Pararticerus latus (Raffray, 1910)

Hlavác, Peter, 2007, Revision of the subtribe Clavigerodina and an annotated catalogue of South African Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 65-92 : 82

Pararticerus latus (Raffray, 1910)

Figs 6 , 39

Articerodes latus: Raffray 1910: 421 .

Fustigerodes andreaei Wasmann, 1925: 237 ; Coulon 1983: 288 (synonymy).

Pararticerus latus (Raffray) : Jeannel 1955: 179; 1964: 206, figs 301, 302.

Differential diagnosis: This species can be separated easily from P. ruthae sp. n. by the presence of a single small, sharp spine on the mesofemora, and by a different, more distant location of the apical spur of the mesotibia, as well as by the different form of the aedeagus (Coulon 1983: 288, fig. 2).

Description: Body reddish brown, elytra lighter, about 1.7–1.9 mm long and 0.8–0.9 mm wide, head about 1.1–1.15 times as long as wide and about as long as pronotum, with rough reticulate surface, tempora slightly convergent; terminal antennomere conical, 4.25–4.45 times as long as wide at apex and 3.55–3.9 times as long as III; pronotum about 1.10–1.25 times as wide as long, with about 8 macrosetae on sides, longitudinal sulcus shallow but well-defined, borne in large median antebasal fovea; elytra shiny, with 8 or 9 elongate lines formed from suberect setae; abdomen shiny, with minuscule, sparse setation; mesofemora with single, small and sharp spine, mesotibiae with spur in apical third.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 5ơ 16^‘ Natal Midlands, Northington [Nottingham], 1420 m, 29.28°S: 30.01°E [29°28'S: 30°01'E] / 12.xii.1989, E-Y: 2764, sifted forest litter, Endrödy & Klimaszew [ski]’ ( TMSA, CPH) ; 1^‘ Natal Midlands, Karkloof for[est]. 1300 m, 29.18°S: 30.13°E [29°18'S: 30°13'E] / 5.xii.1989, E-Y:2745, sifted forest litter, Endrödy & Klimaszewski’ ( TMSA) ; 1^‘ S Natal, Weza, Ingeni forest , 30.32°S: 29.41°E [30°32'S: 29°41'E] / 28.viii.1989, E-Y:2672, litter under bushes, Endrödy & Klimaszewski / ground traps with faeces bait’ ( TMSA) ; 1^‘ S Natal, Weza, Impetyene forest , 30.37°S: 29.42°E [30°37'S:29°42] / 16.xi.1989, E-Y: 2682, forest floor litter, Endrödy & Klimaszewski’ ( TMSA) ; 1^‘S Natal, Weza, Impetyene grassveld, 30.37°S: 29.42°E [30°37'S: 29°42'E] / 16.xi.1989, E-Y: 2680, intercept trap, 12 day, Endrödy & Klimaszewski’ ( TMSA) ; 1ơ ‘S Natal, Weza, Impetyene grassveld, 30.37°S: 29.42°E [30°37'S: 29°42'E] / 25.xi.1989, E-Y: 2717, flowering grassveld, Endrödy & Klimaszewski’ ( TMSA) ; 2ơ 2^‘ KwaZulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi [Ngome] Forest , 27.51°S: 31.23°E [27°51'S: 31°23'E], 24–27.xi.2006, J. Janák lgt.’ ( CPH) ; Eastern Cape: 2ơ ‘ Cape, Amatole, Isidenge For. St. , 32.41°S: 27.15°E [32°41'S: 27°15'E] / 18.xi.1987, E-Y: 2524, grass tussocks, leg. Endrödy-Younga’ ( TMSA, CPH) .

Figures

Figs 1–8. Habitus of South African Clavigerodina: (1) Commatocerodes raffrayi, (2) Dejaegeria joannae, (3) Fustigeropsis peringueyi, (4) Novoclaviger gibbiventris, (5) N. joncooteri, (6) Pararticerus latus, (7) Villofustiger gibbiceps, (8) Zuluclavodes briantaylori.