Atheta (Dimetrota auct.) brumalis Casey, 1910a

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, Zootaxa 353 (1), pp. 1-134 : 46

Atheta (Dimetrota auct.) brumalis Casey, 1910a

( Figs. 67–70 in Klimaszewski & Winchester 2002)

Atheta (s. str.) brumalis Casey, 1910a: 32 .

Atheta (s. str.) repexa Casey, 1911a: 109 , syn. nov.

Atheta (s. str.) brumalis: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 639 (as valid species).

Atheta (s. str.) repexa: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 649 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) brumalis: Klimaszewski & Winchester, 2002: 27 (as valid species).

Type material. Lectotype of Atheta brumalis (here designated): ♂, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “ Atheta brumalis Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39246” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH) . Paralectotypes: 14 specimens, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “ brumalis PARATYPE USNM 39246” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH) .

Lectotype of Atheta repexa (here designated): ♀, “ Mts. Near Claremont Cal. Baker ”, “ repexa Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39297” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH).

Diagnosis. See Klimaszewski & Winchester (2002).

Discussion. The lectotype of At. repexa is similar to the types of At. brumalis in both external characters and the distinct shape of the spermatheca.

Distribution. Atheta brumalis is known from British Columbia and California.

Figures

FIGURES 64–69. Genitalia of Atheta modesta (Melsheimer) (male, Lac Lapêche, Québec (64– 66); male, paralectotype of At. vierecki Casey (67–68); and female, 8 km SEE Springfield, Vermont (69)). 64 — median lobe with retracted internal sac, parameral view; 65 — median lobe with retracted internal sac, abparameral view; 66 — median lobe with retracted internal sac, lateral view; 67 — apex of median lobe with everted internal sac, parameral view; 68 — median lobe with everted internal sac, lateral view; 69 — spermatheca. Scale bar 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 70–74. Abdominal segment 8 of Atheta frosti Bernhauer (male, lectotype of At. modiella Casey (70–72); and female, lectotype of At. frosti (73–74)). 70 — male tergum 8; 71 — male sternum 8; 72 — apex of male tergum 8; 73 — female tergum 8; 74 — female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.1 mm (72), 0.2 mm (70–71, 73–74).