Rudolfina pilosa, Paiero & Marshall, 2020

Paiero, Steven Mark & Marshall, Stephen A., 2020, A revision of the genus Rudolfina Roháček (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), European Journal of Taxonomy 593, pp. 1-48 : 38-40

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.593

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3665060

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E664032-9FD5-4ED0-9A39-B63395A39655

taxon LSID

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treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rudolfina pilosa
status

sp. nov.

Rudolfina pilosa View in CoL sp. nov.

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Figs 18 View Fig , 21C View Fig

Etymology

The species epithet is from the Latin for ‘hairy’, referring to the hirsute sternites 4 and 5 of the male.

Material examined

Holotype

MEXICO • ♂; Oaxaca, 2.0 mi. W of Jct. Mex. 175- Yuvila Rd ; 9500 ft a.s.l.; 8–19 Aug. 1973; A. Newton leg.; oak-pine, dung; FMNH debu01086240.

Paratypes

MEXICO – Oaxaca • 1 ♂; 6.6 mi. N of Ixtlan de Juarez ; 8300 ft a.s.l.; 10–18 Aug. 1973; A. Newton leg.; oak woodland, human dung; DEBU 1 ♂; 4.1 mi. W of Jct. Mex. 175- Yuvila Rd ; 9300 ft a.s.l.; 8–19 Aug. 1973; A. Newton leg.; oak-fir-pine forest; UNAM 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; oak-fir-pine forest; FMNH .

Description

BODY. Length: 1.5–1.8 mm. Eye height 2.5 × genal height. Head with 3 interfrontal setae and 5–6 small setae along inner margin of orbital plate. Gena with 2 strong setae and 7–9 smaller setulae. Acrostichal setulae in 4–6 rows. Costagial seta extending slightly beyond humeral break; second costal sector equal to third sector; length of M 1 between crossveins dm-cu and r-m 2.0× dm-cu; CuA 1 stub vein ~5.0 × M 1 stub vein. Male mid femur with 4–5 small setae in ventrobasal cluster. Male mid tibia with ventral comb of 7–8 robust setae on apical ½, midventral seta absent (female unknown).

MALE ABDOMEN ( Fig. 18 View Fig ). Sternite 3 and 4 with dense cluster of setae posteromedially. Posterior margin of sternite 5 with round teeth on each side of a medial emargination; emargination less than 1/6 width of sternite and extending ~½ length. Transverse part of sternite 6 weakly arcuate. Epandrium with one large pair of setae ventrolaterally, one smaller pair of setae lateral to larger pair, and several setulae scattered over surface; subanal plate broadly continuous below anal opening. Surstylus boot-shaped, posteriorly bent near base, hirsute with 3–5 setae on posterior lobe (heel) and numerous smaller setae on anterior lobe (toe). Cercus fused with epandrium, with distinct seta on ventral margin. Postgonite clavate, with several setulae on dorsal surface. Dorsal sclerite of distiphallus ( Fig. 18 View Fig D–F) without distinct swellings and not extending beyond apex of acrophallus.

Female

Unknown.

Remarks

This species is most similar to R. newtoni sp. nov., which also has a setulose male sternite 4 and sternite 5. These species are easily distinguished by the shape of the male surstylus.

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

DEBU

Ontario Insect Collection, University of Guelph

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sphaeroceridae

Genus

Rudolfina

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