Mimogonus fumator, (Fauvel, 1889) (Fauvel, 1889)

Pandolfi, Alessandra, Kelly, Sandor, Irmler, Ulrich & Bohlen, Patrick, 2024, First record of Mimogonus fumator (Fauvel, 1889) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) in the USA, with a synopsis of the Osoriinae of the Southeastern USA, Zootaxa 5477 (2), pp. 136-146 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DED99DDB-6831-4454-B44D-B08D2411DFCD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12707804
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3B91E-382B-0403-FF40-FC12C504D62E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mimogonus fumator
status

Treatment

Results View in CoL

Twenty-one specimens of Mimogonus fumator were collected from three localities in the Sunbridge development over three seasons, from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023.

Material examined: Specimens of Mimogonus fumator are deposited at the University of Central Florida Collection of Arthropods (UCFC) and Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA). Data are as follows: Florida: Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Basecamp Sunbridge , 28.3341, -81.1894, 10–20 Oct 2022, pitfall trap, A. Pandolfi (♂3, UCFC0584189 ; UCFC0584190 ; UCFC0584191 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Basecamp Sunbridge , 28.3341, ‑81.1894, 03 Mar–06 Apr 2023, pitfall trap, A. Pandolfi (♂2, UCFC0584192 ; UCFC0584193 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Basecamp Sunbridge , 28.3341, ‑81.1894, 06–13 Apr 2023, pitfall trap, A. Pandolfi (♂4 / ♀3, UCFC0584194 ; UCFC0584195 ; UCFC0584196 ; UCFC0584197 ; UCFC0584198 ; UCFC0584199 ; UCFC0584200 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Basecamp Sunbridge , 28.3341, ‑81.1894, 20–27 Jun 2023, pitfall trap, A. Pandolfi (♂1, UCFC0584201 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Basecamp Sunbridge , 28.3341, ‑81.1894, 11–18 Oct 2023, pitfall trap, A. Pandolfi (♂1: UCFC0584202 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Weslyn Park , 28.3352, -81.1826, 13–20 Mar 2023, pitfall trap, V. Cope (♂3, UCFC0584203 ; UCFC0584204 ; UCFC0584205 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Del Webb , 28.3325, ‑81.1903, 20– 27 Jun 2023, pitfall trap, V. Cope (♂1, UCFC0584206 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Weslyn Park , 28.3352, ‑81.1826, 20–27 Jun 2023, pitfall trap, V. Cope (♂1, UCFC0584207 ); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Del Webb , 28.3325, ‑81.1903, 19–26 Sept 2023, pitfall trap, V. Cope (♀1, FSCA); GoogleMaps Osceola Co., St. Cloud , Weslyn Park , 28.3352, ‑81.1826, 19–26 Sept 2023, pitfall trap, V. Cope (♂1, FSCA). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: This species can be easily distinguished from the related native species of Osoriinae by the deeply emarginate sides of pronotum in front of the posterior angles and pubescent dorsum ( Irmler 2015b), and from the closest genus Mimogonia by the larger size (over 3.0 mm), the pronotum laterally margined with distinct pits on the posterior angles, and the dark, red-brown body with the elytra slightly lighter reddish ( Irmler 1981)

Remarks: Photos posted on the website BugGuide indicate a specimen resembling M. fumator , reported from Rotonda West, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, on June 11, 2011 (record ID: https://bugguide.net/node/ view/607963), initially identified as Mimogonia . After further examination by Irmler, we confirmed the specimen to be M. fumator .