Ocalea species

Assing, V. & Terlutter, H., 2008, A new species of Ocalea from Romania (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1337-1340 : 1340

Key to the Ocalea species recorded from Romania

Ocalea concolor is included in the key, although it has not been reported from Romania (SMETANA 2004). However, the species has been recorded from Ukraine, Slovakia, and various Balkan countries, so that its presence in Romania is not unlikely.

1 Posterior angles of pronotum rounded, lateral margins convex..........................................2

- Posterior angles of pronotum marked or nearly rectangular, margin in front of posterior angles straight or weakly sinuate........................................................................................3

2 Body length from anterior margin of labrum to posterior margin of elytra less than 2.2 mm ......................................................................................................... O. badia ERICHSON

- Body length from anterior margin of labrum to posterior margin of elytra more than 2.2 mm ............................................................................................ O. robusta BERNHAUER

3 Pronotum more than 2/3 the width of elytra........................................ O. picata (STEPHENS)

- Pronotum less than 2/3 the width of elytra..........................................................................4

4 Legs yellowish ...................................................................................... O. rivularis MILLER

- Legs brownish.....................................................................................................................5

5 Elytral pubescence directed diagonally postero-laterad. Median lobe of aedeagus with pair of triangular processes at the base of the ventral process ( Figs 6-7 ) .............................. ................................................................................................................ O. gyorgyi nov.sp.

- Pubescence of elytra directed laterad in posterior 1/6 and diagonally postero-laterad in anterior 5/6. Median lobe of aedeagus without such processes. ........................................... ............................................................................................... [ O. concolor KIESENWETTER ]

Figures

Figs 1-7: Ocalea gyorgyi nov.sp. (1-3, 7: holotype): (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) antenna; (4) male tergite VIII; (5) male sternite VIII; (6-7) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-7: 0.5 mm.