Porongurup angulatus, Choi, Su-Ho, Chandler, Donald S. & Park, Jong-Seok, 2019

Choi, Su-Ho, Chandler, Donald S. & Park, Jong-Seok, 2019, Porongurup, a new genus of pselaphine staphylinid beetles from Western Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae), ZooKeys 881, pp. 13-22 : 16-17

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.881.39535
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/69F25550-F02F-4F92-8662-201AAF05FFDC
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scientific name	Porongurup angulatus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Porongurup angulatus View in CoL sp. nov. Figs 1A View Figure 1 , 1D View Figure 1 , 2A View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 4 A–B View Figure 4 , 4G View Figure 4 , 4J View Figure 4 , 5 View Figure 5

Type material.

Holotype. Australia: Western Australia (WA): 1♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in euparal on clear plastic card, " AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Porongurup N.P., Wansborough Walk at The Pass, 450 m, 34°40.69'S, 117°51.245'E, 6 VIII 2004, karri forest ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ), mostly young-growth; FMHD#2004-147, Berlese, leaf & log litter, A. Newton & M. Thayer 1116". Paratypes (N = 12; 6 males, 6 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♀ (FMNH, slide mounted), 40 km ESE Manjimup, Cup Road, 6 VII 1980, FMHD# 80-400, karri bark litter, S. & J. Peck; 1♂1♀ (UNHC, 1♀ slide mounted), 1♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Windy Harbour, 27 km S Northcliffe, 8 VII 1980, coastal scrub litter, S. & J. Peck; 1♂2♀ (FMNH, 1♀ slide mounted), Avon Valley N.P., 1.3 km from entrance, 420 m, 31°38.79'S, 116°17.94'E, 27 VII– 13 VIII 2004, marri-jarrah ( Eucalyptus calophylla-E. marginata) woodland; FMHD#2004-103, flight intercept trap, A. Newton & M. Thayer, 1102; 1♂ (CBNUIC, slide mounted), Walpole-Nornalup N.P., Giant Tingle Tree area, 190 m, 34°58.88'S, 116°47.42'E, 2 VIII 2004, tingle- Allocasuarina -karri ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) forest; FMHD#2004-132, Berlese, leaf & log litter, Newton, Thayer, Clarke 1110; 1♂1♀ (CBNUIC), 1♂ aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, 54 km SE Manjimup, 22 VI/26 VI 1980, S. &J. Peck. jarrah forest litter; 1♂ (FMNH), aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Pemberton, Brockman N.P., 19 VII 1980, FMHD#80-406, karri base & fungi litter, S. & J. Peck; 1♂ (FMNH), aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, Warren N.P., Bicentennial Tree vic., 120 m, 34°29.73'S, 115°58.62'E, 30 VII– 10 VIII 2004, karri forest ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ); FMHD#2004-114, flight intercept trap, Newton, Solodovnikov, Thayer 1105; 1♀ (UNHC) Avon Valley N.P., Governor’s Drive, 1.2 km from Forty-one Mile Rd., 260 m, 31°36.57'S, 116°15.04'E, 27 VII 2004, Eucalyptus wandoo woodland; FMHD#2004-102, Berlese, leaf & log litter, A. Solodovnikov, D. Clarke et al. 1101.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from Porongurup clarkei sp. nov. by the smaller size of the male genitalia ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ), the subquadrate antennomere III ( Fig. 4A, B View Figure 4 ), and the length of abdominal segment VI is approximately twice as long as V. This species is also separated from Porongurup tenuis sp. nov. by the length of abdominal segment VI being twice as long as V ( Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ), and the parameres of the male genitalia approximately are twice as wide as those of the other species ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ).

Description.

Length 1.7-1.9 mm ( Fig. 1A, D View Figure 1 ). Head. Head in dorsal view with deep frontal sulcus and vertexal foveae ( Fig. 4G View Figure 4 ). Antennomeres II longer than wide, III subquadrate, smallest of the antennomeres, IV and V longer than wide, VI and VIII as long as wide, IX and X transverse ( Fig. 4A, B View Figure 4 ). Abdomen. Length of abdominal segment VI twice as long as V in both sexes ( Fig. 1A, D View Figure 1 ). Aedeagus. Median lobe of male genitalia elongated triangular, lacking articulated extension at tip of apex. Phallobase rounded in dorsal view. Parameres as wide as at middle of median lobe ( Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ).

Etymology.

This species name refers to the sub-apically angulate parameres of the male genitalia.

Distribution.

Western Australia ( Fig. 5 View Figure 5 , circles).

Habitat.

Specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps, or were taken by sifting leaf, bark, log, or fungus in Eucalyptus forests.