Description Of A New Anotylus Species From Madagascar And The Female Of Anotylus Flavipennis From Laos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) Makranczy, György Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2013 2013-09-30 59 3 187 195 66Y5S Makranczy, 2013 Makranczy 2013 [620,853,722,748] Insecta Staphylinidae Anotylus Animalia Coleoptera 4 191 Arthropoda species steineri sp. nov.   Typematerial–  Holotype(majorm): MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa, 7kmWRanomafa- na, 21°16’S, 47°25’E,  1100m,  22-31.X.1988, leg. W.E. Steiner( MAD1S90 046) ex: flight inter- cepttrap / yellowpantrapwithmalaise ( USNM, barcode: SM0104175);  Paratypes: Mada- gascarEst [ Fianarantsoa], ParcNationaldeRanomafana, Ambodiamontana[ 21°15’42”S, 47°25’23”E’],  850-1000m,  26-27.I.1993, leg. J. Janák(2 f, collJanák, 1 f, SEMC); MadagascarEst[ Fianarantsoa], MassivAmbondrombe, Ikokaenv.[ 21°52’10”S, 47°12’30”E],  1100- 1200m,  9-10.III.1996, leg. J. Janák& P. Moravec, forêthumide, tamisagescrêteAmboasa, camp 1 (1 f, collJanák); Madagascar[ Toamasina], Maromizapr., Tamatavedistr., Maromizaha[ 18°58’S, 48°27’E],  21-24.XI.1995, leg. J. Stolarczyk(1 f, coll Janák).  Description– Measurements (in mm, m, n = 1): HW = 1.29; TW = 1.40; PW = 1.44; SW = 1.46; AW = 1.65; HL = 0.96; EL = 0.31; TL = 0.51; PL = 0.99; SL = 1.23; SC = 1.05; FB = 3.31; BL = 6.06; (f, n = 5): HW = 0.99 (0.96–1.04); TW = 0.95 (0.91–1.00); PW = 1.18 (1.12–1.27); SW = 1.23 (1.17– 1.31); AW = 1.46 (1.38–1.60); HL = 0.63 (0.58–0.71); EL = 0.29 (0.28–0.31); TL = 0.17 (0.14–0.23); PL = 0.89 (0.82–0.95); SL = 1.04 (0.98–1.11); SC = 0.93 (0.88–1.00); FB = 2.73 (2.61–2.89); BL = 5.30 (4.61–6.04). Headblackishdarkbrownwithreddishtint, fronsfromsupraanten- nalridgestotheclypeusareaalittlelighter, morereddish. Mandiblesblackishbutother mouthpartscontrastinglyyellowish, maxillarypalpreddishdarkbrownwithlastarticle usuallylighter. Antennaewithfirstarticlereddish, secondwithreddishbaseanddark apex, 3rdand 4threddishdarkbrown, restblackexcepttip (apical 1/3) ofterminalarticle yellow. Pronotumdarkbrown, withblackishedges, discslightlymorereddish. Elytramediumtodarkbrown, discoccasionallysomewhatlighterinspots, puncturesandlongitudinalimpressionsmoreblackish. Scutellumblackishbutanteriadandlateradwithlighteror- angeishareasapparent, whennotcoveredbyposteriorpronotaledge. Abdomendorsally reddish-orangeishmediumbrown, bordersofbasalridgesmarkedblack, posteriadbasal portionsoftergites (alongbasolateralridges) blackishaswellasposterioredgessomewhat darker. Ventralpartofabdomenyellowish, aswellascoxaeandfemora (exceptdarkerapicalring), tibiaeandtarsimoremediumbrown. VentralcolourationotherwiseasinFig. 4. Body (Fig. 5) rathershining, althoughdenselysculptured, interspacessmoothandgivea lustrousappearance. Headfinelyandsparselypunctured, templeswithstrongerstrigose microsculpture, discmoreshallowlyanddenselystriate. Twopairsoflargerspursappear nearsupraantennalridgesandposteriadeyes. Vertexwithapairofshallowimpressions inmiddleofdisc. Clypeusdoesnotprojectforwardfromfrons, itisembeddedinthefront lineofhead, markedbyaslightlydepressedoutline. Neckshallowlycoriaceousmicro-  Figs 4–5.  Anotylus steineri sp. n., male: 4 = habitus, ventral view, 5 = habitus, dorsal view. 6–8, 0.10 mmfor Fig. 9.   Figs 6–9.  Anotylus steineri sp. n.: 6 = male sternite VIII (setae shown only on left side), 7 = aedeagus, frontal view, 8 = aedeagus, lateral view, 9 = spermatheca. Scales: 0.20 mm for Figs sculptured, delineatedwithdeep, shinygroove. Antennaewith 5–11 articlesfinelysetose andfinepapillatemicrosculpturemakingthemappeardull. Pronotum 5-sulcate, median longitudinallinemostlyappearsasafineimpressedline, exceptposterior 1/3 whereformingamediansulcus. Paramedialsulcimoderatelydeep, paralateraldepressionsrunwhole length of disc, moderately deep and not too wide, at 2/5 length with a depressed area to the