Adota magnipennis ( Bernhauer, 1943 ) Bernhauer, 1943

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of Nearctic species of the genera Adota Casey, 1910 and Psammostiba Yosii & Sawada, 1976 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 185, pp. 1-35 : 20

Adota magnipennis ( Bernhauer, 1943) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 36 , F­R in Yosii & Sawada 1976)

Atheta (Anopleta) magnipennis Bernhauer, 1943: 184 .

Atheta (Anopleta) magnipennis: G.Benick, 1970: 94 .

Atheta (Halostiba) magnipennis: Yosii & Sawada, 1976: 88 . Atheta (Halostiba) magnipennis: Sawada, 1977: 173 .

Diagnosis. Adota magnipennis can be recognized by the distinct shape of male tergum 8 ( Fig. 36 , K: Yosii & Sawada 1976), the presence of few bifurcate microsetae at the apex of male sternum 8 ( Fig.36 , M) and by the distinct shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca ( Figs. 36 , N­R).

Adota magnipennis can be distinguished from the Nearctic species of Adota by the concave and slightly crenulate posterior margin of the male tergum 8 and different shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca.

Distribution. Adota magnipennis is known from Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Figures

FIGURES 35 ­ 41. Genitalia of Adota gnypetoides Casey (male (35 ­ 39) and female (40 ­ 41) from Bodega Head, California). 35 – median lobe, parameral view; 36 – apex of median lobe, parameral view; 37 – median lobe, lateral view; 38 – apex of median lobe, lateral view; 39 – apex of left paramere; 40 ­ 41 – spermatheca. Scale bar 0.1 mm (36, 38 ­ 39), 0.2 mm (35, 37, 40 ­ 41).