Ischnopodanebulosa Pa, 2006

PA – NIK, GRZEGORZ, 2006, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 1179 (1), pp. 1-96 : 72-74

Ischnopodanebulosa Pa ś nik, sp. n. ( Figs. 79–80 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂: Republic of South Africa, Natal , Itala Game Res.: Thalu river banks, 27.I.1994, M. Uhlig ( ZMHB).

Description. Body. Length 2.8 mm, convex, parallel­sided, weakly glossy; body colour brown; abdominal tergites 3–5 yellowish brown, legs yellow, antennae brown with antennomeres 1–2 and 11 yellow.

Head quadrate in outline, moderately convex; eyes large, moderately protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above slightly longer than postocular region; surface of head with strong isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation relatively coarse and dense. Antennae short, clearly increased in width apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length, antennomere 4–7 longer than wide, antennomeres 8–10 as long as wide, antennomere 11 nearly conical.

Pronotum subquadrate, moderately convex, lateral sides concavely narrowed to obtuse hind angles; before base with deep transverse impression; surface with strong isodiametric mesh microsculpture, puncturation fine and dense; pubescence at midline directed posteriorly in apical half and anteriorly in basal half.

Elytra subquadrate, at suture shorter than pronotum at midline; surface with dense isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation coarse and dense.

Abdomen parallel­sided, bases of tergites 3–5 each with deep transverse impression, tergal impressions coarsely and densely punctuate, tergal puncturation fine and moderately dense, surface lacking microsculpture.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs. 79–80 .

Female unknown.

Remarks. See under I. cameroni and I. rugosa .

Etymology. The name nebulosa refers to the weakly glossy, dull pronotal surface.

Distribution. The new species is known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 79–80. Ischnopoda nebulosa Paśnik, sp. n.: 79—aedeagus in lateral view, 80— aedeagus in ventral view.