lines, on the seventh tergite very fine and sparsely punctured, clothed with coarse long yellow hairs. Length, 2-2.1 mm.

Upi Trail , May 5, ex ferns; Machanao , June 2, Aug. 6, ex Piper gi<ahamense , Swezey ; Barrigada, July 22, ex Marinda , Swezey .

Distinguished from the closely related Palaminus philippinus Bernhauer by somewhat smaller form, narrower head, short even moderately convex prothorax, stronger rounded sides of the prothorax, hardly discerniblelongitudinal furrows of the upper surface of the prothorax, and somewhat shorter and more sparsely punctured elytra.