Loncovilius hammondi, Reyes-Hernández & Hansen & Shaw & Solodovnikov, 2024

Reyes-Hernández, José L., Hansen, Aslak Kappel, Shaw, Josh Jenkins & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2024, Phylogeny-based taxonomic revision and niche modelling of the rove beetle genus Loncovilius Germain, 1903 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 202 (1), pp. 1-42 : 25

germaini group

Included species: Loncovilius germaini (Scheerpeltz, 1933) , L. hammondi sp. nov., and L. impunctus sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Head transverse, with coarse non-setiferous punctures; nuchal ridge complete dorsally, nuchal and infraorbital ridges joined; postmandibular ridge distinctly separated from eye margin and well-developed PMP ( Fig. 8E ; Brunke et al. 2019: fig. 1); right mandible with distal tooth bifid; less mandible only with proximal, non-bifid tooth. Pronotum transverse, outline evenly curved. Tergites III and IV with two patches of punctures of moderate size and density, with a middle impunctate line ( Fig. 9A ); ovipositor, its second gonocoxite without macroseta medially ( Fig. 9F ).

Figures

Figure 8. A, pronotum of L. carlsbergi. AMRSP = anterior marginal row of setiferous punctures, APP = additional paired punctures adjacent to AMRSP, LLSP = large lateral setiferous puncture, LPSP = large posterior setiferous puncture, PPDS = paired punctures on dorsal serial, SLSP = sublateral setiferous puncture.B, L. cantharoides ventral view of mesotarsomere 3 with pale adhesive setae with terminal plate.C, L. cantharoides ventral view of metatarsomere 4, apical margin emarginated (bilobed), with pale adhesive setae without terminal plate. D, L. cantharoides tergites VI and VII.Black arrow up = anterior transverse basal carina (ATBC) laterally straight continuing to paratergites, white arrow down = ATBC descending laterally without reaching tergite margin.Head in ventral view of Loncovilius species. E, L. hammondi. F, L. lividipennis. PMP = postmandibular puncture, PMR = postmandibular ridge, EM = eye margin.

Figure 9. Details of the abdominal structures of Loncovilius species; tergites III and IV (A–E); ovipositor (F–H). A, Loncovilius germaini. B, L. variabilis. C, L. edwardsianus. D, L. semiflavus. E, L. lividipennis. F, L. impunctus. G, L. semiflavus. H, L. edwardsianus.