Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) fraudulentus Franz

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2013, Taxonomy of ' Euconnus complex'. Part II. Revision of Archiconnus Franz, Parapseudoconnus Franz and Mexiconnus gen. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 3666 (4), pp. 523-543 : 542-543

Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) fraudulentus Franz

( Figs. 24 , 36 )

Pseudoconnus (s. str.) fraudulentus Franz, 1980: 217 , Fig. 204.

Material studied. Remnants of the holotype preparation: 3: three labels ( Fig. 24 ): "Umg. Tarapoto / Peru, lg. Franz" with "SA137 [or /37]" on the reverse side [white, printed; reverse handwritten], " Pseudoconnus / fraudulentus / 3 m. / det. H. Franz" [white, handwritten and printed], " Typus " [red, handwritten] (NHMW).

Diagnosis. Aedeagus with internal armature as in Fig. 36 .

Redescription. The only known specimen (male holotype) is damaged (the mounting card bears a droplet of glue with small fragments of the basal abdominal sternite and hind coxae) except for the aedeagus ( Fig. 36 ), which is distorted, but with apparently intact internal armature; AeL 0.10.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Northern Peru, San Martin Province.

Remarks. In the original description Franz (1980) gives further collecting details: road Tarapoto-Yurimagua, 80 km from Tarapoto, between Pongo de Caimarachi and Shanussi, in litter of a bog or swamp forest ("Sumpfwald"), 0 1.10.1968. The damaged holotype, with only a partly distorted aedeagus left, makes it impossible to verify the generic and subgeneric status of P. fraudulentus . However, the internal armature of the aedeagus seems to be preserved in a non-distorted state and it may be possible to identify new specimens, preferably by direct comparisons of their aedeagi to the holotype preparation, and not only by comparing with the Fig. 36 . A possibility of a synonymy between P. simulator and P. fraudulentus cannot be excluded, as their aedeagi are highly similar and both holotypes were probably collected in the same spot.

Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) monticola Franz ( Fig. 25 )

Pseudoconnus (s. str.) monticola Franz, 1980: 217 , Fig. 205.

Material studied. Remnants of the holotype preparation: three labels ( Fig. 25 ): "Umg. Tarapoto / Peru, lg. Franz" with "SA136 [or /36]" on the reverse side [white, printed; reverse handwritten], " Pseudoconnus / monticola / 3 m. / det. H. Franz" [white, handwritten and printed], " Typus " [red, handwritten] (NHMW).

This species is known from a single holotype male only (but see also Remarks), and the specimen preserved in the Franz Coll. (NHMW) is damaged to the extent that makes it impossible to identify the species. Only the head, a part of prothorax and partly also fore legs are preserved. The original genital preparation in euparal or Canada balsam on a plastic mounting card has been in the past pinned in such a way that the card folded in half longitudinally and the mounting medium cracked and most of it has fallen off. A careful examination revealed that the remnants of the mounting medium do not contain the aedeagus or any other structures. Franz (1980, Fig. 205) illustrated the aedeagus of P. m o n t i c o l a and it may be possible to identify new specimens using this illustration. Only then a neotype can be designated.

Remarks. Franz (1980) in the original description mentions that the type series of P. m o n t i c o l a is composed of the holotype male and a paratype female. The male in the Franz Coll. (NHMW) is accompanied by another partly damaged specimen (only abdomen and the ventral part of pterothorax with three legs survived), but identified by Franz as a female of P. monticola with a question mark and not labeled as paratype. The identity (even to genus level) of these remnants is not possible. In the original description Franz (1980) gives further collecting details for P. monticola : road Tarapoto-Yurimagua, mountains 40 km from Tarapoto, in a forest litter, 0 1.10.1968.

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 25. Original set of labels of holotypes. Parapseudoconnus (s. str.) aberrans Franz (22), Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) simulator Franz (23), Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) fraudulentus Franz (24), and Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) monticola Franz (25).

FIGURES 32 – 36. Morphology of Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) simulator Franz (32 – 35) and Parapseudoconnus (Neuraphomimus) fraudulentus Franz (36), holotype males. Head in ventral view (32); prothorax in ventral view (33); pterothorax in ventral view (34); aedeagus of holotype (35 – 36) in ventral or dorsal view (see Material and Methods). Abbreviations: ai, asetose impression; ar, anterior ridge; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; cd, cardo; gal, galea; gen, gena; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; fo, foramen occipitale; h, hypostoma; hr, hypostomal ridge; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lac, lacinia; lp, labial palp; lmfa, lateral arm of metafurca; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; mst, mesostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nr, nss, pronotosternal suture; occ, occipital constriction; par, projection of anterior ridge; pc, prosternal intercoxal carina; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; ppf, palpifer; pre, prepectus; ptp, posterior tentorial pit; smn, submentum; vIII, metaventrite; vlf, ventro-lateral fovea.