Apimela queenslandica, 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 : 333

Apimela queenslandica spec. nov.

( Figs 16 , 54 )

Type material: Holotype , Australia, Queensld., Gympio , Brooyar St. Forest, 12.III.1997, leg. Wachtel ( CSCÜ).

Description: Length 2.2 mm. Body reddish-brown, antennae lost, legs yellowish-red. Eyes shorter than the postocular region in dorsal view. Reticulation of head, elytra and abdomen strong, that of the pronotum visible. Granulation of head and pronotum invisible, that of the elytra superficial, that of the abdomen close and evanescent, but sparse on the fifth free tergite. Spermatheca as in Fig. 54 .

Comparative notes: The new species differs from A. australiensis PACE, 2003 , also from Australia, known only by the male, having the body reticulate and from A. carnavonensis spec. nov. by the shape of the spermatheca.

Etymology: The new species takes its name from Queensland.

Figures

Figs 13–23: Habitus, spermatheca, aedeagus in lateral view, sixth free urotergite of the male (20) and female (23). 13: Pelioptera barrinensis spec. nov.; 14: Mimacrotona bowravillensis spec. nov.; 15: Apimela carnavonensis spec. nov.; 16: Apimela queenslandica spec. nov.; 17: Pseudoplandria bowravillensis spec. nov.; 18: Brachida linsaymontis spec. nov.; 19–20: Sternotropa linsaymontis spec. nov.; 21: Sternotropa tambourinensis spec. nov.; 22–23: Sternotropa brisbanensis 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.