Gnypeta sellmani Brundin

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 : 34-36

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:664C49F1-5384-43C4-8BF1-CE76AC11D32E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792788

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D43E034B-FF8A-4175-FF17-FC3465EAF9AC

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scientific name

Gnypeta sellmani Brundin
status

 

4. Gnypeta sellmani Brundin View in CoL

( Figs 6 View Figs 3-8 , 24 a, b View Figs 21-38 , 66-74 View Figs 66-74 , 193 View Fig )

Gnypeta sellmani Brundin 1929: 14 View in CoL ; Palm 1966: 139; Smetana 2004: 490. TYPE LOCALITY: SWEDEN, “Bei dem Bahnhof Torneträsk, 13.VIII.1927, Regio subarctica”. Holotype not examined.

Material examined

Specimens are listed in Appendix A.

Diagnosis

This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: body length 3.0-3.4 mm ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); elytra (at suture) about as long as pronotum and about 1/4 wider than maximum width pronotum ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); abdomen at base about as wide as elytra ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); antennal articles 4-6 moderately elongate, 7-9 about as long as wide or slightly transverse ( Figs 24 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); median lobe of aedeagus with apex narrowly triangular and strongly produced ( Fig. 66 View Figs 66-74 ); spermatheca with capsule about as wide as long and funnel-shaped ( Fig. 72 View Figs 66-74 ); stem sinuate and slightly swollen basally ( Fig. 72 View Figs 66-74 ).

Description

Body length 3.0-3.4 mm; dark brown to black, sometimes central part of elytra and tarsi reddish brown ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); integument moderately glossy; pubescence yellowish grey and moderately long and dense; antennal article 4 slightly shorter than preceding article, 4-6 elongate, and 7-9 about as long as wide to slightly transverse ( Figs 24 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); head and pronotum of about the same width; elytra and abdomen wider than either head or pronotum; elytra small and short ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); head rounded posteriorly; pronotum broadest in apical third, pubescence directed anterad along midline and laterad elsewhere; elytra (at suture) about as long as pronotum and 1/4 broader than maximum width of pronotum ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ), pubescence directed obliquely postero-laterad; abdomen subparallel, about as wide as elytra at base ( Fig. 6 View Figs 3-8 ); metatarsus with two basal articles of about the same length and the third one slightly shorter. Male. Tergite 8 transverse and truncate apically ( Fig. 70 View Figs 66-74 ). Sternite 8 elongate and rounded posteriorly ( Fig. 71 View Figs 66-74 ). Median lobe of aedeagus with narrowly produced apical part of tubus in lateral view ( Fig. 66 View Figs 66-74 ); bulbus enlarged and bearing two angular anterior projections in dorsal view ( Fig. 67 View Figs 66-74 ); internal sac with structures as illustrated ( Figs 67, 68 View Figs 66-74 ). Female. Tergite 8 similar to that of male ( Fig. 73 View Figs 66-74 ). Sternite 8 broadly rounded apically ( Fig. 74 View Figs 66-74 ). Spermatheca with capsule about as wide as long and funnel-shaped ( Fig. 72 View Figs 66-74 ), stem sinuate and slightly swollen basally ( Fig. 72 View Figs 66-74 ).

Distribution (Fig. 193)

Gnypeta sellmani is a Holarctic species with a likely circumpolar distribution. In the Palaearctic region it is recorded from Norway, Sweden, Finland and the north European territory of Russia ( Smetana 2004). Here, it is recorded for the first time in North America from Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Alaska. In Quebec several specimens were captured from Mont Albert (1233 m) and Mont Jacques Cartier (1333 m) where other insect species with a northern distribution pattern are known to occur.

Collection and habitat data

Adults were collected in June, July and August from moss, near body of water, or by treading sedges around edge of temporary pond. Collecting sites ranged in altitude from 66 m to 1333 m.

Comments

The late Steve Ashe (University of Kansas) worked on the revision of Nearctic Gnypeta but was not able to complete it. Some specimens of this species that he studied were returned to CNC with his 1987 identification labels as two new species, G. tintinnabula Ashe and G. dialepta Ashe [manuscript – unpublished names]. His specimens were misidentified and belong to G. sellmani Brundin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Gnypeta

Loc

Gnypeta sellmani Brundin

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

Gnypeta sellmani

Smetana A 2004: 490
Palm T 1966: 139
Brundin L 1929: 14
1929
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