Gastropaga barrinensis, Pace, 2015

Pace, Roberto, 2015, New genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 327-339 : 332

Gastropaga barrinensis spec. nov.

( Figs 12 , 48 )

Type material: Holotype , Australia, Queensl., Atherton TL., Lake Barrine NP., 30.X.1989, leg. E. Heiss ( CSCÜ).

Description: Length 1.8 mm. Body shiny, yellowish-red, antennae brown with the three basal antennomeres and eleventh yellow, legs yellowish-red. Eyes shorter than the postocular region in dorsal view. Second antennomere shorter than the first one, third shorter than the second one, fourth to tenth transverse. Body devoid of reticulation. Head dotting delicate, close and superficial. Granulation of pronotum close and very superficial, that of the elytra close and evident, that of the abdomen very salient and close, but sparse on the fifth free tergite. Spermatheca as in Fig. 48 .

Comparative notes: The spermatheca of the new species is similar in shape to G. muluicola PACE, 2004 from Borneo. The much greater length of the spermatheca of the new species (0.1 mm vs. 0.07 mm in muluicola ), and the proximal bulb of the spermatheca only slightly dilated and not spherical as in muluicola further recognizable the two species.

Etymology: The new species derives its name from Lake Barrine.

Figures

Figs 1–12: Habitus. 1: Brachida linsaymontis spec. nov.; 2: Sternotropa linsaymontis spec. nov.; 3: Sternotropa tambourinensis spec. nov.; 4: Sternotropa brisbanensis spec. nov.; 5: Austraepiskia barrinensis gen. nov., spec. nov.; 6: Austracoenonica laminaris gen. nov., spec. nov.; 7: Tryphopsichara australiana gen. nov., spec. nov.;8: Leptostiba tambourinensis spec. nov.; 9: Atheta (Acrotona) wachteli spec. nov.; 10: Atheta (Traumoecia) tambourinensis spec. nov.; 11: Gastropaga brisbanensis spec. nov.; 12: Gastropaga barrinensis spec. nov.

Figs 48-55: Spermatheca, aedeagus in lateral and ventral view, sixth free urotergite of the male. 48: Gastropaga barrinensis spec. nov.; 49–51: Pelioptera barrinensis spec. nov.; 52: Mimacrotona bowravillensis spec. nov.; 53: Apimela carnavonensis spec. nov.; 54: Apimela queenslandica spec. nov.; 55: Pseudoplandria bowravillensis spec. nov.