Andrikothelyna, Pace, 2000

Nozaki, Tsubasa, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Andrikothelyna Pace, 2000 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Aleocharinae), with description of three new species from Taiwan and Japan, Zootaxa 5264 (1), pp. 64-76 : 75

Key to species of Andrikothelyna

1 Pronotum color reddish yellow to orange; elytra with low of granules along suture and carina near lateral margin weak ( Fig. 8 )................................................................................................. 2

- Pronotum color reddish brown to black; elytra with low of granules along suture and carina near lateral margin distinct ( Figs 5–7 )............................................................................................... 3

2 Pronotum having posterior medial depression (fig. 58 in Pace 2000); abdominal tergite VIII having two lateral large teeth and two medial short teeth at posterior margin (fig. 54 in Pace 2000)...................................... A. papuana

- Pronotum without posterior medial depression ( Figs 4, 8 ); abdominal tergite VIII having four to six short teeth at posterior margin ( Fig. 31 )..................................................................... A. naomichii sp. nov.

3 Posterior margin of each elytron having a pair of yellow semicircular maculation ( Figs 2–3 ).......... A. limbata sp. nov.

- Posterior margin of each elytron without yellow semicircular maculation......................................... 3

4 Abdominal tergite VIII having six teeth (four major teeth and two tiny teeth) at posterior margin ( Fig. 17 )................................................................................................. A. rubiginosa sp. nov.

- Abdominal tergite VIII having four teeth at posterior margin, two medial teeth very short (fig. 17 in Pace 2013)............................................................................................. A. orientis comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of Andrikothelyna spp. 1, 5―Holotype of Andrikothelyna rubiginosa sp. nov., female; 2, 6―Holotype of Andrikothelyna limbata sp. nov., male (Kyushu); 3, 7―Andrikothelyna limbata sp. nov. male (Ishigaki Is.); 4, 8―Holotype of Andrikothelyna naomichii sp. nov. male.

FIGURES 31–36. Andrikothelyna naomichii sp. nov. 31―abdominal tergite VIII, male; 32―abdominal sternite VIII male; 33―abdominal sternite VIII female; 34―median lobe of male aedeagus; 35―Paramere of male aedeagus; 36―female spermatheca.

FIGURES 16–19. Andrikothelyna rubiginosa sp. nov. female. 16―Meso- and metaventrite; 17―abdominal tergite VIII; 18― abdominal sternite VIII; 19―spermatheca.