Acrotona Thomson 1859

• Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Gyu, Ahn, Kee-Jeong
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Acrotona; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799625; https://zenodo.org/record/3799625

Genus Acrotona Thomson, 1859 Acrotona Thomson, 1859: 38 (Type species: Aleochara aterrima Gravenhorst, 1802). Colpodota Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 153 (Type species: Homalota Mulsant & Rey, 1852). Solenia Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 158 (Type species: Colpodota simulans Mulsant & Rey, 1873 = Aleochara fungi Gravenhorst, 1806). Arcromota Casey, 1893: 300 (Type species: Arcromota fusiformis Casey, 1893). Eustrigota Casey, 1911: 165 (Type species: Strigota seclusa Casey, 1911). Diagnosis. Members of the genus Acrotona can be distinguished from other athetine genera by combination of the following characters: body fusiform, more or less convex dorso-ventrally; infraorbital carina complete; pronotum transverse, widest behind middle, pubescence directed posteriorly in midline in most; hypomera invisible in lateral aspect; mesoventral process beyond middle of mesocoxal cavities; metatarsomere 1–4 subequal in length; abdomen narrow apically, with conspicuous macrosetae; segmental margins of abdomen minutely crenulate; abdominal tergites III–V impressed in basal region, VII longer than VI; bursa of spermatheca more or less spherical and extended to elongate neck, duct regularly coiled posteriorly and often with swelled apex (Fenyes, 1920; Yosii & Sawada, 1976; Seevers, 1978; Lohse et al ., 1990; Klimaszewski1 et al ., 2015). Distribution. Worldwide. Remarks. Acrotona is very similar to Mocyta Mulsant & Rey and Strigota Casey, but can be distinguished by the diagnosis above and a key distinguishing the genera presented by Klimaszewski et al . (2015). : Published as part of Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2018, A taxonomic review of Korean Acrotona Thomson with a description of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 247-263 in Zootaxa 4418 (3) on page 248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3769610 : {"references": ["Thomson, C. G. (1859) Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt bearbetade. Tome I. Berlingska Boktryckeriet, Lund, 290 pp.", "Gravenhorst, J. L. (1802) Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non exoticorum quotquot exstans in collectionibus entomologorum Brunsvicensium in genera familias et species distribuit. Carolus Reichard, Brunsuigae, 206 pp.", "Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1873) Description de divers coleopteres brevipennes nouveaux ou peu connus. Opuscules Entomologiques 15, 147 - 189.", "Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1852) Description de quelques coleopteres nouveux ou peu connus de la tribu des Brachelytres. Opuscules Entomologiques, 1, 15 - 46, 1 pl.", "Gravenhorst, J. L. (1806) Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum. Henricus Dieterich, Gottingae, [12] + 236 pp.", "Casey, T. L. (1893) Coleopterological notices. V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7, 281 - 606.", "Casey, T. L. (1911) New American species of Aleocharinae and Myllaeninae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera. II. The New Era Printng Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pp. 1 - 245.", "Fenyes, A. (1920) Coleoptera Fam. Staphylinidae subfam. Aleocharinae. In: Wytsman, P. (Eds.), Genera Insectorum. Fascicle 173 b. Louis Desmet-Verteneuil, Bruxelles, pp. 114 - 414.", "Yosii, R. & Sawada, K. (1976) Studies on the genus Atheta Thomson and its allies (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). II: Diagnostic characters of genera and subgenera with description of representative species. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, 25 (1), 11 - 140.", "Seevers, C. H. (1978) A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Fieldiana: Zoology, 71, 1 - 289.", "Lohse, G. A., Klimaszewski, J. & Smetana, A. (1990) Revision of arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 44, 121 - 202.", "Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R. P., Bourdon, C., Pelletier, G., Godin, B. & Langor, D. W. (2015) Review of Canadian species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the description of a new species and a new synonymy. ZooKeys, 487, 111 - 139."]}