Tomoglossa ornatella Gusarov 2002, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tomoglossa
Tomoglossa ornatella

description: 2. <i>Tomoglossa ornatella</i> (Casey, 1910), comb. nov. (Figs. 29, 34­ 37) <i>Noverota ornatella</i> Casey, 1910: 90. <b>Type material:</b> lectotype (here designated),, <b>UNITED STATES:</b> “N[ew].J[ersey].”, “ <i>Noverota ornatella</i> Csy.”, “Casey bequest 1925 ”, “ TYPE USNM 39099 ” (red label), “ Lectotype <i>Noverota ornatella</i> Casey. V.I.Gusarov des. 2002 ” (red label) (NMNH). While describing <i>N. ornatella</i>, Casey did not specifically state how many specimens were available. <b>Diagnosis.</b> In comparison to <i>T. decora</i>, <i>T. ornatella</i> has elongate antennal articles 4­5 (Figs. 29, 31), thicker spermatheca with different shape of umbiculus (Figs. 36, 26) and larger female accessory sclerite (Figs. 37, 28). <i>Tomoglossa ornatella</i> is very similar to <i>T. improvisa</i> but has deeper puncturation of the forebody. Compared to <i>T. arizonica</i> and <i>T. floridana</i>, <i>T. ornatella</i> has elongate antennal articles 4­5, less transverse articles 6­10 and longer body (Figs. 29, 32­ 33). <i>Tomoglossa ornatella</i> also differs from <i>T. floridana</i> in having larger spermatheca with different shape of umbiculus (Figs. 36, 45) and larger female accessory sclerite (Figs. 37, 46). <b>Description.</b> Length 2.0 mm. Head and abdominal tergum VI brown; pronotum, elytra, abdominal segments III­V, VII­VIII and antennal articles 2­11 reddish yellow; apical fifth of elytra, antennal article 1, mouthparts and legs yellow. Head transverse, surface on disk glossy, without visible (at x 100) microsculpture, with fine and dense punctures, distance between them equal to ¼­½ their diameter. Antennal article 2 longer than 3, 4­ 5 elongate, 6­10 subquadrate, last article as long as 9 and 10 combined (Fig. 29). Pronotum transverse, width to length ratio 0.46 mm: 0.36 mm, wider than head (pronotum width to head width ratio 0.46 mm: 0.37 mm); surface glossy, without visible microsculpture, puncturation finer than on head, distance between punctures equals ½ their diameter. Elytra measured from humeral angle shorter than wide (0.44 mm: 0.54 mm); surface glossy, without microsculpture and with puncturation as on pronotum. Abdominal terga without microsculpture, and with fine and sparse puncturation, puncturation becoming finer towards abdominal apex, on terga III­V distance between punctures within rows equal to their diameter and between rows 2­3 times their diameter, on tergum VI distance between punctures within rows equal to 1­2 times their diameter and between rows 3­4 times their diameter, on tergum VII distance between punctures within rows equal to 2­3 times their diameter and between rows 3­5 times their diameter. Tergum VII with white edge. Spermatheca with wide umbilicus (Fig. 36). Female accessory sclerite large (Fig. 37). <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from New Jersey (Fig. 47). <b>Natural History.</b> Casey (1910) did not provide habitat information.
description: Published as part of <i>Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tomoglossa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 30</i> on pages 10-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619813
description: {"references": ["Casey, T. L. (1910) New species of the staphylinid tribe Myrmedoniini. Memoirs on the Coleoptera, 1, 1 - 183."]}