Pseudolathra filitarsis ( CASEY 1905)

Assing, V., 2013, A revision of Pseudolathra of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. II. Six new species and additional records, with notes on some New World species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 205-227 : 205-227

Pseudolathra filitarsis ( CASEY 1905) (Figs 35-41)

Linolathra filitarsis CASEY 1905: 132 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Lectotype 3 [remounted, aedeagus and apical abdominal segments dissected], present designation: "VA / Casey bequest 1925 / filitarsis -5, Paratypus USNM 38175 / Lectotypus 3 Linolathra filitarsis Casey , desig. V. Assing 2012 / Pseudolathra filitarsis (Casey) , det. V. Assing 2012" ( USNM) . Paralectotypes: 4 exs. [1 ex. without abdomen]: "VA / Casey bequest 1925 / filitarsis -[6, 7, 9, 11], Paratypus USNM 38175" ( USNM) ; 13 [dissected prior to present study]: "VA / Casey bequest 1925 / Type USNM 38175 / filitarsis Csy / Lectotype Paralathra filitarsis by L. E. Watrous " ( USNM) ; 2 exs. [1 ex. without head and pronotum]: " Tex. / Casey bequest 1925 / filitarsis -[2, 3], Paratypus USNM 38175" ( USNM) ; 2 exs.: " Nashville , Ten , Aug. 4-15, '97, Wickham / Casey bequest 1925 / filitarsis -[4, 10], Paratypus USNM 38175" ( USNM) ; 1 ex.: " Miss / Casey bequest 1925 / filitarsis -8, Paratypus USNM 38175" ( USNM) .

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1ex.,"Cin.O."(USNM).

C o m m e n t: The original description of Linolathra filitarsis is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi (Vicksburg) and Texas (Austin)" ( CASEY 1905). Eleven type specimens were located in the collections of the USNM. One of the males has a lectotype label by Watrous attached to it, but this designation was never published. The remaining specimens have curator paratype labels attached to them. One male in good condition is designated as the lectotype and illustrated in Figs 35-41. The species is the type species of Linolathra CASEY 1905, another synonym of Pseudolathra . Based on an examination of the above type material, the generic placement of L. filitarsis in Pseudolathra is confirmed.

This species is distinguished from P. inviolata and P. filicornis by the smaller and more slender body, as well as by the coloration (head and abdomen blackish, strongly contrasting with the pale-reddish pronotum and elytra. The supra-marginal line of the elytra is fine, but complete.

Figs 35-41: Pseudolathra filitarsis (CASEY) , lectotype: (35) habitus; (36) male sternite VII; (37) male sternite VIII; (38-39) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (40) apical portion of aedeagus in dorsal view; (41) apical portion of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 35: 1.0 mm; 36-40: 0.2 mm; 41: 0.1 mm.

5. Afrotropical species