Philhygra polaris Bernhauer 1901

• Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Gyu, Ahn, Kee-Jeong
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Philhygra; Philhygra polaris; Arctic; Canada; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174849; https://zenodo.org/record/6174849

Philhygra polaris (Bernhauer, 1901) (Figs. 1 D, 5 A–B) Atheta ( Metaxya ) polaris Bernhauer, 1901: 536. Atheta ( Hygroecia ) polaris : Brundin, 1944: 199 (as valid species). Philhygra polaris : Lohse et al . 1990: 168 (as valid species). Atheta ( Philhygra ) polaris : Paśnik, 2001: 206; Smetana, 2004: 392 (as valid species). Philhygra polaris : Gouix & Klimaszewski, 2007: 95 (as valid species). Description. Body length 4.0– 4.5 mm. Body (Fig. 1 D) robust, generally dark brown to black; antennae and legs paler; elytra reddish brown to dark brown. Head narrower than pronotum; eyes prominent, about as long as tempora; antennae long and slender, antennomeres 4–10 slightly elongate, 11 about as long as preceding two combined; labrum emarginate in anterior margin; a-sensillum relatively long and setaceous; medial pseudopores absent, lateral pseudopores present in prementum. Pronotum slightly transverse, approximately 1.15–1.20 times as wide as long, widest in apical third; pubescence in midline directed anteriorly. Elytron approximately 1.65 times as long as wide; postero-lateral margin very weakly sinuate. Male tergite VIII with 7 macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin subtruncate; male sternite VIII with 9 macrosetae on each side of midline, posterior margin subtruncate, weakly emarginate at middle; posterior margin of female tergite VIII similar to male tergite VIII; posterior margin of female sternite VIII broadly round. Aedeagus as in Figs. 5 A–B. Material examined. KOREA: 3 ex., Jonggak-san Mts., 29 v 1974, ISEA. Distribution. Europe, Korea, Nearctic Region and Russia (East Siberia, West Siberia, Far East) (Smetana 2004). Remarks. No specimens were available for dissection. Therefore, we could not describe the mouthparts in detail. : Published as part of Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2012, A taxonomic review of Korean species of the genus Philhygra Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 58-70 in Zootaxa 3483 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210277 : {"references": ["Bernhauer, M. (1901) Neunte Folge neuer Staphyliniden aus Europa, nebst Bemerkungen. Verhandlungen der kaiserlichkoniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 50, 532 - 541.", "Brundin, L. (1944) Monographie der palaearktischen Arten der Atheta - Untergattung Hygroecia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 53 (1942), 129 - 301.", "Lohse, G. A., Klimaszewski, J. & Smetana, A. (1990) Revision of Arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 44 (2), 121 - 202.", "Pasnik, G. (2001) The North Korean Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): diversity and biogeography. Acta Zoological Cracoviensia, 44, 185 - 234.", "Smetana, A. (2004) Subfamily Aleocharinae Fleming, 1821. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea, Histeroidea, Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, pp. 353 - 494.", "Gouix, N. & Klimaszewski, J. (2007) Catalogue of aleocharine rove beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Pensoft, Sofia. 165 pp."]}