Published September 4, 2008 | Version v1
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Gnypeta : Moore and Legner 1975

  • 1. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec, QC, Canada & C 136 Eddc & A- 86 C
  • 2. 24 Millstream Drive, Fredericton, NB, Canada & F-

Description

IV. Gnypeta helenae species group

The helenae species group may be characterized by the following combination of characters: spermatheca S-shaped, capsule pipe-shaped and consisting of a small cylindrical apical part angularly connected with a narrow, tubular and sinuate stem (Figs 153, 161); median lobe of aedeagus with narrowly triangular apical portion of tubus in lateral view (Figs 148, 156); male tergite 8 truncate and slightly emarginated medially (Figs 151, 159); and female sternite 8 deeply emarginated medially (Figs 155, 163).

Species included: G. helenae Casey, and G. canadensis Klimaszewski sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges & Webster, Reginald, 2008, Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution, pp. 11-84 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/576410

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