Oxypoda (s. str.) grandipennis ( Casey, 1911a ) Gusarov, 2003

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, Zootaxa 353 (1), pp. 1-134 : 16-17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.353.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:104E9C0B-B207-41E6-816C-E91FC1C7DBA0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5102958

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B2-FF8F-535C-CD24-524EFC84A1E1

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scientific name

Oxypoda (s. str.) grandipennis ( Casey, 1911a )
status

comb. nov.

Oxypoda (s. str.) grandipennis ( Casey, 1911a) View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Figs. 10–14 View FIGURES 10–14 )

Moluciba grandipennis Casey, 1911a: 156 View in CoL .

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Fenyes, 1920: 219 (as valid species).

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 671 (as valid species).

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Moore & Legner, 1975: 362 (as valid species).

Moluciba grandipennis: Seevers, 1978: 249 View in CoL (as valid species).

Moluciba grandipennis: Newton et al., 2000: 361 View in CoL (as valid species).

Type material. Holotype of Moluciba grandipennis : ♀, “ Metlakatla B. [ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen ”, “ Moluciba grandipennis Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39020 ” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH).

Additional material. CANADA: Québec: ♀, Chic­Chocs , 17.viii.1994 ; ♂, 50 km E Québec­City, Armagh , 46º44’N 70º35’W, 2.viii.1994 ( SPSU) GoogleMaps ; 2 specimens, 170 km NE Québec­City, Pohénégamook , 47º28’N 69º14’W, 16.viii.1994 ( LFC, SPSU) GoogleMaps ; 3 specimens, ditto but 2.viii.1994 ( LFC) GoogleMaps ; 1 specimen, Lac Mitis , 48º18’N 67º48’W, 22.viii.1994 ( SPSU) GoogleMaps ; 1 specimen, ditto but 15.viii.1994 ( LFC) GoogleMaps ; UNITED STATES: Alaska: ♀, Kenai Peninsula , 10 km S Ninilchik, 59º57.26–.25’N 151º43.81’W, 50 m, forest litter, Picea , 22.vii.1998 (V.I.Gusarov) ; ♂, Richardson Hwy., NNW Willow Creek , 61º50.17’N 145º13.81’W, 500 m, in human feces, 13.vii.1998 (V.I.Gusarov) ( SPSU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Oxypoda grandipennis can be distinguished from other Nearctic members of the nominotypical subgenus by a dark brown body with the brownish yellow pronotum, humeral angles and posterior margin of the elytra, abdominal terga 3–5 and posterior margin of tergum 7; and the distinct shape of the aedeagus ( Figs. 10–13 View FIGURES 10–14 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 10–14 ).

Distribution. Oxypoda grandipennis is a boreal species with a transnearctic distribution. It is known from Alaska and Québec.

NMNH

USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Oxypoda

Loc

Oxypoda (s. str.) grandipennis ( Casey, 1911a )

Gusarov, Vladimir I. 2003
2003
Loc

Moluciba grandipennis:

Newton, A. F. & Thayer, M. K. & Ashe, J. S. & Chandler, D. S. 2000: 361
2000
Loc

Moluciba grandipennis:

Seevers, C. H. 1978: 249
1978
Loc

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis:

Moore, I. & Legner, E. F. 1975: 362
1975
Loc

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis:

Bernhauer, M. & Scheerpeltz, O. 1926: 671
1926
Loc

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis:

Fenyes, A. 1920: 219
1920
Loc

Moluciba grandipennis

Casey, T. L. 1911: 156
1911
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