Anillinus cieglerae Sokolov and Carlton, sp.nov.
Creators: name: Sokolov, Igor M.
name: Sokolova, Yuliya Y.
name: Carlton, Christopher E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Anillinus
Anillinus cieglerae

description: Anillinus cieglerae Sokolov and Carlton sp.nov.
Holotype. Male labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, West Prong Cmpg., 35°37.7’ N 83°42.2’ W, 550m, leaf litter sifting, 31 July 2004 J.Ciegler // HOLOTYPE, Anillinus cieglerae Sokolov and Carlton, des. 2007/. Deposited U.S. National Museum (USNM).
Type locality. U.S. A, TN, Blount Co., Great Smoky Mountain National Park, West Prong Campground, 35°37.7’ N 83°42.2’ W.
Paratypes (73). Eight males and 12 females with same data as holotype; 1 male labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, West Prong Cmpg., 35°37.7’ N 83°42.3’ W, 520m. Forest litter 30 July 2004 J.Ciegler /; 2 males labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, West Prong Tr. nr. trlhd., 35°38.5’ N 83°41.5’ W, 430m, leaf litter sifting, 30 July 2004 J.Ciegler /; 1 male and 1 female labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, Crooked Arm Ridg.Tr. at 35°36.7’ N 83°46.8’ W, 595m, leaf litter sifting, 31 July 2004 V.Bayless /; 2 males labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, Rich Mt. Rd. 1.2mi from intc. with Cades Cove Loop Rd. Leaf litter sifting 28 July 2004 R.T.Allen /; 1 male labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, Parson’s Branch Rd. nr. Gregory Ridge Trlhd., 35°33.8’ N 83°50.9’ W, 600m. Forest litter 28 July 2004 V.Bayless & C.Carlton /; 1 male and 2 females labeled / U.S. A,TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, Cades Cove, 83°46’31” W 35°35’59” N / elv. 625m, forest litter berlese 22 March 2002 CECarlton, VLMoseley - these specimens were mentioned previously among the additional material in the description of A. langdoni (Sokolov et al., 2004) /; 1 male labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, upper Russell Field Tr. at 35°34.08’ N 83°46.04’ W, 1280m, litter sifting, 13 Apr 2006 A.K. Tishechkin /; 1 male labeled / Tennessee: Blount Co., GSMNP, Gregory Ridge Tr. above Forge Creek Cmpgr. at 35°32.65’ N 83°50.15’ W, 830m, litter sifting, 12 Apr 2006 A.K. Tishechkin /; 3 males and 2 females labeled / TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, Middle Prong Trail at UTM 3944151 259955, 750m, berlese C.Ware 17 June 2006 /; 2 males and 5 females labeled / TN: Blount Co., GSMNP, White Oak Sink, 35°38’07” N 83°44’49” W, 620m, mixed forest, litter hand sifting Sokolov I.M. 16.06.2006 /; 10 males and 3 females labeled / TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, right slope to Middle Prong Little R. nr junct. with Laurel Crk., 350m, u/ azalea bush, 35°39.451’ N 83°42.580’ W Sokolov I.M. 13 Sep 2006 /; 2 males and 1 female labeled / TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, nr Middle Prong Little R., left slope, 35°39.006’ N 83°41.769’ W, 380m, mixed hardwood, hand litter sift. Sokolov I.M. 13 Sep 2006 /; 2 males labeled / TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, nr Middle Prong Little R., left slope, 35°37.340’ N 83°40.800’ W, 530m, mixed hardwood, hand litter sift. Sokolov I.M. 12 Sep 2006 /; 2 males and 1 female labeled / TN, Blount Co., GSMNP, Rich Mountain, nr Bull Cave, 35°38.694’ N 83°48.442’ W, 610m, mixed hardwood, hand litter sift. Sokolov I.M. 12 Sep 2006 /; 3 males labeled / N Carolina: Swain Co., GSMNP, upper Eagle Creek Tr. at 35°33.03’ N 83°43.98’ W, 1165m. Litter sifting. 14 April 2006 A.K. Tishechkin/; 2 males and 2 females labeled / North Carolina: Swain Co., GSMNP, Jenkins Ridge Tr. ~ 1km from Appalachian Tr. 35°33’46” N 83°43’12” W, 1540m. Leaf litter sifting. 31 July 2004 A.K. Tishechkin /. Deposited Louisiana State Arthropod Museum (LSAM).
