Orphnebius (Deroleptus) niger ( CAMERON, 1939 )

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 : 75

Orphnebius (Deroleptus) niger ( CAMERON, 1939)

( Figs 66–70 )

Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Assam, Bhalukpong , 27°02'N, 92°35'E, 150 m, 26.V.–3.VI.2006, leg. Pacholátko ( BMNH) .

Comment: Orphnebius niger was originally described from Assam and subsequently recorded also from Meghalaya, Northeast India ( ASSING 2016b). The previously unknown male sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 66–70 .

Figures

Figs 62–81: Orphnebius triacuminatus (62–65), O. niger (66–70), O. gracilis (71–74), O. protuberatus (75–78), and O. pertortus (79–81): female tergite VIII (62, 71, 75, 79); posterior margin of female tergite VIII (63); female sternite VIII (64, 72, 76, 80); spermatheca (65, 74, 78, 81); male tergite VIII (66); male sternite VIII (67); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (68–69); paramere (70); medio-lateral portion of female sternite VIII (73, 77). Scale bars: 62, 64, 66–67:0.5 mm; 68–72, 75–76, 79–80: 0.2 mm; 63, 65, 73–74, 77–78, 81: 0.1 mm.