Atheta (Microdota) hamgyongsani Pasnik , 2001

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2015, A taxonomic review of Korean species of the AthetaThomsonsubgenusMicrodota Mulsant & Rey, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), ZooKeys 502, pp. 61-97 : 67

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Microdota) hamgyongsani Pasnik, 2001 Fig. 3

Atheta (Microdota) hamgyongsani Paśnik, 2001: 211; Smetana 2004: 385 (as valid species).

Material examined.

Holotype, ♂, labeled as follows: 'Corea septentr. Hamgjong-pukdo 2-6 X 1991 ISEZ, HOLOTYPE Atheta (Microdota) hamgyongsani sp. n. det. G. Paśnik 2000' [North Korea, Hamgyeongbuk Prov., 2-6.x.1991, ISEA].

Description.

Length 1.6-1.8 mm. Body (Fig. 3) slender and parallel-sided, more or less flattened; surface distinctly glossy and densely pubescent, with fine microsculpture. Body usually reddish brown; head and abdomen slightly darker than other parts; antennae and legs paler. Head. Subquadrate, about as wide as long, widest across eyes, slightly narrower than pronotum; eyes small and slightly prominent, about 0.6-0.7 times longer than tempora; infraorbital carina incomplete; gular sutures moderately separated, dilated apically. Antennae dilated apically; antennomeres 1-3 elongate, 1 longest, 4-10 distinctly transverse, 11 longer than wide, about as long as preceding two combined. Thorax. Pronotum transverse, approximately 1.3 times wider than long, widest at apical third; pubescence directed posteriorly in midline. Elytra slightly transverse, slightly wider than pronotum, elytron approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, pubescence directed posteriorly and postero-laterally; postero-lateral margin slightly sinuate; hind wings fully developed. Legs. Slender and long, with dense pubescence and setae; tibiae with two spurs at apex; meso- and metatarsomeres 1-4 subequal in length. Abdomen. Parallel-sided, widest at middle; surface distinctly glossy and densely pubescent; male tergite VIII with 4 macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin subtruncate; male sternite VIII with 7 macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin rounded. Genitalia. Median lobe ( Paśnik 2001: Figs 30-31) oval; apical process abruptly convergent at apex in ventral aspect.

Distribution.

Korea (North).

Remarks.

This species was recorded by Paśnik (2001) in North Korea and a dissected specimen was unavailable. Accordingly, we could not describe the mouthparts and aedeagus in detail.