Scaponopselaphus mutator (Sharp, 1876)

Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, 2015, A review of the genus Scaponopselaphus Scheerpeltz (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4735-4735 : 4735

Scaponopselaphus mutator (Sharp, 1876)

Trigonopselaphus mutator Sharp, 1876: 144

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Peru; stateProvince: Loreto; locality: Pebas ; verbatimLocality: South America, Brazil/Type/Pebas/Sharp Coll 1905-313/Trigonopselaphusmutator, Type, amazons, D.S./Holotype Trigonopselaphusmutator Sharp, 1876 det. R.G. Booth 2011; locationRemarks: Sharp listed the specimen as being from Brazil, however, as pointed out by Asenjo et al. 2013, Pebas is in Peru, not Brazil; decimalLatitude: -3.31666667; decimalLongitude: -71.85; georeferenceSources: Asenjo et al. 2013; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Record Level: institutionCode: BMNH; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. Alvarenga; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Brazil; stateProvince: Pará; locality: Tucurui ; decimalLatitude: -3.768; decimalLongitude: -49.673; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 3036; georeferenceProtocol: GEOLocate; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: i.1979; Record Level: institutionCode: FMNH; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0099817 ; recordedBy: J. Ashe, R. Brooks; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: French Guiana; locality: Sauel , Mt. Galbao summit ; verbatimElevation: 740 m; verbatimCoordinates: 3°37'18''N 53°16'42''W; decimalLatitude: 3.6216667; decimalLongitude: -53.2783333; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 1997-06-05 /07; fieldNumber: FG1AB97 154; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0094899 ; recordedBy: J. Ashe, R. Brooks; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: French Guiana; locality: 8.4km SSE Roura ; verbatimElevation: 200 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°40'41''N 52°13'26''W; decimalLatitude: 4.6780556; decimalLongitude: -52.2238889; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 1997-05-22 /23; fieldNumber: FG1AB97 011; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0100262 ; recordedBy: J. Ashe, R. Brooks; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: French Guiana; locality: Cayenne, 33.5km S and 8.4km NW Hwy N2 on HWY D5 ; verbatimElevation: 30 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°48'18''N 52°28'41''W; decimalLatitude: 4.805; decimalLongitude: -52.4780556; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; verbatimEventDate: 29.05-09.06.1997; fieldNumber: FG1AB97 171; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0098930 ; recordedBy: J. Ashe, R. Brooks; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: French Guiana; locality: Sauel , 7km N, 1km NW Les Eaux Claires, along Rue de Belizon trail ; verbatimElevation: 280 m; verbatimCoordinates: 3°39'46''N 53°13'19''W; decimalLatitude: 3.6627778; decimalLongitude: -53.2219444; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 1997-06-04 /08; fieldNumber: FG1AB97 167; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0253154 ; recordedBy: R. Brooks, Z. Falin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Guyana; stateProvince: Region 8; locality: Iwokrama Forest, 1km W Kurupukari, Iwokrama Field Station ; verbatimElevation: 60 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°40'19''N 58°41'4''W; decimalLatitude: 4.67184; decimalLongitude: -58.684; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2001-05-26 /29; fieldNumber: GUY1BF01 064; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0253407 ; recordedBy: R. Brooks, Z. Falin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Guyana; stateProvince: Region 8; locality: Iwokrama Forest, Kabocalli Field Station ; verbatimElevation: 60 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°17'4''N 58°30'35''W; decimalLatitude: 4.2844444; decimalLongitude: -58.509722; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2001-06-03 /05; fieldNumber: GUY1BF01 146; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0253421 ; recordedBy: R. Brooks, Z. Falin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Guyana; stateProvince: Region 8; locality: Iwokrama Forest, Kabocalli Field Station ; verbatimElevation: 60 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°17'4''N 58°30'35''W; decimalLatitude: 4.2844444; decimalLongitude: -58.509722; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2001-06-03 /05; fieldNumber: GUY1BF01 146; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0253433 ; recordedBy: R. Brooks, Z. Falin; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Guyana; stateProvince: Region 8; locality: Iwokrama Forest, Kabocalli Field Station ; verbatimElevation: 60 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°17'4''N 58°30'35''W; decimalLatitude: 4.2844444; decimalLongitude: -58.509722; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2001-06-03 /05; fieldNumber: GUY1BF01 146; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: UTCI000004900 ; recordedBy: Larsen, Short; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; otherCatalogNumbers: 3a0568e7-eb54-45de-b52c-a12944f03a7f, SC230; associatedSequences: KF178800, KF178770, KF178755, KF178741, KF178725; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Suriname; stateProvince: Sipaliwini; locality: Camp 1: on Kutari River ; verbatimElevation: 228 m; decimalLatitude: 2.17535; decimalLongitude: -56.7874; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2010-08-19 /24; fieldNumber: SR10-0819-TN1; eventRemarks: 2010 CI-RAP Survey; Record Level: institutionCode: UTC; collectionCode: UTCI; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; source: http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=13640919&clid=0 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0349335 ; recordedBy: Larsen, Short; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; otherCatalogNumbers: SC231; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Suriname; stateProvince: Sipaliwini; locality: Camp 2: on Sipaliwini River ; verbatimElevation: 210 m; decimalLatitude: 2.182883; decimalLongitude: -56.78725; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; verbatimEventDate: 27.viii.-1.ix.2010; fieldNumber: SR10-0827-TN2; eventRemarks: 2010 CI-RAP Survey; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SM0349336 ; recordedBy: Larsen, Short; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Scaponopselaphusmutator; Location: country: Suriname; stateProvince: Sipaliwini; locality: Camp 1: on Kutari River ; verbatimElevation: 228 m; decimalLatitude: 2.17535; decimalLongitude: -56.7874; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: Stylianos Chatzimanolis; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: flight intercept trap; eventDate: 2010-08-19 /24; fieldNumber: SR10-0819-TN1; eventRemarks: 2010 CI-RAP Survey; Record Level: institutionCode: SEMC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Description

