Gnypeta canadensis Klimaszewski, 2008

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 : 62-64

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.3792850

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D98C0465-D5D9-4059-A85E-8EB2DE6A2D33

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D98C0465-D5D9-4059-A85E-8EB2DE6A2D33

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Gnypeta canadensis Klimaszewski
status

sp. nov.

15. Gnypeta canadensis Klimaszewski View in CoL , sp. nov.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D98C0465-D5D9-4059-A85E-8EB2DE6A2D33

( Figs 17 View Figs 15-20 , 35 a, b View Figs 21-38 , 156-163 View Figs 156-163 , 198 View Fig )

HOLOTYPE (male): CANADA, Ontario, Rondeau Provincial Park, South Point , [42°17'00" N, 81°51'00" W] 2.VI.1985, moss on logs in pond, A. Davies and J.M. Campbell, CNC No. 23679 ( CNC) GoogleMaps . PARATYPES: listed in Appendix A.

Diagnosis

Gnypeta canadensis is externally similar to G. helenae , from which it may be distinguished with certainty by the shape of the narrower and ventrally produced apical portion of the median lobe of the aedeagus (Fig. 156), thicker stem of the spermatheca (Fig. 161), and different geographic distribution. It may be distinguished from the other Nearctic Gnypeta species by the following combination of characters: body length 2.7-3.0 mm, integument strongly glossy ( Fig. 17 View Figs 15-20 ); elytra at suture as long as pronotum or slightly longer and about 1/4 wider than maximum width of pronotum ( Fig. 17 View Figs 15-20 ); abdomen subparallel and at base distinctly narrower than elytra ( Fig. 17 View Figs 15-20 ); antennal article 4 strongly elongate, 5-10 moderately to strongly elongate ( Figs 35 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); median lobe of aedeagus with apical part strongly produced ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 156); spermatheca S-shaped, capsule pipe-shaped and consisting of a small cylindrical apical part angularly connected to a tubular part and the elongate sinuate stem (Fig. 161); male tergite 8 truncate apically and with slight apical emargination (Fig. 159); female sternite 8 with large apical emargination (Fig. 163). The elongate antennal articles 1-10 (1-7 strongly, 8-10 slightly) ( Figs 35 a, b View Figs 21-38 ); distinct shape of spermatheca; medially emarginated female sternite 8, and the shape of the apical portion of the median lobe of the aedeagus are the best characters for recognition of this species.

Description

As for G. helenae except for the characters of the median lobe of the aedeagus and the spermatheca (see above).

Distribution (Fig. 198)

Gnypeta canadensis is known to occur in Ontario and Alberta.

Collection and habitat data

Adults were captured in March, May and June. Some specimens were collected from an intercept trap in open marsh forest, and the holotype was captured in moss on a log.

Comments

The late Gustav Adolf Lohse (Hamburg, Germany) worked on revision of Nearctic Gnypeta but was not able to complete his project. Three CNC specimens of this species bear his identification labels as G. glabricula Lohse [manuscript name].

G. canadensis is similar to G. helenae and the two cannot be distinguished externally. They may be separated by the width of the spermatheca, the width of the apical portion of the median lobe of the aedeagus in lateral view, and by the different distribution ranges. For details, see the diagnosis and description.

Due to a lack of study material, we did not see a broad geographic variation in genital characters in this species. Should the variations in genital characters prove to be clinal based on a broader sample size in future studies and the geographic ranges overlapping between this species and G. helenae , the status of G. canadensis should be reconsidered.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Gnypeta

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF