Anthobium fusculum (Erichson, 1839)

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Smetana, Aleš, 2018, A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). II. fusculum group, and two additional species of the nigrum group, Zootaxa 4508 (4), pp. 451-506 : 453-454

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D268E210-6688-4B41-9A76-AE54C2FC07BA

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6495081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87F8-F171-FFB6-FF31-F955798E4DDB

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Plazi

scientific name

Anthobium fusculum
status

 

Key to fusculum View in CoL group

1 Punctation of each elytron not forming longitudinal rows of punctures........................................... 2

- Punctation of each elytron forming several vague and tangled longitudinal rows of punctures in middle................. 3

2 Pronotum about twice as wide as long, with anterior angles not or indistinctly protruded anteriad. Elytra moderately narrow, about as long as wide. Body reddish brown to brown. Larger: 2.26–3.25 mm. Aedeagus narrow ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 60–63 ). Habitus as in Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–5 . India, Nepal................................................................... A. cavicrus ( Champion, 1925) View in CoL

- Pronotum slightly more than twice as wide as long, with anterior angles distinctly protruded anteriad. Elytra wide, longer than wide. Body yellow-brown. Smaller: 1.81–2.18 mm. Aedeagus wide ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 79–82 ). Habitus as in Fig. 74 View FIGURES 74–78 . China: Sichuan ............................................................................. A. liliputense Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

3 Mediobasal portion of pronotum with distinct transverse moderately coarse microsculpture between punctures............ 4

- Pronotum without microsculpture between punctures......................................................... 5

4 Pronotum less than twice as wide as long. Body darker, brown to black. Aedeagus wide, with short parameres ( Figs. 38–43 View FIGURES 38–43 , Shavrin 2013: Figs. 1–6 View FIGURES 1–5 View FIGURES 6–13 ). Body length: 2.20–3.40 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–5 . Europe, Middle East, Central Asia......................................................................................... A. fusculum ( Erichson, 1839) View in CoL

- Pronotum about one and half times as wide as long. Body paler, yellow-brown, with reddish-brown head. Aedeagus narrow, with significantly elongate parameres ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–67 ). Body length: 2.75–3.48 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 46 View FIGURES 45–49 . India...................................................................................... A. cuccodoroi Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

5 Elytra about twice as long as pronotum.................................................................... 6

- Elytra more than twice as long as pronotum................................................................. 7

6 Pronotum markedly less than twice as wide as long. Aedeagus shorter and wider; internal sac with lateral rows of strongly sclerotized large teeth ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 55–58 ). Body length: 2.30–3.30 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–49 . Nepal................................................................................................... A. denticulatum Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

- Pronotum about twice as wide as long. Aedeagus slightly longer and narrower; internal sac without strongly sclerotized teeth ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 50–53 ). Body length: 1.95–2.74 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–5 . Nepal................. A. besucheti Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

7 Pronotum massive in general appearance, with widely rounded apical and basal margins. Head reddish brown; pronotum, elytra and abdomen yellow-brown. Aedeagus with median lobe wide, with wide, truncate apex ( Fig. 71 View FIGURES 68–72 ). Body length: 2.56–2.95 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 49 View FIGURES 45–49 . China: Yunnan .......................... A. latissimum Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

- Pronotum narrower. Aedeagus different.................................................................... 8

8 Elytra longer than wide. Head reddish brown; pronotum, elytra and abdomen yellow-brown. Aedeagus as in Fig. 57 View FIGURES 55–58 . Body length: 2.85–2.95 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 . China: Yunnan ....................... A. capitale Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

- Elytra as long as or broader than long...................................................................... 9

9 Anterior angles of pronotum slightly protruded anteriad. Internal sac of aedeagus with rows of strongly sclerotized teeth ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 50–53 ). Body length: 3.25–3.60 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–5 . India, Nepal...................... A. altivagans ( Cameron, 1941) View in CoL

- Anterior angles of pronotum strongly protruded anteriad. Internal sac of aedeagus without modifications............... 10

10 Middle portion of each elytron with irregular, transverse and diagonal elevations between punctures. Body reddish brown, with lateral portions of pronotum and elytra yellow-brown. Aedeagus as in Fig. 84 View FIGURES 84–87 . Body length: 2.65–2.75 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 76 View FIGURES 74–78 . India, Nepal............................................................... A. rugosum ( Champion, 1925) View in CoL

- Middle portion of each elytron with indistinct to distinct longitudinal elevations between punctures................... 11

11 Elytra moderately narrow, slightly widened apicad. Body yellow-brown to reddish brown. Aedeagus as in Fig. 86 View FIGURES 84–87 ; parameres widened apically. Body length: 2.35–3.20 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 77 View FIGURES 74–78 . India, Nepal............. A. sociale ( Cameron, 1941) View in CoL

- Elytra distinctly widened apicad. Parameres narrow, not widened apically ( Figs. 62 View FIGURES 60–63 , 68 View FIGURES 68–72 , 81 View FIGURES 79–82 , 89 View FIGURES 89–91 )....................... 12

12 Lateral portion of pronotum evenly narrowed posteriad and anteriad............................................ 13

- Lateral portion of pronotum more narrowed posteriad than anteriad............................................. 14

13 Elytra about as long as wide. Body reddish brown, with head and abdomen dark-brown. Aedeagus moderately wide, parameres vaguely exceeding apex of median lobe ( Fig. 81 View FIGURES 79–82 ). Body length: 3.10–4.50 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 75 View FIGURES 74–78 . Pakistan, India, Nepal.............................................................................. A. monticola ( Cameron, 1924) View in CoL

- Elytra distinctly broader than long. Body yellow-brown, with head reddish brown to brown. Aedeagus narrow, parameres distinctly exceeding apex of median lobe ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 68–72 ). Body length: 2.35–3.65 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 48 View FIGURES 45–49 . China: Yunnan ................................................................................. A. laozii Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

14 Grooves in front of ocelli long, reaching level of middle or anterior third of eyes. Parameres slightly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 60–63 ). Body reddish brown to brown. Body length: 3.00– 3.45 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 45 View FIGURES 45–49 . China: Sichuan, Hubei .................................................................. A. confucii Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

- Grooves in front of ocelli short, as long as or slightly longer than diameter of ocellus. Parameres very long, significantly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 89 View FIGURES 89–91 ). Body length: 2.49–3.34 mm. Body yellow-brown to reddish brown. Habitus as in Fig. 78 View FIGURES 74–78 . China: Yunnan .................................... A. splendidulum Shavrin & Smetana View in CoL , sp.n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Anthobium

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