Liogluta infans ( Eppelsheim, 1893 )

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2016, A taxonomic review of Korean Liogluta Thomson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 285-303 : 293-294

Liogluta infans ( Eppelsheim, 1893)

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Homalota infans Eppelsheim, 1893: 26 .

Liogluta infans: Paśnik, 2001: 201 ; Smetana, 2004: 410; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 565.

Description. Length about 3.5 mm. Body ( Fig. 1 D) relatively slender and subparallel-sided; surface distinctly glossy and densely pubescent, with fine microsculpture. Body yellowish brown to reddish brown; head and abdomen slightly darker than other parts. Head. Subquadrate, about as wide as long, widest behind eyes, slightly narrower than pronotum; eyes small and slightly prominent, about 0.7–0.8 times as long as temples; gular sutures moderately separated, diverged basally; infraorbital carina incomplete. Antennae long and slender, longer than head and pronotum combined; antennomeres 1–3 elongate, 1 about as long as 11, 2 slightly shorter than 3, 4 about as long as wide, 5–10 subquadrate to slightly transverse, 11 longest, about as long as preceding two combined. Thorax. Pronotum slightly transverse, approximately 1.1–1.2 times as wide as long, widest at middle, with longitudinally slight impression in median region; pubescence directed posteriorly in midline; hypomera fully visible in lateral aspect. Elytra slightly transverse, slightly wider than pronotum; elytron approximately 1.8 times as long as wide, pubescence directed posteriorly and postero-laterally; postero-lateral margin almost straight; hind wings fully developed. Legs. Slender and long, with pubescence and macrosetae; tibiae with two spurs at apex; tarsal formula 4-5-5; one empodial seta present, shorter than claw. Abdomen. Subparallel-sided, widest at middle; surface distinctly glossy and densely pubescent; male tergite VIII with 4 macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin with broad and slightly crenate process; posterior margin of male sternite VIII broadly round. Aedeagus. Median lobe narrowly ovate in ventral aspect; apical process long and bent in lateral aspect.

Material examined. NORTH KOREA: 2♂♂ , Korea 16- 18.6.74. Kymgang-san Mts. Exp. Inst. Zool. Cr . [ North Korea, Gangwon Prov., Mt. Geumgangsan , 16–18 VI 1974, ISEA].

Distribution. Korea (North) and Russia (East Siberia).

Remarks. This species was recorded by Paśnik (2001) in North Korea and no specimen has been collected from South Korea. We could not describe the mouthparts in detail because no specimens were available for dissection.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Liogluta. A, L. changwhani sp. nov.; B, L. distans; C, L. granigera; D, L. infans. E, L. jinilli sp. nov.; F, L. pyonganica; G, L. rufescens sp. nov.; H, L. ursi.