Achilia crassicornis Jeannel 1962

• Main Authors: Giorgio Sabella, Sergey A. Kurbatov, Giulio Cuccodoro
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Achilia; Achilia crassicornis; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016127; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA178781F61D0411FC5CFD0AFC26F982

Achilia crassicornis Jeannel, 1962 Figs 1-11, 21, 24, 31 Achilia crassicornis crassicornis Jeannel, 1962: 399, figs 144 (habitus) and 146 (aedeagus). ‒ Franz, 1996: 114, fig. 61 (aedeagus). Achilia crassicornis antarctica Jeannel, 1962: 399, fig. 145 (ae- deagus). ‒ Franz, 1996: 114 syn . nov . Achilia obscura Jeannel, 1962: 401 syn . nov . Type material (41 ex.): SOUTHERN CHILI: Región Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena: Antártica Chilena prov.: MHNS; 1 ♂ (holotype of Achilia crassicornis antarctica n° 1623); Navarino Island, Puerto Williams; 31.I.1957; G. Kuschel. – MNHN; 12 ♂ and 18 ♀ (paratypes of Achilia crassicornis antarctica ); Navarino Island, Puerto Williams; 54° 56’S; 31.I.1957; G. Kuschel; Nothofagus betuloides and Nothofagus pumilio forest. – Última Esperanza prov.: MHNS; 1 ♂ (holotype of Achilia crassicornis crassicornis n° 1575); Puerto Eden; 06.XII.1958; G. Kuschel. – MNHN; 6 ♂ and 2 ♀ (paratypes of Achilia crassicornis crassicornis ); Wellington Island, Puerto Eden, Carlos Islet; 49° 09’S; 06.XII.1958; G. Kuschel; Nothofagus betuloides dense forest. – MNHN; 1 ♀ (holotype of Achilia obscura according to the original description the holotype of A. obscura should have been deposited in MHNS, however we found it in MNHN); Wellington Island, Puerto Eden, Carlos Islet; 49° 09’S; 600 m; 6.XII.1958; Nothofagus betuloides forest. Additional material (2166 ex.): See Appendix 1. Description: Body 1.50-1.75 mm long, reddish brown with head and abdomen sometimes slightly darker and palpi yellowish. Pubescence decumbent with dense and long setae, uniform on entire body. Head wider than long; frontal lobe short with rounded sides; surface smooth, shiny, with some minute punctures; vertexal sulcus deeply impressed and narrowed in middle; vertexal foveae shallow and large; eyes protruding, longer than convex temples. Pronotum wider than long and wider than head; posterior portion of lateral outlines sinuate; disc smoothly convex, shiny, with some small punctures; basal margin bordered with row of contiguous ...