Orphnebius (Deroleptus) niger
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Description
Orphnebius (Deroleptus) niger (CAMERON, 1939)
(Figs 50–52, 296–298)
Deroleptus niger CAMERON, 1939a: 492 f.
Orphnebius turensis PACE, 2012b: 289; syn. nov.
Type material examined: O. niger: Lectotype ♀, present designation: “ Assam, Patkai Mts. / Doherty / Deroleptus niger Cam. Type / Fry Coll. 1905.100. / Type / Lectotypus ♀ Deroleptus niger Cameron, desig. V. Assing 2015” (BMNH).
O. turensis: Holotype ♀: “ NE India, Meghalaya, 2002, 1 km E of Tura, 500–600 m, 25°30'N, 90°14'E, 2.– 5.v., M. Trýzna & P. Benda lgt. / Holotypus Orphnebius turensis mihi, det. R. Pace 2010 / Orphnebius turensis n. sp., det. R. Pace 2010 / Orphnebius niger (Cameron), det. V. Assing 2016 ” (cSch).
Additional material examined: India: 1 ♀, Meghalaya, Tura peak, 25°30'N, 90°14'E, 600–1000 m, 12.–22. VI.2007, leg. Dembický (NHMB).
Comment: Orphnebius niger was described from an unspecified number of syntypes from “ Assam: Sudiya; Patkai Mountains” (CAMERON 1939a). The sole syntype located in the collections at the BMNH, a female, is designated as the lectotype. In the original description of O. turensis, which is based on two females from “N India, Maghalaya [sic], 1 km E Tura 500–600 m, 25°30'N 90°14'E ”, PACE (2012b) compared the species with O. bryanti CAMERON, 1920 rather than with O. niger, probably because the latter was originally described in the genus Deroleptus. A comparison of the lectotype of O. niger with the holotype of O. turensis revealed that they are conspecific. Consequently, O. turensis is placed in synonymy with O. niger. The external and sexual characters of O. niger are illustrated in Figs 50–52, 296–298.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH , NHMB
- Event date
- 2007-06-12
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Orphnebius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Cameron
- Species
- niger
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , lectotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2007-06-12/22
- Taxonomic concept label
- Orphnebius (Deroleptus) niger (Cameron, 1939) sec. Assing, 2016
References
- CAMERON, M. 1939 a: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae. - Vol. IV. Parts I - II. - London: 691 pp.
- PACE, R. 2012 b: New data, two new genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Indian and Chinese subregions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). - In: HARTMANN, M. & WEIPERT, J. (eds), Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya, Erfurt 4: 283 - 296.
- PACE, R. 2010: Thamiaraeini, Lomechusini, Oxypodini, Hoplandriini e Aleocharini di Taiwan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). - Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 34: 19 - 54.
- ASSING, V. 2016: A revision of Zyras STEPHENS sensu strictu of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with records and (re-) descriptions of some species from other regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini). - Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 9: 87 - 175.