Amaurodera frondium PACE, 2008

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Lomechusini fauna of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the genera Orphnebius and Amaurodera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 63-106 : 96

Amaurodera frondium PACE, 2008

( Figs 147–148 , 150–151 )

Material examined: Malaysia: Sabah: 7 exs., Poring Hot Springs, near Bat Cave , 600 m, 10.V.1987, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) ; 6 exs., Poring Hot Springs , 550–600 m, 9.V.1987, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG, cAss); 1 ♀, Poring Hot Springs , 500 m, 6.V.1987, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) .

Comment: The original description is based on four males from the environs of Poring Hot Springs and one female from Towai National Park, Sabah ( PACE 2008a). The above specimens represent the first records since the original description. The primary sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 147–148 , 150–151 .

Figures

Figs 124–149:AmauroderaschuelkeifromAssam(124–126),A. gilvicornis(127–128),A. bicarinata(129–132),A. latisulcata (133–135), A. brevipes (136–140), A. migritheca (141–146), A. frondium (147–148), and Zyrastilbus almorensis (149): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (124–125, 127–134, 136–139, 141–144); spermatheca (126, 135, 140, 145–148); median portion of pronotum (149). Scale bars: 124–125, 127–134, 136–139, 141–144:0.5 mm; 126, 135, 140, 145, 147–148: 0.2 mm; 146, 149: 0.1 mm.

Figs 150–172: Amaurodera frondium (150–151), A calicitheca (152–158), A. discoidea, paratype (159), A. longisetosa (160–163), A. bulbosa (paratypes of A. discoidea from Sabah) (164–165), Rabdotodrusilla vara (166–169), and Witteia tensa (170–172): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (150–155, 160–162, 164–165, 168–169, 170–171); apical portion of median lobe in ventral view (156); spermatheca (157–159, 163, 172); male tergite VIII (166); male sternite VIII (167). Scale bars: 150–155, 157–165: 0.5 mm; 166–172: 0.2 mm; 156: 0.1 mm.