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Microedus austinianus LeConte 1874

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Microedus austinianus LeConte, 1874

(Figs 1, 6, 8, 10, 12)

Microedus austinianus LeConte, 1874: 273; Fauvel 1878a: 250 [= 1878b: 86]; Van Dyke 1924: 16 (as “ austianus ” [sic]), Fall 1926: 145; Hatch 1957: 71; Moore & Legner 1972: 75; Downie & Arnett 1996: 435

Material examined. CANADA: QUEBEC: 1 ♂: Mont Albert, Parc Gaspesie. 1000 m a.s.l. 09.08.1972. J.M. & B.A. Campbell leg. (CNC); 2 ♂♂: 6 mi. S Riviere-a-Claude. 1000 m a.s.l. 18.07.1972. J.M. Campbell leg. (cSh); USA: NEW HAMPSHIRE: 1 ♂: Glen Boulder Trail, White Mts. 2500 m a.s.l. 17.08.1976. J.M. & B.A. Campbell leg. (CNC).

Remarks. Microedus austinianus was originally described from “White Mountains, Vancouver Island”. This species is widely distributed in Canada and USA (Herman (2001), Newton et al. (2000), etc.).

Habitus as in Fig. 1. Labrum as in Fig. 6. Mandibles as in Fig. 8. Maxilla as in Fig. 10. Labium as in Fig. 12. Aedeagus as in Figs 14–15. The aedeagus of this species is illustrated for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Microedus LeConte, 1874 (Coleoptera: Staphylindae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), a new genus for the Palaearctic Region, pp. 205-223 in Zootaxa 5443 (2) on page 211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11045155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC
Event date
1972-07-18 , 1972-09-08 , 1976-08-17
Verbatim event date
1972-07-18 , 1972-09-08 , 1976-08-17
Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Microedus
Species
austinianus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microedus austinianus LeConte, 1874 sec. Shavrin, 2024

References

  • LeConte, J. L. (1874) [New species]. In: Austin, E. P. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Mt. Washington, N. H. by E. P. Austin; with descriptions of new species, by J. L. LeConte, M. D. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16, pp. 265 - 276.
  • Fauvel, A. (1878 a) Les Staphylinides de l'Amerique du nord. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie, Series 3, 2, 167 - 269.
  • Fauvel, A. (1878 b) Les Staphylinides de l'Amerique du nord. Notices Entomologiques, 7, 1 - 100.
  • Van Dyke, E. (1924) The Coleoptera collected by the Katmai expeditions. National Geographic Society Contributed Technical Papers. Katmai Series, 2 (1), 1 - 26.
  • Fall, H. C. (1926) A list of the Coloeptera taken in Alaska and adjacent parts of the Yukon Territory in the summer of 1924. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 2, 127 - 154.
  • Hatch, M. H. (1957) The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part II: Staphyliniformia. University of Washington Publications in Biology, 16 (2), i - ix + 1 - 384.
  • Moore, L. & Legner, E. F. (1972) A new species of Microedus from the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 26 (2), 75 - 77.
  • Downie, N. M. & Arnett, R. H., Jr. (1996) The beetles of Northeastern North America. Vol. 1. Introduction; Suborders Archostemata, Adephaga, and Polyphaga, thru Superfamily Cantharoidea. Sandhall Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 880 pp.
  • Herman, L. H. (2001) Catalogue of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millenium. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 265 (1 - 7), i - vi + 1 - 4218. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090.265.1.1
  • Newton, A. F., Thayer, M. K., Ashe, J. S. & Chandler, D. S. (2000) 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. In: Arnett, R. H. & Thomas, M. C. (Eds.), American Beetles. Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 272 - 418.