Bolitogyrus costaricensis (Wendeler, 1927)

Brunke, Adam J. & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2014, A revision of the Neotropical species of Bolitogyrus Chevrolat, a geographically disjunct lineage of Staphylinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 423, pp. 1-113 : 21

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.423.7536

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55B4F9C8-5893-4F88-8416-60FF730E8872

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/346268A3-6A1C-D71B-B62E-8921BFA3E758

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scientific name

Bolitogyrus costaricensis (Wendeler, 1927)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Bolitogyrus costaricensis (Wendeler, 1927) View in CoL Figs 5A, 6B, 7 E–F, 11A, 12C, 13A, D, 15 E–H, 23B, 25 A–D, 29 A–B (maps)

Cyrtothorax costaricensis Wendeler, 1927: 8

Cyrtothorax costaricensis : Scheerpeltz 1974: 181 (in key)

Cyrtothorax nevermanni Scheerpeltz, 1974: 190, syn. n.

Type locality.

Turrialba Volcano, Cartago, Costa Rica

Type material.

Cyrtothorax costaricensis Wendeler, 1927

Holotype

(♀, ZMHB): ZENTR. AMERIKA, Costarica, Vukan Turialba, 10 km NÖ [northeast] v.[ulkan] Irazu [beige printed label]/ Cyrtothorax costaricensis , Wendeler [white label, name in script, author in print]/costaricensis [large green label, folded, hand printed]/Holotypus [red label, printed]/ Bolitogyrus , costaricensis, Det. Chatzimanolis 2010 [white label, hand printed] / Holotype ♀, Cyrtothorax costaricensis Wendeler, 1927, det. A. Brunke 2013 [red printed label].

The specimen located in ZMHB is interpreted as the holotype as Wendeler (1927) stated that only one specimen was seen. The female holotype possesses blue-purple metallic reflections on the elytra rather than deep purple, as stated by Wendeler (1927), a dark abdominal apex, fine abdominal microsculpture, a dark apical band on the mesofemur, a characteristically shaped tergite X and entirely dark forecoxae. Therefore, it is morphologically consistent with a species with known male sexual characters that is distributed from Guatemala to Costa Rica, here considered distinct from Bolitogyrus buphthalmus based on features of the male genitalia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Tribe

Staphylinini

Genus

Bolitogyrus