Stenomastigus basilewskyi Leleup

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2012, Stenomastigus Leleup (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae): status of subgenus Acanthostigus Leleup and revision of species with elongated male protrochanters, Zootaxa 3153, pp. 39-56 : 51-53

Stenomastigus basilewskyi Leleup

( Figs. 3, 4 , 15 , 20 , 31, 32, 50–55, 65, 70)

Stenomastigus (Acanthostigus) basilewskyi Leleup, 1968: 96 .

Material studied. Paratypes: 9 33, 6 ƤƤ, Republic of South Africa, Natal, Bergville District, Indumeni Forest ( RMCA).

Revised diagnosis. Male: Body ( Fig. 54 ) yellowish-testaceous, with slightly darker head and pronotum; protrochanters ( Fig. 15 ) with projecting distal margin forming broad rod slightly broadening apically, projection longer than remaining part of trochanter; profemora ( Fig. 20 ) in dorsal view with deep lateral subapical emargination and broad, blunt lateral tooth at base of emargination; aedeagus (Figs. 31, 32, 50–53) in abparameral view with weak constriction between basal capsule of median lobe and base of copulatory piece, in left lateral view long paramere with long, subtriangular parameral tooth strongly standing out from the silhouette of paramere; apical part of paramere above tooth distinctly broadened. Female ( Fig. 55 ): body pigmented as in male; elytra with deep basal impression adjacent to pronotal base; in lateral view apex of elytra located nearly in middle of elytral height.

Distribution. Republic of South Africa, Natal.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Mesoventral process of males (1, 3) and females (2, 4 – 8) in ventral view. 1 – 2, Stenomastigus franzi Leleup. 3 – 4, S. basilewskyi Leleup. 5, S. longicornis (Boheman). 6, S. dendrophilus Leleup. 7, S. varii Leleup. 8, S. jeanneli Leleup. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 9 – 16. Protrochanter of male in lateral view. 9, Stenomastigus franzi Leleup. 10, S. jeanneli Leleup. 11, S. longicornis (Boheman). 12, S. berlinafricanus sp. n. 13, S. kosianus sp. n. 14, S. allaeri Leleup. 15, S. basilewskyi Leleup. 16, S. kochi Leleup. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 17 – 21. Left protibia of male in lateral (17 – 19, 21) and dorsal (20) views. 17, Stenomastigus berlinafricanus sp. n. 18, S. kosianus sp. n. 19, S. allaeri Leleup. 20, S. basilewskyi Leleup. 21, S. kochi Leleup. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 54 – 55. Dorsal habitus of male (54) and female (55) Stenomastigus basilewskyi Leleup. Scale bars: 1 mm.