Atheta (Datomicra) lewisiana Cameron, 1933

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2017, A taxonomic review of the Korean species of the subgenus Datomicra Mulsant & Rey of the genus Atheta Thomson, with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 4268 (4), pp. 508-522 : 515-516

Atheta (Datomicra) lewisiana Cameron, 1933

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Atheta (Datomicra) lewisiana Cameron, 1933: 214 .

Atheta (Datostiba) lewisiana: Yosii & Sawada, 1976: 19 ; Smetana, 2004: 380; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 529. Atheta (Datomicra) lewisiana: Pace, 1986: 95 ; Paśnik, 2001: 214.

Diagnosis. Length about 1.7–2.0 mm. Body ( Fig. 1 D) dark brown to black; elytra and legs paler than other parts. Head. Slightly transverse, approximately 1.1–1.2 times as wide as long, widest across eyes, narrower than pronotum; eyes distinctly large and prominent, about 1.5 times as long as temples; infraorbital carina complete. Antennae slightly longer than head and pronotum combined; antennomeres 1–3 elongate, 4–10 subquadrate to slightly transverse, 11 longest, about as long as preceding two combined. Thorax. Pronotum approximately 1.3–1.4 times as wide as long, widest at middle; hypomera fully visible in lateral aspect. Elytra slightly transverse, slightly wider than pronotum; elytron approximately 1.6–1.7 times as long as wide; postero-lateral margin almost straight. Abdomen. Subparallel-sided, widest at middle; surface glossy and densely pubescent, with reticulate microsculpture; macrochaetal arrangement of tergites II–VI 02-03-13 -13-13; male tergite VIII with four macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin with four short processes; posterior margin of female tergite VIII slightly emarginate; posterior margin of female sternite VIII subtruncate, with conspicuous and long marginal setae. Aedeagus. Median lobe ovate and widest at middle, apical process elongate, rounded at apex in ventral aspect. Spermatheca. Securiform, with small and elongate umbilicus; duct slightly coiled at apex.

Type material. Holotype, ♂, labeled as follows: ‘ Holo-type , Settsu Mimoo PK 27. IX. 32, M.Cameron Bequest B.M. 1955–147., a. lewisiana Cam. TYPE’ . Paratypes, 3 exx., Osaka Mimoo PK. M.Cameron Bequest B.M. 1955–147., Atheta lewisiana Cam . P.M. Hammond, det. 1973 PARATPE; 2 exx., Kobe 26.X.32, M. Cameron Bequest B.M. 1955–147., Atheta lewisiana Cam. P.M . Hammond, det. 1973 PARATPE; 2 exx., Japan Kobe 25. I. 33, M.Cameron., Bequest. B.M. 1955–147. Atheta lewisiana Cam . P.M. Hammond, det. 1973 PARATPE; 1 ex., Settsu Mimoo PK 27. IX. 32, M.Cameron Bequest B.M. 1955–147., Atheta lewisiana Cam. P.M. Hammond , det. 1973 PARATPE.

Material examined. NORTH KOREA: 5 exx., Korea 1974 Kymgang-san 100, 17/vi. As [ North Korea, Gangwon Prov., Mt. Geumgangsan , 17 vi 1974, A. Szeptycki].

Distribution. Korea (North), China (Beijing, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Nepal and Oriental region.

Remarks. Atheta (Datomicra) lewisiana is similar to A. (D.) celata , A. (D.) dadopora and A. (D.) nigra , but can be distinguished by the characters provided in the key and different shape and structure of aedeagus and spermatheca (See Yosii & Sawada, 1976: Figs. 3 I–L, 3O; Pace, 1986: Fig. 45). This species was recorded by Paśnik (2001) in North Korea and no specimen has been collected in South Korea.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus. A, Atheta (Datomicra) celata, 1.8 mm; B, A. (D.) dadopora, 1.7 mm; C, A. (D.) dentiventris, 2.3 mm; D, A. (D.) lewisiana, 1.8 mm; E, Atheta (D.) nigra, 1.7 mm; F, A. (D.) pyongangsani, 2.0 mm; G, A. (D.) semidentiventris sp. nov., 2.1 mm; H, A. (D.) sordidula, 1.6 mm.

FIGURE 3. Atheta (Datomicra) dadopora. A, antenna; B, male abdominal tergite VIII (dorsal aspect); C, male abdominal sternite VIII (ventral aspect); D, female abdominal tergite VIII (dorsal aspect); E, female abdominal sternite VIII (ventral aspect); F, median lobe of aedeagus (lateral aspect); G, median lobe of aedeagus (ventral aspect); H, paramere (lateral aspect); I, spermatheca. Scales = 0.1 mm.