Etymology. The specific epithet honors Janet Ciegler, avocational coleopterist, author, and regular volunteer in the effort to document the beetle fauna of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Description. Small to medium-sized for genus (ABL range 1.48–1.76mm, mean 1.65± 0.081 mm, n=20). Habitus (Fig. 1) markedly convex, ovoid (WE/ABL 0.39±0.011), head normally proportioned for genus (WH/ WPm 0.72±0.022), pronotum narrow compared to elytra (WPm/WE 0.77±0.014). Body color dark, from dark brunneous to brunneorufous, appendages much lighter, testaceous. Microsculpture distinct across dorsal surface of head and pronotum.
Pronotum moderately convex and transverse (WPm/LP 1.23±0.037), with margins rectilinear and moderately constricted posteriad (WPm/WPp 1.28±0.042). Anterior angles evident, slightly prominent. Posterior angles slightly obtuse (105–110°). Width between posterior angles greater than between anterior angles (WPa/ WPp 0.96±0.029).
Elytra markedly convex, slightly depressed along suture, of normal length for genus (LE/ABL 0.59±0.022), with traces of 1–2 interneurs. Humeri (Fig. 3) moderately prominent, in outline nearly at right angle with longitudinal axis of body, dorsally moderately rounded, gradually enlarged to middle. Margins subparallel, slightly divergent in basal half, evenly rounded to apex, maximal width of elytra behind midpoint, approximately at 0.55–0.60 length. Elytra without subapical sinuation. Vestiture of elytra short (less than onefourth length of discal setae).
Prothoracic leg of males with strongly dilated tarsomere 1 (as in Fig. 7) and strongly swollen (as in Fig.11) profemur. Metafemora unmodified.
Median lobe (Fig. 15 a) evenly arcuate, with strongly enlarged, rounded apex and enlarged ventral margin with numerous poriferous canals. Canals absent on walls of median lobe itself. Dorsal copulatory sclerites semicircular, forming one large and one small curve. Base of copulatory sclerites slightly angulate, lacking distinctive sclerotized prolongations. Ventral sclerite and the spines of internal sac absent.
Left paramere (Fig. 15 b) slightly enlarged with four setae, apical longest. Right paramere (Fig. 15 c) markedly enlarged and robust, with four equal setae.
Spermatheca (Fig. 19) weakly sclerotized, shaped like a question mark, represented mostly by long and well-developed cornu with apical one-half sinuate. Distal part of cornu comparatively long, more than 1.5 times longer than its width. Ramus reduced and undifferentiated, nodulus short. Spermathecal duct more or less straight, without obvious coils.
Stylomers and sternum IX as in Fig. 23.
Distribution. Known from central and north-eastern parts of the Blount County, Tennessee, and adjacent parts of Swain County, North Carolina, within GSMNP.
Habitat. Beetles were collected in litter of different types of forests: xeric oak-pine, mesic oak, cove, and northern hardwood forests from low to middle elevations of the Smoky Mountains (500–1500m).
Differential diagnosis. Anillinus cieglerae is a member of a group of ovoid species with extensively developed microsculpture on foreparts of the body. It is the largest species of the langdoni – group. It is similar to A. langdoni in general outline, but the pronotum is proportionately less transverse. In comparison with A. pusillus the species has more oval elytra with maximal width further apically. Also, the proportion of the pronotum is different. The pronotum of Anillinus cieglerae appears more massive in comparison with the head. But these features are subtle, and more reliable identifications can be made by examination of males.
Males of A. cieglerae can be distinguished from all other langdoni – group species by the following combination of characters: strongly swollen profemora, form of tarsomere 1 of protarsi, short left paramere, form of the median lobe and form of copulatory pieces. Females of the species externally are practically indistinguishable from the other species, though examination of the spermatheca may help to separate the species from others.
Anillinus cieglerae occurs sympatrically with at least five species of Anillinus from different species groups and one species of Serranillus. In addition to the characters mentioned above to separate this species from other members of the langdoni -group, it can be distinguished from other Anillinus and Serranillus by the totally microsculptured foreparts of the body and by the smaller size.
description: Published as part of Sokolov, Igor M., Sokolova, Yuliya Y. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2007, New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A. and phylogeography of the A. langdoni species group, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1542 on pages 5-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177878