Habitus as in Fig. 1b. Body length 10.1-10.5 mm. Coloration of head and pronotum metallic blue, green or blue-green (Fig. 2b); antennae and mouthparts orange, except antennomeres 4-11 covered with darker brown setae; elytra and abdomen light brown to brown, except intersegmental membranes yellow, sternite VIII and posterior 1/3 of sternite VIII orange; legs and pronotal hypomeron orange to brown.

Head transverse, width: length ratio = 1.38; surface of epicranium flat to slightly convex; with medium-sized umbilicate punctures throughout the surface except medially, distance between punctures varies but typically equals 1-2 times of puncture. Eyes large, length of eyes / length of head = 0.68, distance between eyes as wide as 1.28 times length of eye.

Pronotum subquadrate, width: length ratio = 1.10; with scattered large umbilicate punctures, distance between punctures varies but typically equals diameter of puncture. Mesoscutellum with confluent medium-sized punctures. Elytra with large, confluent punctures; each row with approximately 15 punctures (measured at middle of elytron). Abdominal tergites III-V with weakly delineated curved (arch-like) carina.

Secondary sexual structures (Fig. 5c). Males with posterior border of sternite VII with shallow U-shaped emargination; sternite VIII with deep [but not as deep as in S. diaspartos ], broad U-shaped emargination medially; sternite IX with shallow V-shaped emargination medially. Females with no obvious secondary sexual structures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 7; parameres divided to base into two lobes; lobes narrower and shorter than median lobe; in dorsal view each lobe converging to rounded apex; in lateral view paramere slightly convex; with peg setae (sensory spinules) as shown in Fig. 7c, concentrated near apex of lobes. Median lobe in dorsal view converging to broad pointed apex; with wide bicuspid dorsal tooth; in lateral view becoming narrower near apex.

Diagnosis

See the Diagnosis of S. diaspartos .

Distribution

Known from the state of Pará in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, the department of Loreto in Peru and from Suriname