Diaulota oharai Ahn & Yoo, 2018

Tasaku, Yuto, Ono, Hiroki & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2023, Review of the intertidal rove beetle tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Zootaxa 5383 (3), pp. 251-296 : 269

Diaulota oharai Ahn & Yoo, 2018

[Japanese name: Oohara-tsutsumune-umi-hanekakushi]

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Diaulota oharai Ahn & Yoo in Song et al., 2018: 933 (original description; type locality: Hokkaido, Nemuro, Rausu, Tengu-iwa ).

Material examined. Japan: Hokkaidô: 1 male, 1 female, 2 unsexed, Rausu-chô, Tengu-iwa, 4. IX. 2020, Y. Tasaku ( KUM, cYT) ; 1 unsexed, Nemuro-shi, Bettôga, Tengu-iwa, 2. VII . 2021, K. Haga ( KUM) .

Diagnosis. It is distinguished from other species of the genus by the following combination of characteristics: body bicolored, head and pronotum reddish brown, abdomen black ( Figs. 13A & B ); infraorbital carina long, reaching to eye; tarsal formula 4-4-5.

Habitat. This species was collected from rock crevices on rocky shores rich in seaweed.

Distribution. Japan: eastern Hokkaidô.

Figures

FIGURE 13 Diaulota oharai. A, habitus, male; B, ditto, female; C, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; D, spermatheca. Scale bars: 1.0 mm for A & B; 0.1 mm for C & D.