Alisalia, Casey, 1911

Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald, Savard, Karine & Couture, Jérôme, 2009, First record of the genus Alisalia Casey from Canada, description of two new species, and a key to all Nearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), ZooKeys 25 (25), pp. 1-18 : 7-8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.25.280

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E9EBFFE-358E-4DA4-AD26-101F38A426E7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3790582

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E5C87A4-FFF3-3050-FF1D-EE1FFBD57500

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Plazi

scientific name

Alisalia
status

 

Key to species of Alisalia View in CoL recorded from Canada and the United States

(It should be noted that male genitalia offer the best diagnostic characteristics for spe-

cies identification)

1. Elytra small, transverse and short, approximately as long as pronotum (elytra measured from anterior to posterior lateral angle) (Figs 27, 25); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with almost straight ventral margin in lateral view (Fig. 36)..................................................................... Alisalia brevipennis Casey View in CoL

– Elytra larger, quadrate to slightly transverse, longer than pronotum (Figs 1–4, 23, 24, 26, 28–30)..................................................................................... 2

2(1). Species distributed in eastern Canada and eastern United States................. 3

– Species distributed in western United States within Rocky Mountains; body and median lobe of aedeagus as illustrated (Figs 24, 32)........ Alisalia delicata Casey View in CoL

3(2). Body short, approximately 1 mm long (Fig. 30); tubus of the median lobe of the aedeagus straight for most of its length and with small basal swelling in lateral view (Fig. 38); known from Pennsylvania ..................................... .................................................................. Alisalia bistriata (Bernhauer) View in CoL

– Body longer, distinctly more than 1 mm long (Figs 3, 4, 23, 24, 28, 29) ... 4

4(3). Antennae robust (Figs 26, 28); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus long, with slightly sinuate ventral margin in lateral view (Figs 33, 34); known from Texas ...................................................................... Alisalia parallela Casey View in CoL

– Antennae less robust (Figs 1–4, 23, 29); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus differently shaped (Figs 5, 12, 16, 31)........................................................ 5

5(4). Body maximum width less than 0.2 mm (Fig. 2) ; head and elytra distinctly darker than pronotum; tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with straight and short subapical part and strongly convex medio-basal part (Fig. 5); spermatheca as illustrated (Fig. 9); known from New Brunswick ................................ ....................................... Alisalia minuta Klimaszewski & Webster View in CoL , sp. n.

– Body maximum width at least 0.2 mm (Figs 3, 4, 23, 29); head and elytra not distinctly darker than pronotum; tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with elongate and slightly sinuate subapical part and with strongly convex mediobasal part (Figs 12, 16, 31)......................................................................... 6

6(5). Elytra large and slightly broadening posteriad, distinctly broader than pronotum (Fig. 4); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with elongate and slightly sinuate subapical part and with strongly convex medio-basal part (Fig. 19); known from New Brunswick ....................................................................... ..................................... Alisalia elongata Klimaszewski & Webster View in CoL , sp. n.

– Elytra moderately large, subparallel and not distinctly broadening posteriad ..... 7

7(6). Species currently known only from North Carolina and New Brunswick; body and genital structures as illustrated (Figs 1, 3, 12, 16, 23, 31) ............. ................................................................................ Alisalia testacea Casey View in CoL

– Species known from Texas; body and genital structures as illustrated (Figs 29, 35)....................................................................... Alisalia antennalis Casey View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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