Anillinus moseleyae Sokolov and Carlton

Sokolov, Igor M., Carlton, Christopher & Cornell, James F., 2004, Review of Anillinus, with Descriptions of 17 New Species and a Key to Soil and Litter Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (2), pp. 185-233 : 221-222

Anillinus moseleyae Sokolov and Carlton , new species

( Fig. 33 , Map fig. 43)

Holotype ( USNM). Male labeled / USA: NC: Swain Co., GSMNP, Appalachian Trail 1.5 mi NE Newfound Gap, UTM 281639 E 3944038 N, ridgetop berlese C.Carlton, V. Moseley 18 July 2002 / LSAM 0017401 / HOLOTYPE, Anillinus moseleyae Sokolov and Carlton , des. 2003/.

Paratypes (27, all LSAM unless indicated otherwise). One male and four females with the same collection data labels as holotype. One male and 1 female labeled / USA: NC : Swain Co., GSMNP, Appalachian Trail at Sweat Heifer Cr Trail , UTM 282160 E 3944324 N, ridgetop berlese C.Carlton 18 July 2002 /; 1 female labeled / USA: NC : Swain Co., GSMNP, Kanati Fork Trail # 2 UTM 284435 E 3939504 N moist upland berlese C.Carlton 22 July 2002 /; 1 male labeled / USA, NC , Swain Co. GSMNP, Clingmans Dome, Fork Ridge Tr., 28 June 1994, J. F. Cornell, forest litter/ (slide mounted, JFC) ; 1 male and 1 female labeled / USA: TN : Blount Co., 5.8 mi E Cling.Dome , 1. VI .1991, C.E.Carlton/; 1 female labeled / USA, TN , Sevier Co., Appalachian Trail at Beech Gap on Clingmans Dome Rd. , 838269500W 358369360N/ elv. 1,750 m, forest litter berlese, 28 June 2001, C.Carlton, A.Tishechkin, V . Moseley /; 1 male and 2 females labeled / USA: NC : Swain Co., GSMNP, Noland Divide Trail at 36833967.60N 838289360W, 1,770 m, leaf/moss mat litter, 19 July 2003, A.Tishechkin /; 2 males and 1 female labeled / USA: TN : Sevier Co.,GSMNP, Road Prong. Trail at 368369360N 838279030W, 1,680 m, moss mat/leaf litter, 20 July 2003, A.Tishechkin / ( GRSM) ; 2 males and 1 female labeled / Tennessee: Sevier Co.,GSMNP, Indian Head Tr. , 35.609448N 83.446598W, sift.litter, 5,2909, 20 July 2003, S.O’Keefe / ( GRSM) ; 6 females labeled / Tennessee j N. Carol. border,GSMNP, Newfound Gap , 35.6118N 83.4258W, 5,0759 sift.litter, 19 July 2003, S.O’Keefe /.

Specific Epithet. The specific epithet honors Victoria Moseley (now Victoria M. Bayless), Curator of the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum and co-collector of the holotype .

Description. Medium to large-sized for genus (ABL range, 1.80–2.08 mm; mean, 1.89 mm, n ¼ 10). Habitus slightly convex, elongate (WE/ABL, 0.37) with relatively large head (WH/WPm, 0.80) and narrow pronotum and elytra (WPm/WE, 0.81). Color of body amber testaceous, appendages testaceous. Microsculpture of the head extended over anterior frons and all of vertex with the smooth area between them. Microsculpture absent from disc of pronotum.

Pronotum moderately convex, more elongate than in most species of genus (WPm/LP, 1.27), with margins markedly constricted posteriad (WPm/WPp, 1.41) and slightly sinuate before posterior angles. Anterior angles evident, slightly prominent. Posterior angles nearly rectangular (95–998). Width between anterior angles obviously greater than between posterior angles (WPa/ WPp, 1.11).

Elytra slightly convex, widely depressed along suture, of normal length for genus (LE/ABL, 0.57), with traces of 2–3 interneurs. Humeri slightly prominent, markedly rounded. Vestiture of elytra relatively short (less than one-fourth the length of discal setae).

Males with metafemora simple.

Median lobe ( Fig. 33 ) evenly arcuate and twisted, with enlarged rounded apex. Internal sac with copulatory pieceof markedly curved dorsal sclerites, in form of a blade-like structure; ventral sclerite and the spines absent.

Distribution. This species is known from high elevations (1,700 –1,800 m) in central Great Smoky Mountain National Park north and south of Newfound Gap along the Appalachian Trail (Sevier County, Tennessee / Swain County, North Carolina) ( Fig. 43 ).

Habitat. All specimens were collected from deep forest litter.

Differential Diagnosis. Anillinus moseleyae is parallel-sided with effaced microsculpture on the forebody ( Table 2, group VII of endogean species). The species is sympatric with at least two species of Anillinus . From these, A. langdoni and A. loweae , it differs by the absence of microsculpture on the disc of the pronotum and the more elongate body.

Figures

Figs. 32–37. Aedeagi of Anillinus spp., right lateral aspects, scale ¼ 0.1 mm. 32) A. magazinensis n.sp.; 33) A. moseleyae n.sp.; 34) Anillinus murrayae n.sp.; 35) A. robisoni n. sp.; 36) A. stephani n. sp.; 37) A. tishechkini n. sp.

Fig. 43. Locality records for Anillinus spp. occurring within Great Smoky Mountain National Park.