Borneochara rougemonti, Pace, 2014

Pace, R., 2014, Aleocharinae from Sabah (Borneo) collected by Guillaume de Rougemont (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 727-794 : 769

Borneochara rougemonti nov.sp. ( Figs 64 and 239-243 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l Holotype, Sabah, Danum Valley , B.R.L., f.i.t., 14-16.II.2007, G. de Rougemont leg. ( CROU).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 1.81 mm. Body shiny, yellowish-red, head and elytra reddish-brown, antennae reddish with the three basal antennomeres yellow, legs yellow. Second antennomere shorter than the first, third shorter than the second, fourth as long as wide, fifth to tenth transverse. Eyes very large in dorsal view. Body devoid of reticulation. Puncturation of the head invisible, that of the pronotum very sparse. Granulation of the elytra superficial and sparse. Free abdominal tergites bare and convex with long bristles on the posterior margins. The pronotum bears ample lateral impressions. Aedeagus: Figs 239-240.

E t y m o l o g y: The new species is dedicated to its collector, our colleague, the staphylinid specialist Guillaume de Rougemont.

Figures

Figs 58-64: Habitus. (58): Mimacrotona borneensis nov.sp., scale bar 1.5 mm; (59): Apimela perarmata nov.sp., scale bar 2.1 mm; (60): Pseudoplandria fortis nov.sp., scale bar 5.9 mm; (61): Pseudoplandria confundibilis nov.sp., scale bar 2.8 mm; (62): Pseudoplandria collaris nov.sp., scale bar 3.3 mm; (63): Aleochara (Aleochara) sabahensis nov.sp., scale bar 9 mm; (64): Borneochara rougemonti nov.sp., scale bar 1.8 mm.

Figs 230-243: Spermatheca, aedeagus in lateral and ventral view, labium with labial palpus, maxilla with maxillary palpus, mentum. (230): Apimela perarmata nov.sp.; (231-232): Pseudoplandria fortis nov.sp.; (233-235): Pseudoplandria confundibilis nov.sp.; (236): Pseudoplandria collaris nov.sp.; (237-238): Aleochara (Aleochara) sabahensis nov.sp.; (239-243): Borneochara rougemonti nov.gen., nov.sp. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.