Adota ushio ( Sawada, 1971 ) Sawada, 1971

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of Nearctic species of the genera Adota Casey, 1910 and Psammostiba Yosii & Sawada, 1976 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 185, pp. 1-35 : 19

Adota ushio ( Sawada, 1971) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 6 in Sawada 1971)

Ischnopoda (Philhygra) ushio Sawada, 1971: 304 .

Atheta (Halostiba) ushio: Yosii & Sawada, 1976: 86 .

Diagnosis. Adota ushio can be recognized by the distinct shape of the male tergum 8, aedeagus and spermatheca ( Figs. 6 , H, K­N: Sawada 1971).

Adota ushio can be distinguished from the Nearctic species of Adota by straight and crenulate posterior margin of the male tergum 8 and different shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca.

Distribution. Adota ushio is known from Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Figures

FIGURES 6 ­ 12. Mouthparts of Adota maritima (Mannerheim) (male from Homer, Alaska). 6 – right maxilla, ventral view; 7 – right galea, dorsal view; 8 – right lacinia, ventral view; 9 – right lacinia, dorsal view; 10 – prementum; 11 – hypopharynx; 12 – mentum. Scale bar 0.1 mm (7 ­ 12), 0.2 mm (6).