Brounea sunjaei, Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015

Park, Jong-Seok & Carlton, Christopher E., 2015, Brounea, a new genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from New Zealand, with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 3990 (4), pp. 551-566 : 562

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A171FB7E-150D-4741-8045-A9BAE861B1C0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112112
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/34F95C6F-CF1C-4304-92CC-B9559DC861D2
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:34F95C6F-CF1C-4304-92CC-B9559DC861D2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brounea sunjaei
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Brounea sunjaei View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 j, 2j, 2u, 3j, 5)

Type material. Holotype. New Zealand: Three Kings Islands (TH): ♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND: TH: Tasman Valley 26 XI 1970, J.C. Watt Litter 70/223”, “ HOLOTYPE Brounea sunjaei Park and Carlton des. 2013”.

Etymology. This species is named for Kee-Jeong Ahn lab alumnus, Korean Leiodidae specialist, and an enthusiastic supporter of this study, Dr. Sun-Jae Park.

Diagnosis. This species is only known from the Three Kings Islands, and can be distinguished from the other species of Brounea by the following combination of characters: large eye, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j); male gula with heart-shaped depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 u: arrow); antennomeres 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate; elytra subquadrate together ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 j), hind wings reduced to small pads; median lobe and parameres slender ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 j).

Description of male. Length 1.7 mm. Body brown, elytra, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 j). Head. Head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j). Gula with heart-shaped depression bearing dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 u: arrow). Antennomeres 1–2 elongate, 3 subquadrate, 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus shallow and reaching front point of eye ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j). Posterior frontal fovea present and oval. Eye large and prominent, one-half length of temple ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j). Thorax. Prosternum longer than wide, widest at one-third length. Elytra approximately triangular ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 j). Hind wings reduced as small pads. Meso- and metaventrites together trapezoidal in ventral view, as long as wide. Abdomen. Abdominal tergite IV without patch of microtrichia. Aedeagus. Median lobe and parameres slender ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 j). Phallobase symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 j). Parameres symmetrical, slender with setae at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 j).