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038F0E32FF86FFEDE7F9FABFFDC2B9B9.text	038F0E32FF86FFEDE7F9FABFFDC2B9B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diestota Mulsant & Rey 1870	<div><p>Genus Diestota Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1870</p><p>[Japanese name: Kawari-hanekakushi-zoku]</p><p>Diestota Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1870: 194 (original description; type species: Bolitochara mayeti Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1870 (= Diestota testacea (Kraatz, 1859)), fixed by monotypy).</p><p>Ousilusa Cameron, 1920: 234 (original description; type species: Ousilusa myrmicobia Cameron, 1920); Pace, 2000: 131 (synonymized with Diestota).</p><p>Prosilusa Cameron, 1920: 237 (original description; type species: Prosilusa rufa Cameron, 1920 (= Diestota testacea (Kraatz, 1859)); Cameron, 1936: 3 (synonymized with Diestota).</p><p>Hypselusa Bernhauer, 1931: 592 (original description; type species: Hypselusa scotti Bernhauer, 1931); Pace, 1986: 108 (synonymized with Diestota).</p><p>Remarks. Among the genera recognized within Diestotini, the genus Diestota shares similarities with Parasilusa Bernhauer, 1908 and Tachiona Sharp, 1883 particularly in having a broad neck and widely separated mesocoxal cavities. Parasilusa is distinguished from Diestota by having the anterior margin of the pronotum longer than the posterior margin (Pace 2008). Tachiona differs from Diestota in having a flat body with a wide head and pronotum, and a clypeal margin that is slightly to markedly emarginate (Ashe &amp; Wheeler 1988). Aleomallus Rainey &amp; Ivie, 2023 is also described to have widely separated mesocoxal cavities (Rainey &amp; Ivie 2023). However, the photograph of the ventral habitus (Rainey &amp; Ivie 2023: fig. 1b) suggests that this description is probably inaccurate, as the mesocoxal cavities are not separated by the meso- and metaventrite processes. While the attempt to characterize Aleomallus is largely based on its body shape, the mouthparts and thoracic structures are likely crucial for distinguishing it from other genera. Pace (1986) provided the key to subgenera of the genus Diestota . Among the subgenera in this key, Parasilusa is now considered a genus (e.g., Asenjo et al. 2019; Newton 2025). Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937, currently treated as a subgenus of Diestota, is not included in the key, although it was regarded as a subgenus of Diestota at the time of Smetana (2004).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F0E32FF86FFEDE7F9FABFFDC2B9B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hashizume, Takuto;Kishimoto, Toshio	Hashizume, Takuto, Kishimoto, Toshio (2025): Discovery of the aleocharine tribe Diestotini in Japan, Ogasawara Islands, with description of a new species of the genus Diestota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5660 (4): 581-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8
038F0E32FF86FFEEE7F9FC23FB44BD85.text	038F0E32FF86FFEEE7F9FC23FB44BD85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diestotini Mulsant & Rey 1871	<div><p>Tribe Diestotini Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1871</p><p>Remarks. The morphological definition of this tribe is not clearly defined. Ashe (2001) defined Diestotina (treated as a subtribe of Homalotini at that time) with the following characteristics: tarsal formula 4-4-5, labial palps with two palpomeres, unusually long and filiform or stylate, sutures between palpomeres indistinct in many taxa; ligula divided into two lobes apically; mesocoxal cavities broadly separated by broad meso- and metaventrite processes; metaventrite process as long as, or longer than, mesoventrite process. Asenjo et al. (2019) transferred six genera to Diestotini from Autaliini or Homalotini without any discussion. Presumably, the tarsal formula, the shape of the labial palps, and the shape of the spermatheca are important features for distinguishing this tribe.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F0E32FF86FFEEE7F9FC23FB44BD85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hashizume, Takuto;Kishimoto, Toshio	Hashizume, Takuto, Kishimoto, Toshio (2025): Discovery of the aleocharine tribe Diestotini in Japan, Ogasawara Islands, with description of a new species of the genus Diestota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5660 (4): 581-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8
