Brounea, Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015

Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015, Brounea, a new genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from New Zealand, with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 3990 (4), pp. 551-566 : 552-553

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A171FB7E-150D-4741-8045-A9BAE861B1C0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112090

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/630188FE-BA9B-4408-A7BA-525CB1A6D1C9

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:630188FE-BA9B-4408-A7BA-525CB1A6D1C9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Brounea
status

gen. nov.

Key to species of Brounea View in CoL gen. nov.

* The key is based on male specimens because female specimens of several species are indistinguishable using external morphology. Identities of females may be narrowed to several possibilities based on external, non-sexual characters.

1 Larger body, length 2.1–2.4 mm; frontal sulcus deep and inversely keyhole-shaped ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 a, 3l).......... B. setiventris (Broun) View in CoL

- Smaller body, length <2.1 mm; frontal sulcus shallow and elongate or oval ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 b–k).................................. 2

2 (1) Frontal rostrum fused, inverted heart-shaped........................................... B. mangamukaensis View in CoL sp. nov.

- Frontal rostrum not fused, lobes separate....................................................................... 3

3 (2) Body small, length <1.4–1.5 mm ........................................................................... 4

- Body larger,> length 1.6 mm ........................................................................... 5

4 (3) Eye small, one-third length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 d); male head weakly swollen ventrally ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 o); elytra longer than wide ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 d); hind wings well-developed............................................................ B. chorui View in CoL sp. nov.

- Eye larger, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 k); male gula with heart-shaped depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 v: arrow); elytra as long as wide ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 k); hind wings reduced to small pads................................ B. seungili View in CoL sp. nov.

5 (3) Male abdominal sternite VI or VII with setose depression at middle ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 p–q).................................. 6

- Male abdominal sternite VI and VII unmodified............................................................. 7

6 (5) Male abdominal sternite VII with setose depression at middle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 p); ventral surface of male head unmodified ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 p)..................................................................................... B. sungryongi View in CoL sp. nov.

- Male abdominal sternite VI with setose depression at middle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 q); male gula with triangular depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 r: arrow)................................................................... B. seongmoi View in CoL sp. nov.

7 (6) Male gular depression without dense setae ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 m–n)..................................................... 8

- Male gular depression bearing dense setae ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 q, 2s, 2u).................................................. 9

8 (7) Head as long as wide, male head swollen ventrally ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 m); eye of both sexes one-half length of temple ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 b, 2m)........................................................................................... B. tenuis (Broun) View in CoL

- Head weakly transverse, male head unmodified ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 n); male eye as long as temple ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 c, 2n), female eye smaller, one- half length of temple.................................................................... B. yoonhoi View in CoL sp. nov.

9 (7) Elytra as long as wide ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 j); hind wings reduced to small pads; known from Three Kings Islands ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 : white circle)........................................................................................ B. sunjaei View in CoL sp. nov.

- Elytra longer than wide ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 f, 1h); hind wings well-developed; known from North Island......................... 10

10 (9) Eye larger, two-thirds length of temple ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 f, 2q); antennomeres 4–8 longer than wide; male head weakly swollen ventrally, gular depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 q: arrow)....................................... B. mijeongae View in CoL sp. nov.

- Eye large, one-half length of temple ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 h, 2s); antennomeres 4–8 as long as wide; male gula with round depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 s: arrow).............................................................. B. daehyuni View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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