Episkiodrusilla, Assing, 2016

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 78

Episkiodrusilla spec. nov.

Material examined: India: 1 ♀, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Mawsynram–Balat , 1000 m, 27.X.1978, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG) .

The above female is in agreement with the original descriptions of neither of the two geographically closest species E. rubricollis and E. franzi , and its spermatheca is different from those of E. neocoenonicacollis and E. veluticollis . Nevertheless, this evidently new species is not described for want of males. The abdominal tergite and sternite VIII of the above female are covered by dense and coarse non-setiferous punctation, suggesting that the same is true also of other Episkiodrusilla species , although this is not mentioned in their respective original descriptions.