Crataraea solskyi ( EPPELSHEIM , 1888)

Assing, V., 2014, On the genus Crataraea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Oxypodini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1111-1118 : 1112-1113

Crataraea solskyi ( EPPELSHEIM, 1888) ( Figs 1-4 )

Microglossa (Crataraea) solskyi EPPELSHEIM, 1888: 49 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Syntypes: 1: "Tashk. / Solskyi mihi. Taschkent. ded. Faust. / c. Epplsh. Steind. d. / Solskyi Epp., Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1888. p. 49. / Typus / Crataraea solskyi (Eppelsheim) , det. V. Assing 2014 " ( NHMW) ; 1: "Solskyi mihi. Taschkent. ded. Faust. / c. Epplsh. Steind. d. / Typus / Crataraea solskyi (Eppelsheim) , det. V. Assing 2014 " (NHMW); 1: "Solskyi Epp. Taschkent. Leder. / c. Epplsh. Steind. d. / Cotypus / Crataraea solskyi (Eppelsheim) , det. V. Assing 2014 " (NHMW).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 1: "Solskyi Epp. Taschkent. Leder. / c. Epplsh. Steind. d. / Cotypus" (NHMW).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on two syntypes "von Taschkent, von Herrn Akinin durch die freundliche Vermittelung Faust´s erhalten" ( EPPELSHEIM 1888). Both syntypes are females and deposited in the Eppelsheim collection at the NHMW. A third female in the Eppelsheim collection does not have type status, despite the type label attached to it.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 3.2-3.8 mm; length of forebody 1.6 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 . Coloration: head and pronotum brown to dark-brown; elytra reddish, anteriorly narrowly and weakly infuscate; abdomen blackish-brown, with the posterior margins of segments III-VI, the posterior portion of segment VII, and segments VIII-X yellowish; legs yellowish to yellowish-brown; antennae reddish.

Head ( Fig. 2 ) very weakly transverse; punctation moderately dense and fine, barely noticeable in the pronounced microreticulation. Eyes weakly convex, slightly shorter than postocular region in dorsal view. Antenna incrassate apically; antennomeres IV-X strongly transverse, IV-X approximately 1.5 times as wide as long.

Pronotum ( Fig. 2 ) strongly transverse, approximately 1.35 times as broad as long and 1.3 times as broad as head; punctation and microreticulation similar to those of head.

Elytra ( Fig. 2 ) approximately as long as pronotum, or nearly so; punctation somewhat more distinct than that of head and pronotum; interstices with shallow microsculpture. Hind wings fully developed. Metatarsomere I longer than the combined length of II and III.

Abdomen narrower than elytra; punctation moderately dense and moderately fine; tergites III-V shallowly impressed anteriorly; posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe; posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly convex.

: unknown.

: sternite VIII ( Fig. 3 ) distinctly transverse, posterior margin convex and with row of modified marginal setae in the middle; spermatheca as in Fig. 4.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Crataraea solskyi has been recorded only from the type locality in Uzbekistan.

Figures

Figs 1-4: Crataraea solskyi (EPPELSHEIM): (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) female sternite VIII; (4) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2: 0.5 mm; 3-4: 0.1 mm.