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

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

( Figs. 10–14 )

Moluciba grandipennis Casey, 1911a: 156 .

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 (as valid species).

Moluciba grandipennis: Newton et al., 2000: 361 (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) ; 2 specimens, 170 km NE Québec­City, Pohénégamook , 47º28’N 69º14’W, 16.viii.1994 ( LFC, SPSU) ; 3 specimens, ditto but 2.viii.1994 ( LFC) ; 1 specimen, Lac Mitis , 48º18’N 67º48’W, 22.viii.1994 ( SPSU) ; 1 specimen, ditto but 15.viii.1994 ( LFC) ; 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) .

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 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 14 ).

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

Figures

FIGURES 10–14. Genitalia of Oxypoda grandipennis (Casey) (male from Armagh, Québec (10– 13); and female from 10 km S Ninilchik, Alaska (14)). 10 — median lobe, parameral view; 11 — apex of median lobe, parameral view; 12 — median lobe, lateral view; 13 — apex of median lobe, lateral view; 14 — spermatheca. Scale bar 0.1 mm (14), 0.2 mm (11, 13), 0.4 mm (10, 12).