Paulianidia elegans Lecoq, 2008

Janák, Jiří & Baňař, Petr, 2024, Four new species and new records of the genus Paulianidia of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Zootaxa 5428 (2), pp. 253-268 : 262

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scientific name	Paulianidia elegans Lecoq, 2008
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Paulianidia elegans Lecoq, 2008: 600 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , Fig. 6B View FIGURES 1–18 .

Type locality. Central Madagascar, Ankazobe, Ambohitantely forest .

Material examined (34 specimens). MADAGASCAR, Ambohitantely Special Reserve , L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt .: 1.ix. 2011, S18°11’45.1” E47°17’13.4”, 1604m, sifting forest litter under Pandanus , 1 ♀ ( MMBC) GoogleMaps ; 1.ix. 2011, S18°11’48.8” E47°17’10.7”, 1621m, sifting forest litter under palm tree, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MMBC) GoogleMaps ; 2.ix.2011, S18°10’52.5” E47°17’21.2”, 1476m, sifting litter under big rock by stream, 7 ♂, 10 ♀ ( MMBC, JJRC) GoogleMaps ; 2.ix.2011, S18°10’52.3” E47°17’21.3”, 1500m, sifting litter by stream, 4 ♂, 4 ♀ ( MMBC, JJRC) GoogleMaps ; 2.ix.2011, S18°10’53.5” E47°17’22.3”, 1490m, sifting forest litter under Pandanus , close to river, 1 ♀ ( MMBC) GoogleMaps ; 2.ix.2011, S18°10’53.9” E47°17’22.4”, 1518m, sifting forest litter by waterfall, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ ( MMBC) GoogleMaps . Ambohitantely Spec. Res., 18.xi.2011, sifting forest litter under palm tree, ~ 1600m, P. Baňař lgt. ( MMBC, JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is known from Ambohitantely forest in central Madagascar only.

References

Lecoq, J. C. (2008) Revision du genre Paulianidia Jarrige, 1978 de Madagascar (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Zoosystema, 30 (3), 579 - 603.

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FIGURES 45–67. 45: Paulianidia andringitrensis Lecoq, holotype, aedeagus ventral. 46–50: P. armata Jarrige, Ambondrombe: 46–48, aedeagus (46, ventral; 47, 1/3 lateral; 48, lateral); 49, male sternite VII; 50, male sternite VIII. 51–55. P. brunnea Jarrige, Ranomafana: 51–53, aedeagus (51, ventral; 52, 1/3 lateral; 53, lateral); 54, male sternite VII; 55, male sternite VIII. 56: P. descarpentriesi Jarrige, aedeagus ventral (ex Lecoq 2008: 3A). 57: P. densipennis Jarrige, holotype, habitus. 58–62: P. elegans Lecoq, Ambohitantely: 58–60, aedeagus (58, ventral; 59, 1/3 lateral; 60, lateral); 61, male sternite VII; 62, male sternite VIII. 63–64: P. fisheri Lecoq, holotype: 63, aedeagus ventral; 64, male sternite VIII (ex Lecoq 2008: 5D). 65–68: P. hammondi Lecoq, holotype: 65–66, aedeagus (65, ventral; 66, lateral); 67, male sternite VIII (ex Koszela et al. 2023: 2M, N, K). Scale 1 mm: 57; scales 0.5 mm: 45, 46–55, 56, 58–60, 61–62, 63, 65–66, 67; scale 0.3 mm: 64.

FIGURES 1–18. 1–8: Paulianidia densepunctata sp. nov., holotype: 1, habitus; 2, forebody; 3, outer part of left elytron; 4–6, aedeagus (4, ventral; 5, 1/3 lateral; 6, lateral); 7, male sternite VII; 8, male sternite VIII. 9–18: P. hova Lecoq, paratypes: 9–14, 16–17; specimen from Ranomafana: 15, 17; 9, habitus; 10, forebody; 11–15, aedeagus (11, 14–15, ventral; 12, 1/3 lateral; 13, lateral); 16, male sternite VII; 17, posterior part of male sternite VII; 18, male sternite VIII. Scales 1 mm: 1–2, 9–10; 0.5 mm: 4–6, 7–8, 11–18; scale 0.1 mm: 3.