Sonoma rossellinae Ferro 2016, new species
Creators: name: Ferro, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sonoma
Sonoma rossellinae

description: 11. <i>Sonoma rossellinae</i> new species Fig. 11, 29; Map 31. <b>Description.</b> Holotype, male. Measurements: head 0.21 long, 0.23 wide; pronotum 0.23 long, 0.27 wide; elytra 0.47 long, 0.23 wide; antennomeres 1–11 total 0.49; total length 1.68. Body dark brown, antennae, maxillary palpi, legs, and elytra paler. Body covered in elongate setae (greater than half the length of the eye). <i>Head</i>. Eyes prominent, maximum length in dorsal view 1.11x length of first antennal segment, with approximately 30 facets. Antennomere 2 approximately 0.84x width of 1; 3 smallest. <i>Thorax</i>. Elytra with row of 3 sutural foveae in basal 1/4, evenly spaced; single fovea lateral to sutural fovea; central row of 3 fovea in basal 1/4. Winged. Metatrochanter quadrate; metatibia with process on inner margin approximately halfway from base. <i>Abdomen</i>. Tergite IV with transverse patch of microtrichia narrowly interrupted at midline. Distinct basal lateral foveae on ventrites IV–VII. Basal pubescence present on ventrites IV–VI, lacking on VII. <i>Aedeagus</i>. Left paramere: apical digitate process &lt;2x longer than wide, process with three apical setae directed posteriorly and three subapical setae curved toward midline; subapical inner flange widest at base, cuticle becoming thinner laterally. Endophallus: widening to apex; blunt apical process on right corner; elongate apical process extending perpendicular to endophallus directed toward left paramere. Right paramere: elongate apical process and triangular subapical process with six setae, three posteriorly directed and three curved toward midline. <b>Type Material.</b> Holotype, male: * CA: Los Angeles Co. 34.0871°N, 118.8541°W Santa Monica Mts NRA Zuma Canyon, iv.29.2009 K.J. Hopp, <i>Quercus</i> litter / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091880 (1&amp;male;). Deposited in SBMNH. <b>Paratypes</b> (n=5). <b>UNITED STATES: UNITED STATES: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Co.: *</b> CA: Los Angeles Co. 34.0871°N, 118.8541°W Santa Monica Mts NRA Zuma Canyon, iv.29.2009 K.J. Hopp, <i>Quercus</i> litter / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091877 (SBMNH) (1&amp;male;). *Same data / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091878 (SBMNH) (1&amp;male;). *Same data / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091881 (SBMNH) (1&amp;male;) SLIDE. *Same data / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091882 (SBMNH) (1&amp;male;). * CA: Los Angeles Co. 34.0809°N, 118.7958°W Santa Monica Mts NRA Castro Crest, iv.29.2009 K.J. Hopp, <i>Umbellularia</i> litter / CA BEETLE PROJ CBP0091917 (SBMNH) (1&amp;male;). <b>Geographical Distribution.</b> <i>Sonoma rossellinae</i> is only known from Los Angeles County, California, where it was collected at two locations within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. <b>Comments.</b> Specimens were collected during April from <i>Quercus</i> and <i>Umbellularia</i> litter. Aedeagal characters of <i>Sonoma rossellinae</i> are similar to those of <i>S. isabellae</i>. The two can be separated based on the following characters, <i>S. isabellae</i> in brackets []: left paramere with elongate apical process greater than 2x longer than wide [left paramere with apical process shorter, <i>ca</i>. as wide as long]; subapical inner flange of left paramere widest at base, cuticle becoming thinner laterally [subapical inner flange of left paramere wider than base at approximately midlength, with thickened cuticle along lateral edge]; endophallus with blunt apical process on right corner [endophallus without apical process on right corner]; right paramere with triangular lateral subapical process directed laterally [right paramere with small subapical process at base of apical process directed medially]. <i>Sonoma rossellinae</i> possess metatibia with a process on inner margin, <i>S. isabellae</i> lack a metatibial process. <b>Etymology.</b> <i>Sonoma rossellinae</i> is named after Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini, an Italian actress and film maker who wrote and starred in <i>Green Porno</i>, a series of short films on animal sexual behavior.
description: Published as part of <i>Ferro, Michael L., 2016, Fourteen new species of Sonoma Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with a key to species from western North America, pp. 1-57 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (472)</i> on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170505