038F0E32FF85FFEBE7F9FEE2FA99B8ED.text	038F0E32FF85FFEBE7F9FEE2FA99B8ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diestota (Diestota) ogasawarana Hashizume & Kishimoto 2025	<div><p>Diestota (Diestota) ogasawarana Hashizume &amp; Kishimoto, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 1)</p><p>[Japanese name: Ogasawara-kawari-hanekakushi]</p><p>Type materials. Holotype: male, JAPAN: “ Ogasawara Islands / Haha-jima Is . / Sekimon / 3. vii. 1997 / T. Kishimoto leg.” (SPMN) . Paratypes: JAPAN: Ogasawara Islands: Haha-jima: 2 males, 3 females, same data as holotype (SPMN); 3 males, 2 females, same data, but 5 VII 1997 (SPMN); 1 male, 3 females, same data, but 8 VII 1997, by Tullgren extractor (SPMN); 2 males, Sakaigatake, 5 VII 1997, T. Kishimoto leg. (SPMN) ; 1 male, Sakaigatake– Sekimon, 9 III 1999, T. Kishimoto leg. (SPMN) ; 9 males, 5 females, Mt. Chibusa-yama, 6 VII 1997, T. Kishimoto leg. (SPMN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is somewhat similar to Diestota ming Pace, 2004, described from Hong Kong, China, in the appearance and the shape of the spermatheca, but it can be distinguished by the smaller elytra and the smaller widely coiled portion of the spermatheca. This species also similar to D. tongana Pace, 1993, described from Tonga, but it can be distinguished by the smaller elytra, the longer processes of the male tergite VIII, the larger basal bulb of median lobe of aedeagus.</p><p>Description. Measurements (n = 5): BL: 1.82–2.00; FBL: 0.83–0.86; HW: 0.33–0.36; PL: 0.28–0.31; PW: 0.39–0.43; EL: 0.32–0.34; EW: 0.44–0.47.</p><p>Relative length of antennomeres 1–11 (n = 1): 26: 19.1: 17.9: 11.7: 10: 10.7: 11.1: 11.5: 12.5: 12.3: 33.2. Ratio of length/width of antennomeres 1–11 (n = 1): 2.14, 1.68, 1.68, 0.96, 0.77, 0.72, 0.63, 0.68, 0.65, 0.58, 1.65.</p><p>Body (Fig. 1A) yellowish to reddish brown, antennomeres 4–11 and abdomen somewhat darker.</p><p>Head almost circular, sparsely punctured with fine punctures, without microsculpture; setae suberect and directed anteromedially. Eyes small, almost as long as temporal length. Antennomeres 1–3 and 11 longer than wide, 4 as long as wide, 5–10 wider than long. Labium (Fig. 1B) with ligula slender, divided in basal 2/5, approximately 1/2 times as long as labial palpomere 1; two medial setae of prementum arranged transversely, close each other; medial pseudopore field narrow, without pseudopores. Labial palpus (Fig. 1B) moderately long, with two palpomeres; palpomere 1 somewhat longer than 2. Mentum trapezoidal, anterior margin deeply emarginate, lateral margin slightly sinuate.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum transverse, 1.29–1.38 times as wide as long, widest around anterior 2/5, densely covered with punctures larger than those of head, without microsculpture; 1.15–1.17 times as broad as head, with shallow posteromedian transverse impression; setae on disc suberect and directed posterolaterally. Elytra transverse, 1.36– 1.45 times as wide as long, 1.04–1.15 times as long as pronotum, 1.10–1.19 times as wide as pronotum, puncturation sparser than pronotum with punctures larger than those of pronotum, without microsculpture; posterior margin distinctly sinuate; setae suberect and directed posteriorly. Hind wings reduced, approximately as long as elytra.</p><p>Abdomen sparsely punctured with fine punctures; tergites III–V with basal impressions; impression of tergite IV with a few short longitudinal keels; anterior area of tergites V–VII with several longitudinal keels, usually ten or more keels on tergite VI; setae suberect, longer and sparser than those of forebody.