Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957

Zilberman, Bruno & Fontes, Luiz Roberto, 2020, New species and morphological notes on the termitophilous genera Fonsechellus Silvestri and Oecidiophilus Silvestri from Brazil (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Corotocini, Termitoceina), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (21), pp. 1-13 : 4

Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers ( Figs. 1-24 , 64 , 67, 68 , 73-77 )

Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957: 131 .

Material examined: BRAZIL. Santa Catarina: Itapema, 21.vii.1978, Renato L. de Araujo & Luiz R. Fontes col., 7 specimens (2 dissected on slides) ( MZSP 21165) (with Subulitermes sp., MZSP 7683).

Type locality: BRAZIL. Santa Catarina: Blumenau.

Figures

Figures 1-4. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers,1957.Habitus,lateral:(1) female;(2) male.Habitus,dorsal:(3) female;(4) male.Scale bars:0.4 mm.

Figures 5-24. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957. (5) Head, ventral; (6) antenna; (7A, B) mandible, left and right, arrows indicate teeth and drop shaped sulcus; (8) prementum; (9) maxilla; (10) labrum; (11) meso and metanotum; (12) meso and metasternum; (13) elytron; (14) anterior leg; (15) anterior tibia, with arrow indicating spurs;(16) middle leg;(17) hindleg;(18)sterniteVIII (female);(19) sterniteVIII (male);(20) tergiteVIII(female);(21) tergites IXand X (female);(22)sternite IX (male);(23) aedeagus;(24) spermatheca.Scale bars:8,10,15,22= 0.02 mm;9, 20,24= 0.03 mm;7a,7b,13,23=0.04 mm;21= 0.05 mm;18=0.06 mm; 11, 12,19 = 0.07 mm; 14= 0.08 mm;16 = 0.09 mm;5, 17 = 0.11 mm;6 = 0.13 mm.

Figures 64-66. Median lobe. (64) Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957; (65) Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993, arrow indicating anterior projection; (66) Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp.nov.Scale bars:0.05 mm.

Figures 67-72. Chaetotaxy, schemes of labrum and postmentum. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957: (67) labrum; (68) postmentum. FonsechellusfontesKistner,1993:(69)labrum;(70)postmentum.Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp.nov.:(71) labrum;(72) postmentum.

Figures 73-87. Chaetotaxy, schemes of tergites and sternites VIII and sternite IX. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957: (73) tergite VIII (female); (74) tergite VIII (male);(75)sterniteVIII(female);(76)sterniteVIII (male);(77) sterniteIX(male).Fonsechellus fontesiKistner,1993:(78)tergiteVIII (female);(79)tergiteVIII (male); (80) sternite VIII (female); (81) sternite VIII (male); (82) sternite IX (male). Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp. nov.: (83) tergite VIII (female); (84) tergite VIII (male); (85) sterniteVIII (female);(86) sterniteVIII (male); (87) sternite IX (male).