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Osoriellus majusculus Irmler 2014, n. sp.

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Osoriellus majusculus n. sp.

(Figs 91 A-C, 99F)

Type material: Holotype, male: Peru: Tambopata Prov., Madre de Dios Dept, 15 km NE Puerto Maldonado, Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (69°03'W, 12°22'S), 200 m elevation, collected by flight intercept trap, Plot #Z1 rail 26, male, 16.7.1989, leg. J.S. Ashe & R.A. Leschen, #519 (KNHM).

Diagnosis: O. majusculus is one of the largest species in the O.-s. str.-group. It is characterised by the wide lateral margin at the posterior pronotal angles. In the similarly sized O. parcus the lateral pronotal margin is narrow. A slightly widened lateral pronotal margin is also found in O. fumarius and O. caliginosus, but these species are smaller and the pronotal sides are more deeply sinuate.

Description: Length: 6.7 mm. Colouration: Black; elytra reddish brown; legs dark brown; antennae lighter brown.

Head: 0.91 mm long, 1.40 mm wide; eyes slightly prominent; as long as temples; fore-head deeply emarginate; sides of clypeus nearly parallel; anterior edge of clypeus slightly sinuate with acute angles shortly produced; setiferous punctation sparse and moderately deep; irregular midline and moderately large area at base of antennae impunctate; punctation of clypeus sparser than on vertex; interstices between punctures wider than diameter of punctures; punctation of vertex irregular; on average, interstices between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures; on supraocular area punctation still denser and partly granulate; isodiametric microsculpture dense and distinct; surface matt.

Antennae slightly longer than head; second antennomere oval; third conical and as long as second; antennomeres four to six as wide as third, but quadrate; following antennomeres wider than preceding antennomeres and also quadrate; last antennomere elongate.

Pronotum: 1.40 mm long, 1.53 mm wide; widest near anterior angles; evenly narrowed to posterior angles; slight emargination in posterior half; posterior angles approximately rectangular; lateral margin fine in anterior half, slightly wider in posterior half; shortly in front of posterior angles widened; in dorsal aspect, covered close to anterior angles; setiferous punctation dense and deep with narrow impunctate midline; on average, interstices between punctures slightly wider than diameter of punctures; isodiametric microsculpture deep; surfcae matt.

Elytra: 1.74 mm long, 1.65 mm wide; nearly parallel; setiferous punctation distinct; coriaceous ground-sculpture weak; punctures finer and sparser than on pronotum. Abdomen with dense setiferous punctation; isodiametric microsculpture dense; surface matt.

Protibia: 0.79 mm long, 0.29 mm wide; nearly semicircular; 9 spines on outer edge; apical spines inserted on short digits; WLR: 1.53; in posterior aspect, comb of inner emargination visible throughout its total length; posterior face densely covered by long yellow setae.

Aedeagus angulate in nearly rectangular angle; basal lobe nearly as long as apical lobe; apical lobe thick in basal half; in apical third suddenly narrowed to obtuse apex; row of numerous sensillae on inner edge of apical lobe.

Etymology: The specific word majusculus derived from the same Latin word and means slightly larger. It refers to the relatively large size of the species.

Notes

Published as part of Irmler, Ulrich, 2014, The Neotropical species of the genus Osoriellus FAGEL, 1959 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae), pp. 231-354 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2) on pages 276-277, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.231-354, http://zenodo.org/record/5461706

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Biodiversity

Collection code
KNHM
Event date
1989-07-16
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Osoriellus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Irmler
Species
majusculus
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1989-07-16
Taxonomic concept label
Osoriellus majusculus Irmler, 2014