</p><p>Male. Sternite VII with small medial lobate projection on posterior margin (Fig. 1C). Tergite VIII (Fig. 1D) with eight processes on posterior margin, outer ones sharp and slightly curved, second outer ones longer than the others. Parameres of aedeagus (Fig. 1E) with broad apical lobe. Median lobe of aedeagus (Figs. 1F, G) with moderately large basal bulb; apical process narrow and sinuate in lateral view; copulatory piece simple.</p><p>Female. Sternite VII and tergite VIII not modified. Spermatheca (Fig. 1H) extremely long, coiled narrowly at the proximal part, coiled widely near distal end; distal portion (Fig.1I) slightly thickened, its terminal part round and flattened.</p><p>Distribution. Japan ( Ogasawara Isls: Haha-jima Is.).</p><p>Etymology. Named after the Ogasawara Islands, which include Haha-jima Island, where all specimens were collected.</p><p>Remarks. In referring to the key to subgenera provided by Pace (1986), this species is considered to belong to the subgenus Diestota because the anterior margin of the mentum is deeply emarginate.</p><p>The soil ecosystem of the Ogasawara Islands has suffered catastrophic decline due to predation by the nonnative terrestrial nemertean (ribbon worm), Geonemertes pelaensis Semper, 1863 (Shinobe et al. 2017). Geonemertes pelaensis has also invaded Haha-jima Island, and, like many other soil-dwelling arthropods, Diestota ogasawarana sp. nov. is likely at high risk of extinction due to predation by G. pelaensis . In Haha-jima, Platydemus sp., a terrestrial flatworm, which is not known whether alien or native in the Ogasawara Islands, is also known to prey on terrestrial insects (Shoji &amp; Karube 2023), and the impact of this terrestrial flatworm is also a concern.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F0E32FF85FFEBE7F9FEE2FA99B8ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hashizume, Takuto;Kishimoto, Toshio	Hashizume, Takuto, Kishimoto, Toshio (2025): Discovery of the aleocharine tribe Diestotini in Japan, Ogasawara Islands, with description of a new species of the genus Diestota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5660 (4): 581-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8
038F0E32FF83FFEBE7F9FE57FCABBD46.text	038F0E32FF83FFEBE7F9FE57FCABBD46.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff 1937	<div><p>Genus Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937</p><p>Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937: 103 (original description; type species: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937, fixed by monotypy); Scheerpeltz, 1944: 172 (key); Smetana, 2004: 421 (catalogue; as a subgenus of Diestota).</p><p>Remarks. Aphaenoglossa is monotypic and was described by Peyerimhoff (1937) from Tunisia. Since Smetana (2004), Aphaenoglossa has been treated as a subgenus of Diestota (Newton 2025) . Based on the original description of Aphaenoglossa (Peyerimhoff 1937) and the illustrations provided therein, its mouthparts and tarsal formula differ markedly from the diagnostic features of the tribe Diestotini, not only from those of Diestota ( Aphaenoglossa: labial palps with three palpomeres and appear unfused; ligula indistinct; mandibles bifid at apex; tarsal formula 5- 5-5. Diestotini: labial palpus with two palpomeres; ligula distinct, bifid at apex; mandibles not bifid at apex; tarsal formula 4-4-5). Considering these characters, we re-elevate Aphaenoglossa to generic rank. Although its affiliation with Diestotini appears to be inappropriate, the tribe to which it should be affiliated remains uncertain; therefore, it is provisionally retained in Diestotini until a detailed phylogenetic study is conducted. The following combination is resurrected: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F0E32FF83FFEBE7F9FE57FCABBD46	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hashizume, Takuto;Kishimoto, Toshio	Hashizume, Takuto, Kishimoto, Toshio (2025): Discovery of the aleocharine tribe Diestotini in Japan, Ogasawara Islands, with description of a new species of the genus Diestota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5660 (4): 581-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.8
