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Xenomussardia Celis 1975

Description

Xenomussardia Célis, 1975: 655

Diagnosis. Length 1.8 mm, head distinctly shorter than pronotum, eyes large, strongly prominent, rostrum triangular, pronotum longer than wide, with basal fovea and median longitudinal sulcus which is interrupted by basal fovea, elytra long, lacking foveae and striae, considerably longer than pronotum and abdomen, with deep, median depression in posterior half, posterior corners elevated, midlegs modified in males, abdomen with deep transverse basal impression and two lateral transverse rectangular projections. Antennae with antennomeres I −II minuscule, III −V elongate, subequal, terminal antennomere twice as long as V, truncate at apex.

Species included. Xenomussardia besucheti Célis, 1975: 656.

Distribution. Zimbabwe.

Notes

Published as part of Hlaváč, Peter, 2016, Mataranka bilyi, a new peculiar genus and species of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Australia, pp. 126-134 in Zootaxa 4072 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/270662

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Xenomussardia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Celis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Xenomussardia Celis, 1975 sec. Hlaváč, 2016

References

  • Celis, M. - J. (1975) Contributions a l'etude des Clavigerinae de l'Afrique (Coleoptera Pselaphidae). 9. Description d'un Clavigerine nouveau de la Rhodesie et note sur les variations intraspecifiques d' Hoplitoxenus joannae JEANNEL. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 82 (3), 655 - 658.