Gnypeta brevicornis Casey, 1906

Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges & Webster, Reginald, 2008, Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 11-84 : 41-43

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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4568718

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scientific name

Gnypeta brevicornis Casey
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7. Gnypeta brevicornis Casey View in CoL

( Figs 9 View Figs 9-14 , 27 a, b View Figs 21-38 , 91-98 View Figs 91-98 , 196 View Fig )

Gnypeta brevicornis Casey 1906: 196 View in CoL ; Moore and Legner 1975: 421. LECTOTYPE (male): CANADA: Br. C. [British Columbia; in original description: Kamloops and Glenora; H.F. Wickham]; brevicornis Csy. [Casey]; Type USNM 38865 About USNM ; Casey bequest 1925 ; present lectotype designation label ( USNM). Present designation. Examined. PARALECTOTYPES: listed in Appendix A .

Diagnosis

This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: body slender, length 2.7-2.9 mm, rust brown with darker head and tip of abdomen; elytra (at suture) slightly longer than pronotum and 1/5 wider than maximum width of pronotum ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); abdomen at base narrower than elytra and broadening posteriad ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); antennal article 4 slightly elongate, 5-6 slightly transverse, articles 7-9 strongly transverse ( Figs 27 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); median lobe of aedeagus with apical part narrowly triangular laterally (Fig. 91), bulbus in dorsal

view with two lateral projections (Fig. 92); spermatheca with capsule wider than long, funnel-shaped, lateral sides arcuate (Fig. 96); stem slightly sinuate and slightly swollen basally (Fig. 96). Gnypeta brevicornis is readily distinguishable from all other Canadian and Alaskan species (except for G. uteana , see key) by having strongly elongate basal article of metatarsus, which is as long as the two following articles combined.

Description

Body length 2.7-2.9 mm; rust brown with darker head and tip of abdomen ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); integument moderately glossy; pubescence yellowish grey and sparse; antennal article 4 elongate, 5-6 slightly and 7-9 strongly transverse ( Figs 27 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); head and pronotum of about the same width ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); elytra and abdomen slightly wider than either head or pronotum; elytra small and moderately elongate ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); head rounded posteriorly; pronotum broadest in apical third, pubescence directed postero-laterad from midline of disc; elytra (at suture) slightly longer than pronotum and 1/5 broader than maximum width of pronotum ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ), pubescence directed obliquely postero-laterad from midline of disc; abdomen swollen posteriorly, as broad as elytra at base ( Fig. 9 View Figs 9-14 ); metatarsus with basal article of about the same length as the two following articles combined. Male. Tergite 8 transverse and truncate apically, slightly concave medially (Fig. 94). Sternite 8 elongate and rounded posteriorly (Fig. 95). Median lobe of aedeagus with narrowly triangular apical part of tubus in lateral view (Fig. 91); bulbus moderately large with lateral projections (Fig. 92); internal sac with structures as illustrated (Figs 91, 92). Female. Tergite 8 truncate apically (Fig. 97). Sternite 8 broadly rounded posteriorly (Fig. 98). Spermatheca with capsule transverse, funnel-shaped with sides arcuate (Fig. 96); stem slightly sinuate and swollen basally (Fig. 96).

Distribution (Fig. 196)

Gnypeta brevicornis is a western Nearctic species recorded from Glenora and Kamloops in British Columbia ( Casey 1906).

Collection and habitat data

No data available.

Comments

Gnypeta brevicornis differs from all other Canadian and Alaskan Gnypeta species except for G. uteana by extremely elongate basal article of the metatarsus, its slender body, distinct pubescence pattern of the pronotum with setae directed posteriorly along the midline of the disc, and extremely coarse punctation in the first three visible tergal impressions. These characters are close to Tachyusa species but the genital characters of G. brevicornis are consistent with other Gnypeta species and the funnel-shaped capsule of the spermatheca is especially typical for the sellmani species group of Gnypeta . Additional studies are needed at the generic level to clarify the limits of the two close genera.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Aleocharinae

Tribe

Oxypodini

Genus

Gnypeta

Loc

Gnypeta brevicornis Casey

Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges & Webster, Reginald 2008
2008
Loc

Gnypeta brevicornis

Moore I & Legner EF 1975: 421
Casey TL 1906: 196
1906
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