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TABLE 1 in Percussiopalpus gen. n. from Turkey, a free-living relative of cave-dwelling Thaumastocephalus, and revised placement of Thaumastocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Authors/Creators
- 1. Museum ofNaturalHistory, UniversityofWrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50 - 335 Wrocław, Poland. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2973 - 1803 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, The Czech Republic. peterhlavac @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5060 - 0811
- 2. Manisa Celal Bayar University, Alaşehir Vocational School, TR- 45600, Alaşehir, Manisa, Turkey.
Description
TABLE 1. Major morphological differences between genera of Thaumastocephalini.
| Thaumastocephalus | Percussiopalpus | |
|---|---|---|
| frontal sulcus | with diffuse margins | with sharply marked margins |
| anterior region of frons (= frontal ‘rostrum’) | abruptly, step-wise narrowed posteriorly | gradually broadening posteriorly |
| tempora and neck region | gradually confluent | abruptly delimited |
| posterior tentorial pits | closer to submental bulge | closer to neck region |
| maxillary palpomere 4 | with concave distal margin | with convex distal margin |
| pronotum | barrel-shaped | cordiform |
| lateral pronotal foveae | lacking | present |
| lateral longitudinal pronotal sulci | lacking | present |
| median longitudinal pronotal sulcus | lacking or faint | sharply marked |
| mesoscutellar shield | strongly elongate | about as long as broad |
| submedian metaventral fovea just behind mesocoxal rest | present | lacking |
| basal elytral foveae | lacking | present |
| sutural and discal elytral stria | lacking | present |
| paired basal discal carinae on tergite IV | lacking | present |
| lateral foveae on tergite IV | two pairs | one pair |
| submedian foveae on sternite IV | lacking | present |
Notes
Published as part of Jałoszyński, Paweł, Hlaváč, Peter & Anlaş, Sinan, 2023, Percussiopalpus gen. n. from Turkey, a free-living relative of cave-dwelling Thaumastocephalus, and revised placement of Thaumastocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 79 in Zootaxa 5277 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7891898
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