Dalotia coriaria ( Kraatz, 1856 ) 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 : 89-91

Dalotia coriaria ( Kraatz, 1856) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 129 in Strand & Vik 1964)

Homalota coriaria Kraatz, 1856: 282 .

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Bernhauer, 1907: 391 (as valid species).

Pseudota miscella Casey, 1910a: 115 , syn. nov.

Dimetrota (Dalotia) pectorina Casey, 1910a: 106 , syn. nov.

Dimetrota (Dalotia) crucialis Casey, 1910a: 107 , syn. nov.

Dimetrota (Dalotia) pectorina: Casey, 1911b: 252 (as valid species).

Dimetrota (Dalotia) crucialis: Casey, 1911b: 252 (as synonym of Dim. pectorina ).

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Fenyes, 1920: 211 (as valid species).

Atheta (Pancota) miscella: Fenyes, 1920: 202 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) pectorina: Fenyes, 1920: 205 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) crucialis: Fenyes, 1920: 205 (as synonym of At. pectorina ).

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 640 (as valid species).

Atheta (Pancota) miscella: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 661 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) pectorina: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 664 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) crucialis: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 664 (as synonym of At. pectorina ).

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Strand & Vik, 1964: 330 .

Atheta (Mischgruppe I) coriaria: Benick & Lohse, 1974: 202 .

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Moore & Legner, 1975: 357 (as valid species).

Atheta (Pancota) miscella: Moore & Legner, 1975: 366 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) pectorina: Moore & Legner, 1975: 369 (as valid species).

Atheta (Dimetrota) crucialis: Moore & Legner, 1975: 369 (as synonym of At. pectorina ).

Taxicera academica Sawada in Yosii & Sawada, 1976: 125.

Xenota coriaria: Seevers, 1978: 247 .

Pseudota miscella: Seevers, 1978: 260 (as valid species).

Dimetrota pectorina: Seevers, 1978: 260 (as valid species).

Dimetrota crucialis: Seevers, 1978: 260 (as synonym of Dim. pectorina ).

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Muona, 1979a: 48 (as valid species not belonging to the “true” Atheta ; retained in Atheta for convenience).

Taxicera academica: Muona, 1979a: 48 (as synonym of At. coriaria ).

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Muona, 1979b: 25 (as valid species not belonging to the “true” Atheta ; retained in Atheta for convenience).

Atheta coriaria: Frank, 1980: 388 .

Atheta (s. str.) coriaria: Muona, 1984: 230 .

“ Atheta ” coriaria: Muona, 1987: 23 (as valid species not belonging to the “true” Atheta ).

Taxicera academica: Muona, 1987: 23 (as synonym of At. coriaria ).

(Other (Palaearctic) references are omitted)

Type material. Lectotype of Pseudota miscella (here designated): ♂, “N.[ew] J.[ersey]”, “ miscella Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39147” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH).

Lectotype of Dimetrota pectorina (here designated): ♂, “ Sta. Cruz Mts. Cal.[ifornia]”, “ Dalotia pectorina Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39131” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH).

Lectotype of Dimetrota crucialis (here designated): ♂, “ Sta. Cruz Mts. Cal.[ifornia]”, “ crucialis Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39132” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” ( NMNH).

Additional material. UNITED STATES: Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish : ♀, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University campus, 1–15.vi.1998 (A.Tishechkin) ; ♂, ditto but light trap, 7–17.v.1998 ( SPSU) ; New York: Manhattan : ♂, ♀, 6 th Street & Avenue B Garden, 40º43.45'N 73º58.91'W, compost, 3.xii.1998 (A.Berkov & V.R.Coffman); 4 specimens, ditto but 5.ix.1999 (A. Berkov) ( SPSU) ; UKRAINE: Crimea: 10 specimens, env. of Yalta, Botanicheskoye , in rotting hay, 150 m, 2.ix.1990 (V.I.Gusarov) ( SPSU) .

Diagnosis. See Benick & Lohse (1974; as Atheta coriaria ). Aedeagus and spermatheca: Fig. 129 in Strand & Vik (1964).

Discussion. The lectotypes of Ps. miscella , Dim. pectorina and Dim. crucialis agree completely with the specimens of Dal. coriaria from Europe in external characters, including male secondary features and the shape of the aedeagus.

Muona (1979a, 1987) pointed out that Atheta coriaria is conspecific with Taxicera academica based on the detailed illustrations of the internal sac of the aedeagus of the latter species by Yosii and Sawada (1976). I accept Muona's interpretation.

Distribution. In North America Dal. coriaria is known from California, Florida ( Frank 1980), Louisiana, New Jersey and New York. Because Dal. coriaria is restricted to areas on the West and East coasts, and not known from inland states of the United States, it is probably an introduction from Europe.

Figures

FIGURES 127–132. Apex of male abdominal tergum 8 of Thamiaraea brittoni (Casey). 127 — paratype of Th. lira Hoebeke, Arendtsville, Pennsylvania; 128 — Stony Creek, Ontario; 129 — 7 km S Lawrence, Kansas; 130 — New London County, Connecticut; 131–132 — paratypes of Th. paralira Hoebeke, Yonkers, New York. Scale bar 0.2 mm.