Sonoma carltoni, Ferro, 2016

Ferro, Michael L., 2016, Fourteen new species of Sonoma Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with a key to species from western North America, Insecta Mundi 2016 (472), pp. 1-57 : 9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5170505

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B39DE284-15C2-4ADE-B1B9-9146D3DFE764

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5185110

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB384340-9164-FFB5-6CA2-BA0629DA52E3

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Felipe

scientific name

Sonoma carltoni
status

sp. nov.

3. Sonoma carltoni View in CoL new species

Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 , 33 View Figures 33–36 ; Map 4.

Description. Holotype, male. Measurements: head 0.22 long, 0.28 wide; pronotum 0.28 long, 0.32 wide; elytra 0.54 long, 0.26 wide; antennomeres 1–11 total 0.55; total length 1.86. Body brown, antennae, maxillary palpi, and legs paler. Body covered in short setae (less than 1/4 length of the eye).

Head. Eyes large, maximum length in dorsal view subequal to length of first antennal segment, with approximately 40 facets. Antennomere 2 approximately 0.75x width of 1; 3 smallest. Elongate setae at temples (greater than 1/2 length of eye).

Thorax. Elytra with 3 sutural foveae; 2 foveae lateral to sutural fovea; central row of 3–4 foveae in basal 1/3. Winged. Metatibia unmodified.

Abdomen. Tergite IV with transverse patch of microtrichia narrowly interrupted at midline. Basal lateral foveae on ventrites V–VI. Basal pubescence present on ventrites IV–VII.

Aedeagus. Blunt. Left paramere: subequal in size to phallobase; mesal margin straight; four large setae on posterio-lateral corner, greater than 1/2 length of paramere; central ventral shelf bearing setal tuft; lateral ventral shelf with setal tuft. Endophalus: elongate; thick hook-like basal process on right; cup-like setae-bearing flange on left at mid-point; apical half elongate, parallel sided; tip consisting of apical and subapical knobs. Right paramere: subequal in size to phallobase; with single ventral digitate process extending beyond apex of paramere; 4–5 elongate setae on postero-lateral corner and row of 5 smaller setae arranged mesially.

Type Material. Holotype, male: * USA: OR: Benton Co., Siuslaw N.F., Marys Peak , Meadowedge Tr. (top part), 1189-1197 m, 44°30.417’N, 123°33.12’W, 17.ix.2012, old-growth Abies procera forest, FMHD#2012-030 , berl., log & litter, A. Newton & M. Thayer; ANMT site 1245 (1♂). Deposited in FMNH. GoogleMaps

Paratypes (n=3). UNITED STATES: OREGON: Benton Co.: * USA: OR: Benton Co., Siuslaw N.F., Marys Peak , Meadowedge Tr. (top part), 1189-1197 m, 44°30.417’N, 123°33.12’W, 17.ix.2012, oldgrowth Abies procera forest, FMHD#2012-030 , berl., log & litter, A. Newton & M. Thayer GoogleMaps ; ANMT site 1245 ( FMNH) (1♂) SLIDE. * OREGON: Benton Co., Mary’s Peak July 5, 1983 p.l. ( FMNH) (1♂). *ORE., Mary’s Peak 8 mi. W.Philomath 4000’, V.9.1968 Campbell & Smetana ( DCPC) (1♂) .

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

DCPC

DominicusCirillus[deceased]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Sonoma

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