Leptusa (Eucryptusa) brevicollis Casey 1893

• Main Authors: Park, Jong-Seok, Carlton, Christopher E., Ferro, Michael L.
• Format: Text
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• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Leptusa; Leptusa brevicollis; Canada; Seta; Ferro; Alaska; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5020597; https://zenodo.org/record/5020597

Leptusa ( Eucryptusa ) brevicollis Casey, 1893 (Figs. 1 h, 9 a – l, Map 1) Leptusa brevicollis Casey, 1893: 363; Fenyes, 1920: 123; Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 554; Moore & Legner, 1975: 483; Pace, 1989: 116; Gusarov, 2003: 116; Klimaszewski et al. , 2004: 18; Klimaszewski et al. , 2005: 46; Klimaszewski et al. , 2007: 814, 826; Gouix & Klimaszewski, 2007: 63. Leptusa laticollis Notman, 1921: 153; Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 554; Moore & Legner, 1975: 483; Pace, 1989: 11; Gusarov, 2003: 116 (as a synonym of L. brevicollis ). Material examined (n= 2). U.S.A.: North Carolina: Haywood Co.: ɗ, Ψ (slide mounted), GSMNP, nr. Purchase Gap house, 35 ° 35.3 ’ N 83 ° 4.5 ’ W, flight intercept, 23 – 27 June 2007, LSAM Team (LSAM). Redescription. Length 2.1 – 2.9 mm. Body brown, glossy, head somewhat darker; abdominal tergite VII blackish brown; antenna, mouthparts, and legs yellowish brown (Fig. 1 h). Head pubescent, with microsculpture. Antennomeres 1 – 3 elongate, 4 subquadrate, 5 – 10 transverse (Fig. 9 a). Carina on each side of ventral surface of head incomplete, fading before attaining gular suture. Mouthparts . Labrum transverse, bearing 3 pairs of short setae, and 7 pairs of long setae, a-seta, b-seta, and many pores (Fig. 9 b). Labium with two distal setae in a longitudinal row, and several pores in median area; a pair of setal pores, 2 pairs of real pores and several pseudopores present in lateral area (Fig. 9 c). Labial palpi bearing 12 setae (a – h, α – δ), γ-seta close to f-seta (Fig. 9 d). Mentum trapezoidal, bearing 4 pairs of main setae (b, u, v, w), 5 additional setae, and many pores (Fig. 9 e). Thorax. Pronotum approximately 1.35 times wider than long; pubescent, with microsculpture. Mesoventrite with distinct reticulate microsculpture. Metaventrite with setigerous punctures. Elytra wider than pronotum and abdomen, approximately 1.72 times longer than wide, approximately 1.63 times longer than pronotum, latero-posterior margin emarginate, pubescent, setigerous punctures present. Hind wings present. Abdomen . Abdominal tergites VI approximately 1.39 times wider than long. Male abdominal tergite VII with single median elongate tubercle; tergite VIII with posterior margin rounded, bearing 4 pairs of main setae, and many additional short setae and pores (Fig. 9 f). Male abdominal sternite VII with many pores in anterior one-half; sternite VIII with posterior margin rounded, bearing 7 pairs of main setae, and many additional short setae and pores (Fig. 9 g). Female abdominal tergite VIII bearing 4 pairs of main setae, and many additional short setae and pores (Fig. 9 h). Female abdominal sternite VIII with posterior margin rounded, bearing 6 pairs of main setae, and many additional short setae and pores (Fig. 9 i). Genitalia . Paramere as in Fig. 9 j. Median lobe as in Fig. 9 k. Spermatheca as in Fig. 9 l. Type locality. Pennsylvania. Distribution. CANADA: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec; USA: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia. Locations where L. ( E. ) brevicollis has been collected in GSMNP as in Map 1. Habitat. Specimens examined were collected with a flight intercept trap from secondary forest. : Published as part of Park, Jong-Seok, Carlton, Christopher E. & Ferro, Michael L., 2010, Diversity and taxonomic review of Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., with descriptions of four new species, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 2662 on pages 18-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199052 : {"references": ["Casey, T. L. (1893) Coleopterological Notices. V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7, 281 - 606.", "Fenyes, A. (1920) Coleoptera Fam. Staphylinidae subfam. Aleocharinae. In: Wytsman, P. 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