Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004) Maruyama, 2004

Maruyama, Munetoshi, von Beeren, Christoph & Hashim, Rosli, 2010, Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861), ZooKeys 59, pp. 47-60 : 49

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.59.510
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/09AE5014-E9E6-736C-19A1-5FA84F7B04D4
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004)
status	comb. n.

Treatment

Maschwitzia watanabei (Maruyama, 2004) comb. n.

Wroughtonilla watanabei Maruyama 2004: 92 (original description).

Type locality.

Bolikhamsai (Borikhamxay), Laos.

Distribution.

Laos.

Symbiotic host.

Unknown.

Diagnosis.

This species is closely similar to Maschwitzia ulrichi in general appearance, but is distinguished from it by the pronotum being wider around the posterior margin and by the different shape of the aedeagus, especially the apical part of the median lobe being less widened apically and largely excavated paramerally.

Comments.

Only the holotype is known. The symbiotic host is probably Leptogenys distinguenda or a related species, although Leptogenys distinguenda is not recorded from Laos at present.