Aloconota sulcifrons ( Stephens, 1832 )

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, Zootaxa 353 (1), pp. 1-134 : 86-87

Aloconota sulcifrons ( Stephens, 1832)

( Figs. 7–9 in Benick 1954)

Aleochara sulcifrons Stephens, 1832: 121 .

Atheta laurentiana Blatchley, 1910: 357 , syn. nov.

Atheta (Aloconota) sulcifrons: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 610 (as valid species).

Atheta (s. str.) laurentiana: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 644 (as valid species).

Atheta (Aloconota) sulcifrons: Benick, 1954: 139 (as valid species).

Aloconota (s. str.) sulcifrons: Benick & Lohse, 1974: 96 (as valid species).

Atheta (Aloconota) sulcifrons: Moore & Legner, 1975: 375 (as valid species).

Aloconota insecta: Klimaszewski & Peck, 1986 (misidentification).

Type material. Lectotype of Atheta laurentiana (here designated): ♀, (with the head and prothorax missing), “TYPE” (red label), “Lawr.[ence] Co. Ind. [iana] W.S.B. [Blatchley] 5­ 11­04 [11.v.1904]”, “3631 det. A.Fenyes ”, “5[?]8”, “Purdue Blatchley collection”, “ Atheta laurentiana sp. nov. 5680” ( PURC).

Additional material. UKRAINE: Crimea: 8 specimens, Simferopol distr. , 5 km SW Krasnoles’ye, near creek, 400 m, 19.v.1990 (V.I.Gusarov) ; 6 specimens, ditto but 21.v.1990 ; 9 specimens, Crimean Game Reserve, Alma River banks, 600 m, 3.vi.1986 (V.I.Gusarov) ( SPSU) ; UNITED STATES: Illinois: Monroe Co.: 2♂♂, ♀, Krueger Dry Run Cave , 3.iv.1992 (S.Taylor & J.Krejca) ( INHS, SPSU) ; New Hampshire: Grafton Co.: ♀, 2 km NNE Warren, Hwy. 118, Baker River , 43º56.42’N 71º52.52W, 300m, river bank, under stones and in moss, 21.ix.1998 (V.I.Gusarov) ( SPSU) .

Diagnosis. See Benick 1954; Benick & Lohse 1974.

Discussion. The lectotype of At. laurentiana is similar to examined European specimens of Alo. sulcifrons in external characters and in the shape of spermatheca. Both names are considered synonymous.

The illustrations of the male tergum 8, the aedeagus and spermatheca provided by Klimaszewski and Peck (1986: Figs. 92–95 ) correspond to Alo. sulcifrons and not Alo. insecta ( Thomson, 1856) (cf. Figs. 7–9 and Fig. 6 in Benick 1954).

Distribution. Aloconota sulcifrons is a common European species. According to Benick (1954), Alo. sulcifrons has a cosmopolitan distribution, but the old records not based on examination of genitalic characters need to be reconfirmed. In North America Alo. sulcifrons is known from New Hampshire, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama ( Klimaszewski & Peck 1986 (as Alo. insecta )).

Figures

FIGURES 5–9. Genitalia of Tinotus acerbus (Casey) (lectotype of Acrimea acerba (5–8) and lectotype of Acri. resecta (9)). 5 — median lobe, parameral view; 6 — median lobe with details of retracted internal sac, abparameral view; 7 — median lobe, lateral view; 8 — median lobe with details of retracted internal sac, lateral view; 9 — spermatheca. Scale bar 0.1 mm (9), 0.2 mm (5– 8).

FIGURES 89–92. Genitalia of Atheta ventricosa Bernhauer (female, Lituya Bay, Alaska (89); male, Baranof Island, Alaska (90–92)). 89 — spermatheca; 90 — apex of median lobe with partially everted internal sac, parameral view; 91 — apex of median lobe with partially everted internal sac, abparameral view; 92 — apex of median lobe with partially everted internal sac, lateral view. Scale bar 0.1 mm (90–92), 0.2 mm (89).

FIGURES 93–97. Abdominal segment 8 of Atheta klagesi Bernhauer (male, lectotype of At. klagesi (93–95); and female, paralectotype of At. nympha Casey (96–97)). 93 — male tergum 8; 94 — male sternum 8; 95 — apex of male tergum 8; 96 — female tergum 8; 97 — female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.1 mm (95), 0.2 mm (93–94, 96–97).