Schistoglossa
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Webster, Reginald
name: Savard, Karine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Schistoglossa

description: Key to species of <i>Schistoglossa</i> occurring in Canada 1 Antennal articles 6–10 slightly to strongly transverse (Figs 1–5)................. <b>2</b> – Antennal articles 6–10 slightly to strongly elongate (Figs 6–8).................... <b>6</b> 2 Elytra short and strongly transverse (Figs 3–5)........................................... <b>3</b> – Elytra slightly elongate (Figs 1–2).............................................................. <b>5</b> 3 Eyes streamlined and not protruding from contour of head, postocular area about three times maximum diameter of eye (Fig. 5); male tergite 8 slightly emarginate apically and slightly crenulate (Fig. 47); apex of median lobe of aedeagus slightly produced ventrally (Figs 45, 46); spermatheca S-shaped (Fig. 49)........................................... <b> <i>S. hampshirensis</i> Klimaszewski, sp. n.</b> – Eyes slightly protruding from contour of head, postocular area from two to two and a half times maximum diameter of an eye (Figs 3, 4).................... <b>4</b> 4 Body length 1.8–2.1 mm; male tergite 8 with strongly concave apical margin and irregularly crenulate (Fig. 37); apex of median lobe of aedeagus strongly produced ventrally (Fig. 35); spermatheca S-shaped (Fig. 39)........................................................... <b> <i>S. brunswickensis</i> Klimaszewski &amp; Webster, sp. n.</b> – Body length 2.7–2.9 mm; male tergite 8 with slightly concave apical margin and regularly crenulated (Fig. 28); apex of median lobe of aedeagus slightly produced ventrally (Fig. 27); spermatheca L-shaped (Fig. 30)......................................................... <b> <i>S. pseudocampbelli</i> Klimaszewski &amp; Webster, sp. n.</b> 5 Maximum width of pronotum distinctly less than width of elytra at shoulders (Fig.1); elytral ratio of maximum length to maximum width 0.7 (Fig. 1); apical margin of tergite 8 with two larger lateral teeth and lacking regular crenulation (Fig. 12); spermatheca L-shaped (Fig. 14)..... <b> <i>S. charlottae</i> Klimaszewski, sp. n.</b> – Maximum width of pronotum about the same as width of elytra at shoulders (Fig. 2); elytral ratio of maximum length to maximum width 0.8 (Fig. 2); apical margin of male tergite 8 with two larger lateral teeth and regular crenulation (Fig. 20); spermatheca S-shaped (Fig. 22)............. <b> <i>S. campbellii</i> Klimaszewski sp. n.</b> 6 Body length 2.8–3.0 mm, elytra broadening posteriorly (Fig. 7); median lobe of aedeagus and spermatheca as illustrated (Figs 61, 62, 65)........................................................................................ <b> <i>S. carexiana</i> Klimaszewski, sp. n.</b> – Body length 2.3–2.5 mm, elytra subparallel (Figs 6, 8).............................. <b>7</b> 7 Elytra as long as pronotum at suture (Fig. 6); postocular area approximately as long as three times maximum diameter of eye seen from above (Fig. 6); median lobe of aedeagus with slightly sinuate venter of tubus and narrowly elongate apex (Fig. 54); spermatheca with capsule lacking invagination (Fig. 57).................................... <b> <i>S. sphagnorum</i> Klimaszewski &amp; Webster, sp. n.</b> – Elytra longer than pronotum at suture (Fig. 8); postocular area approximately as long as two times maximum diameter of eye seen from above (Fig. 8); median lobe of aedeagus with strongly sinuate venter of tubus and short and blunt apex (Fig. 70); spermatheca with capsule bearing large invagination (Fig. 73)....................................... <b> <i>S. blatchleyi</i> (Bernhauer &amp; Scheerpeltz)</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald &amp; Savard, Karine, 2009, First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 45-79 in ZooKeys 22 (22)</i> on page 52, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.153, http://zenodo.org/record/576535