pronotalmargin. Paralleltopronotalmarginwithasharpridgethatclosesoutagradually narrowingstriperunningtoposteriorcorner. Posteriorcornersobtuse-angledbutnarrowlyroundedwithalmostinsignificantconcavitybeforeangles. Lateralmargindeflexed, nar- rowandsmooth. Pronotumdominantlyshinywithscatteredpuncturesofvaryingsizes, onlyoccasionalstriatemicrosculpture. Twopairsofstrongerspursinsidelateralmarginin anterior 1/3 andapairnearposteriorcorners, anotheratanterioredgedividingthewidth toequalspaces. Elytrawithepipleuralridgecontinuinginagentlydeflexedandshinyposteriormarginalbead, laterallongitudinalridgefullyformedyetnottoosharp. Suturalstria moderatelymarked, intervalbetweenstriaandsuturesmooth. Scutellumbluntlypointed posteriorly, withlaterallobesverylargeandround, almostconfluentatanteriorborders, whilemedianlobeverynarrowandprojectingmuchforward. Elytralsculptureconsistsof deeperandmoreequallydispersedandsizedpunctures (withshinyinterspaces) thatlater- allyandposteriorlytendtobemoreoblong, withsubstrigoseappearance. Posteriorelytral marginsalmoststraightandalmostatrightanglestosuture. Apicesofprotibiaeverygen- tlyconstricted, meso-andmetatibiaewithctenidiaofspinulesinposterior 4/7, otherwise alltibiaewithadarkerspurbeforemiddleandrowsofspines. Tarsalformula 3–3–3, apical tarsomereslightlycurvedandratherelongate. Abdomenwithveryfinecoriaceousmicrosculptureandshallow, sparsepunctures. Laterosternitesverywideonlyon 2ndsegment, 3rdand 4thmoremoderately, posteriadrathernarrowtonotapparent. Primaryandsecondarysexualcharacters. Maletemplesratherenlargedandbroad- ened, stronglydevelopedspecimenasonFig. 5. Femaletemplesmuchshorter, usually notexceedingthelengthoftheeye, oftenbarelylongerthanhalfofit, widthlessthan headwidthateye. MalesterniteVIIsimple (unmodified) onapex. MalesterniteVIII ( Fig. 6) broadlyemarginateinmiddle, tergiteIXwithventralstrutratherslender, shorterthan breadthofthatplate, inacuteangle (almostrightangle) tobasalmargin, sterniteIXmissing. MaletergiteXwithnoapparentmodification. FemalesterniteVIIIalmoststraighton apicalmargin, slightlysinuateinmiddle. AedeagusasinFigs 7–8, spermathecaasinFig. 9.  Etymology– Thespeciesisnamedafterthecollectoroftheholotype, WarrenE. Steiner (SmithsonianInstitution, WashingtonDC, USA) whoparticipatedintheRanomafanaNa- tional Park Project (RNPP) that ran between 1988 and 1993.  Remarks– HAmmoNd (1976 b)notes that the sister to the  crassicornisgroup isnotlikelytobefoundinAfrica. Indeed, mostoftheAfrotropical  Anotylusspecieshaveratherdistantrelationshipstoboththe  A. crassicornisgroupand theheredescribednewspecies. Forthelatteritisprematuretoerectanew speciesgroup, butitsunusualaedeaguscertainlygivesjustificationforittobe consideredunique. ThemuchbrightercolouroftheventralpartoftheabdomenisaveryrarefeatureinthestaphylinidsubfamilyOxytelinae. Aliving specimenmovesaroundwithabdomenturneduprightandshakenvividly, so thiscolourpatternmayalsohavesomebiologicalfunction.  *  Acknowledgements– Theauthorwishestoexpressthankstocuratorsofthementioned institutions: WolfgangSchawaller (SMNS), StephanBlankandLutzBehne (SDEI), Zachary H. Falin (SEMC), toLotharZerche (Eberswalde) forhishospitalityduringtheauthor’ svisit, toJiříJanák (RytněnadBílinou, CzechRepublic) fortheMadagascarmaterial, toHarald SchillhammerofNaturhistorischesMuseumWien (NHMW, Austria) forhisoutstanding habitusphotosandtoLiangLü ( Beijing, China) forinformationsontypesandlettingme usephotosbelongingtotheInstituteofZoology, ChineseAcademyofSciences. 1988-10-22 1988-10-31 1988-10-22 USNM W. E. Steiner Madagascar 1100 -21.266666 Fianarantsoa 1264 47.416668 4 191 MAD1, SM0104175 1 Fianarantsoa holotype 1993-01-26 1996-03-10 1993-01-26 SEMC J. Janak & MadagascarEst & MassivAmbondrombe & Ikokaenv. & P. Moravec & Madagascar & Maromizapr. & Tamatavedistr. & Maromizaha & J. Stolarczyk & Janak Madagascar 925 -18.966667 Ambodiamontana 1273 48.45 4 191 1 Fianarantsoa paratype