Ischnopodapretiosa 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 : 66-67

Ischnopodapretiosa Pa ś nik, sp. n. ( Figs. 69–70 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂: Ethiopia: Kaffa , 38 km SW of Jimma Belleta F., 7200 ft., 1971, under bark & dead leaves ( BMNH).

Description. Body. Length 3.4 mm, convex, parallel­sided, moderately glossy; body colour black; elytra brownish, legs red, antennae black with antennomeres 1–3 brown.

Head transverse, flattened dorsally, broadly and relatively deeply impressed medially; eyes large, moderately protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above subequal to that of postocular region; surface of head with isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation fine and dense. Antennae short, clearly increased in width apically, antennomere 3 longer than 2, antennomeres 4–5 longer than wide, antennomeres 6–10 quadrate, antennomere 11 nearly conical.

Pronotum transverse, lateral sides concavely narrowed to obtuse hind angles; before base with small and shallow transverse impression; surface lacking microsculpture; puncturation fine and very dense, pubescence at midline directed entirely anteriorly.

Elytra transverse, at suture longer than pronotum at midline; surface without microsculpture; puncturation fine and dense.

Abdomen parallel­sided, bases of tergites 3–5 each with deep transverse impression, impressions coarsely and densely punctuate, tergal puncturation fine and moderately dense, surface without microsculpture.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs. 69–70 .

Female unknown.

Remarks. See under I. pratensis .

Etymology. The name pretiosa refers to the body shape.

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

Figures

FIGURES 69–70. Ischnopoda pretiosa Paśnik, sp. n.: 69—aedeagus in lateral view, 70—aedeagus in ventral view.