Stenus deductus Puthz, 1975

Janák, Jiří, 2022, Four new species and additional records of the genus Stenus of southern Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae), Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 331-356 : 347

Stenus deductus Puthz, 1975

( Figs. 50–52 )

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Frere .

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 ♂: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, 1880m, 29°17.3’S, 29°36.0’E, Highmoor NR, Caracal cave env., 1.i.2018, P. Bulirsch & M. Těšínský lgt. ( JJRC) .

Distribution. The species was hitherto known only in the type locality: Frere in South Africa.

Note. New record after more than 100 years. Puthz (1975) did not illustrated the aedeagus, published only a description of differences of aedoeagus in comparison to that of S. capicola . Aedeagus as in Fig. 50 , male tergite 10 as in Fig. 51 , male sternite 9 as in Fig. 52 .

Figures

FIGURES 47–52. 47–49: Stenus capicola L. Benick, Olifantsbos. 50–52: Stenus deductus Puthz, Highmoor. 47, 50, aedeagus dorsal; 48, 51, male tergite 10; 49, 52, male sternite 9. Scale 0.5 mm: 47–52.