Diaulota, Casey, 1893

Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2023, Description of Diaulota submarina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) on Korean coasts, Zootaxa 5336 (1), pp. 141-147 : 144-145

Key to the species of Diaulota from the world

(Updated and revised from Ahn, 1996; Song et al., 2018; Yoo and Ahn, 2021. Note that dissections of the male genitalia are essential for correct species identification.)

1. Body black, rarely dark reddish brown.................................................................... 2

– Body brown to reddish brown........................................................................... 7

2. Hypomeron without longitudinal carina, more angulated posteriorly; mentum with deeper anterior emargination; median lobe (fig. 36 in Ahn, 1996)......................................................................... D. pacifica

– Hypomeron with longitudinal carina, less angulated posteriorly; mentum with shallower anterior emargiantion........... 3

3. Elytron wider than long; posterior margin of male sternite VIII crenate; median lobe (fig. 26 in Ahn, 1996).... D. fulviventris

– Elytron longer than wide; posterior margin of male sternite VIII smooth.......................................... 4

4. Anterior margin of labrum not truncated; median lobe (fig. 7 in Ahn, 1996); distributed in the NE Pacific coasts.................................................................................................... D. densissima

– Anterior margin of labrum truncated; distributed in the NW Pacific coats and Alaska ................................ 5

5. Pronotum and elytra without distinctively long filiform setae; mandible not pointed; median lobe (fig. 22 in Ahn, 1996)............................................................................................... D. alaskana

– Pronotum and elytra with distinctively long filiform setae; mandible more or less pointed........................... 6

6. Median lobe (fig. 21 in Ahn, 1996); distributed in Korea and Honshu ( Japan)................................ D. aokii

– Median lobe (figs. 3–4 in Song et al., 2018); distributed in Hokkaido ( Japan), Kamchatka ( Russia), and USA (Alaska)............................................................................................. D. hokkaidona

7. Labrum large and robust; mandible more elongate; labial palpi with 3 distinct articles; ligula with 2 minute setae; metum with shallower anterior emargination; tarsal formula 4-4-4......................................................... 8

– Labrum not large and robust; mandible less elongate; labial palpi with 3 indistinct articles; ligula without minute setae; metum with deeper anterior emargination; tarsal formula 3-3-4 or 4-4-5................................................ 9

8. Antennomeres 6–10 subquadrate; anterior margin of labrum truncated; labial palpomere 1 as wide as 2; median lobe smaller; apical process of median lobe broader; apical internal sclerite rounded (fig. 10L in Sawada, 1971); distributed in Japan.................................................................................................. D. uenoi

– Antennomeres 6–10 transverse; anterior margin of labrum rounded ( Fig. 3A ); labial palpomere 1 wider than 2; median lobe bigger; apical process of median lobe narrower; apical internal sclerite larger and polygonal ( Fig. 4D ); distributed in Korea........................................................................................... D. submarina

9. Elytron wider than long......................................................................... D. harteri

– Elytron longer than wide.............................................................................. 10

10. Head rounded, as long as wide; antennomeres 8–10 subquadrate; tarsal formula 3-3-4; median lobe (fig. 6 in Yoo and Ahn, 2021)...................................................................................... D. koreana

-– Head oblong, longer than wide; antennomeres 8–10 trransverse; tarsal formula 4-4-5............................... 11

11. Infraorbital carina incomplete, reaching to half of head; median lobe (fig. 42 in Ahn, 1996); distributed in California ................................................................................................. D. vandykei

– Infraorbital carina complete, reaching to eye; median lobe (fig. 12 in Song et al., 2018); distributed in Hokkaido .. D. oharai

Figures

FIG. 3. Diaulota submarina sp. nov. A Labrum, dorsal aspect; B Mandibles, ventral aspect; C Maxilla, ventral aspect; D Labium, ventral aspect. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIG. 4. Diaulota submarina sp. nov. A Male sternite VIII, ventral aspect; B Male tergites IX–X, dorsal aspect; C Female tergites IX–X, dorsal aspect; D Median lobe, lateral aspect; E Paramere, lateral aspect; F Spermatheca. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.