Leptusa obscura Blatchley, 1910

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, Zootaxa 353 (1), pp. 1-134 : 114-115

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5103003

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scientific name

Leptusa obscura Blatchley, 1910
status

 

Leptusa obscura Blatchley, 1910 View in CoL , sp. propr.

Leptusa obscura Blatchley, 1910: 343 View in CoL .

Leptusa (s. str.) obscura: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 555 View in CoL (as valid species).

Leptusa obscura: Pace, 1989: 82 View in CoL (as synonym of Le. canonica View in CoL ).

Type material. Lectotype of Leptusa obscura (here designated): ♀, “TYPE” (red label), “ Marion Co. Ind. [iana] W.S.B. [Blatchley] 3­17­98 [17.iii.1898]”, “2383”, “Purdue Blatchley collection”, “ Leptusa obscura sp. nov. 4891” ( PURC).

Additional material. UNITED STATES: Pennsylvania: Clinton Co.: ♀, 26 km SEE Lock Haven, 41º03.23'N 77º09.65'W, 350m, Quercus , Tsuga , Pinus , 5.vi.1999 (V.I.Gusarov) ( SPSU).

Discussion. Pace (1989) synonymized Le. obscura with Le. canonica without having examined the type of the first species. My examination of the lectotype of Le. obscura demonstrated that it is not conspecific with Le. canonica . Leptusa obscura differs from Le. canonica in its uniform dark brown body color, its stronger pronotal punctation and its flatter pronotum. The lectotype of Le. obscura does not match the types of any other Casey species of Leptusa . This species will be redescribed when male specimens become available.

Distribution. Leptusa obscura is known from Indiana and Pennsylvania.

PURC

Purdue University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Leptusa

Loc

Leptusa obscura Blatchley, 1910

Gusarov, Vladimir I. 2003
2003
Loc

Leptusa obscura: Pace, 1989: 82

Pace, R. 1989: 82
1989
Loc

Leptusa (s. str.) obscura:

Bernhauer, M. & Scheerpeltz, O. 1926: 555
1926
Loc

Leptusa obscura

Blatchley, W. S. 1910: 343
1910
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