Gnypeta lohsei Klimaszewski &amp; Savard &amp; Pelletier &amp; Webster 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Savard, Karine
name: Pelletier, Georges
name: Webster, Reginald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Gnypeta
Gnypeta lohsei

description: 9. <i>Gnypeta lohsei</i> Klimaszewski, sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 32E024F3-A2FB-4ACD-90D0-D4A7070241E9 (Figs 11, 29 a, b, 108-116, 198) <b>HOLOTYPE</b> (male <b>)</b>: CANADA, Alberta, Kananaskis F.E.S.,[51°04'34"N, 115°07'46"W] 1.VIII.1971, J.M. and B.A. Campbell, CNC No. 23678 (CNC). <b>Material examined</b> Paratypes are listed in Appendix A. <b>Etymology</b> This species is named after the late Gustav Adolf Lohse (Hamburg, Germany), who discovered it in CNC material. <b>Diagnosis</b> This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: body length 2.7-3.0 mm (Fig. 11); elytra at suture slightly longer than pronotum and at least 1/3 wider than maximum width of pronotum (Fig. 11); abdomen at base about as wide as elytra and subparallel or slightly swollen medially (Fig. 11); antennal articles 5-7 subquadrate, 8-10 slightly transverse (Figs 29 a, b); median lobe of aedeagus with apical part broadly triangular and edges sinuate in lateral view (Fig. 108); spermatheca S-shaped, capsule mushroom-shaped (Fig. 114); stem more or less sinuate and slightly swollen basally (Fig. 114); male tergite 8 truncate apically and with two minute lateral dents at apical margin (Fig. 112). <i>Gnypeta lohsei</i> is readily distinguishable from <i>G. caerulea</i> by smaller, robust and less glossy body and subquadrate antennal articles 5-7 (Figs 29 a, b). <b>Description</b> Body length 2.7-3.0 mm; uniformly dark brown to black, sometimes central part of elytra and tarsi rust brown (Fig. 11); integument moderately glossy; pubescence yellowish grey and moderately long and dense; antennal article 4 moderately elongate, 5-7 subquadrate, 8-10 slightly transverse (Figs 29 a, b); head and pronotum of about the same width (Fig. 11); elytra and abdomen wider than either head or pronotum; head rounded posteriorly; pronotum broadest in apical third, pubescence directed anterad along midline and laterad elsewhere; elytra at suture slightly longer than pronotum and about 1/3 wider than maximum width of pronotum, pubescence directed obliquely postero-laterad, in wavy pattern on medial parts of disc (Fig. 11); abdomen subparallel, almost as broad as elytra at base (Fig. 11); metatarsus with two basal articles of about the same length and the third one slightly shorter. <b>Male</b>. Tergite 8 transverse and truncate apically with two minute apical dents (Fig. 112). Sternite 8 as broad as long and truncate apically (Fig. 113). Median lobe of aedeagus with triangularly produced apical part of tubus and edges sinuate in lateral view (Fig. 108); bulbus moderately enlarged with two anterior projections in dorsal view (Figs 109, 110); internal sac with structures as illustrated (Figs 109, 110). <b>Female</b>. Tergite 8 truncate apically (Fig. 115). Sternite 8 broadly rounded posteriorly (Fig. 116). Spermatheca with capsule mushroom-shaped, elongate (Fig. 114); stem sinuate and slightly swollen basally (Fig. 114). <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 198) <i>Gnypeta lohsei</i> is a Nearctic species known from Alberta, British Columbia, and Alaska and Washington state, United States. <b>Collection and habitat data</b> Adults were collected in June, July, and August, from high altitudes of up to 2340 m. No habitat data are available. <b>Comments</b> The late Gustav Adolf Lohse (Hamburg, Germany) worked on a revision of Nearctic <i>Gnypeta</i> but was not able to complete it. The CNC specimens of this species he studied bear his identification labels as <i>G. albertae</i> Lohse and <i>G. paracareluea</i> Lohse [manuscript – unpublished names].
description: Published as part of <i>Klimaszewski, Jan, Savard, Karine, Pelletier, Georges &amp; Webster, Reginald, 2008, Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution, pp. 11-84 in ZooKeys 2 (2)</i> on pages 46-49, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/576410