Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004) Maruyama, 2004

Maruyama, Munetoshi, von Beeren, Christoph & Hashim, Rosli, 2010, Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861), ZooKeys 59, pp. 47-60 : 49

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.59.510

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004)
status

comb. n.

Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004) comb. n.

Wroughtonilla watanabei Maruyama 2004: 92 (original description).

Type locality.

Bolikhamsai (Borikhamxay), Laos.

Distribution.

Laos.

Symbiotic host.

Unknown.

Diagnosis.

This species is closely similar to Maschwitzia ulrichi in general appearance, but is distinguished from it by the pronotum being wider around the posterior margin and by the different shape of the aedeagus, especially the apical part of the median lobe being less widened apically and largely excavated paramerally.

Comments.

Only the holotype is known. The symbiotic host is probably Leptogenys distinguenda or a related species, although Leptogenys distinguenda is not recorded from Laos at present.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Maschwitzia