Mocyta breviuscula
Creators: name: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Mocyta
Mocyta breviuscula

description: Mocyta breviuscula (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852)
(Figs. 17–18 in Lohse & Smetana 1985)
Homalota breviuscula Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852: 309.
Atheta (Acrotona) fungi breviuscula: Bernhauer, 1907: 398 (as a form (subspecies?) of At. fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806)).
Acrotona (s. str.) digesta Casey, 1910a: 148, syn. nov.
Acrotona (s. str.) severa Casey, 1910a: 148, syn. nov.
Acrotona (s. str.) shastanica Casey, 1910a: 148, syn. nov.
Acrotona (s. str.) prudens Casey, 1910a: 149.
Acrotona (s. str.) ardelio Casey, 1910a: 150, syn. nov.
Acrotona (s. str.) renoica Casey, 1910a: 150, syn. nov.
Acrotona (s. str.) malaca Casey, 1910a: 151, syn. nov.
Atheta (Acrotona) breviuscula: Fenyes, 1920: 224 (as synonym of At. fungi).
Atheta (Acrotona) digesta: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) severa: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) shastanica: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) prudens: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) ardelio: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) renoica: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) malaca: Fenyes, 1920: 225 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) breviuscula: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 673 (as synonym of At. fungi).
Atheta (Acrotona) digesta: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 673 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) severa: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) shastanica: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677 (misspelled as shastnica; as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) prudens: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 676 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) ardelio: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 672 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) renoica: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) malaca: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 675 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) breviuscula: Moore & Legner, 1975: 362 (as synonym of At. fungi).
Atheta (Acrotona) digesta: Moore & Legner, 1975: 359 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) severa: Moore & Legner, 1975: 373 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) shastanica: Moore & Legner, 1975: 373 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) prudens: Moore & Legner, 1975: 371 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) ardelio: Moore & Legner, 1975: 354 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) renoica: Moore & Legner, 1975: 372 (as valid species).
Atheta (Acrotona) malaca: Moore & Legner, 1975: 365 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) breviuscula: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) digesta: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) severa: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) shastanica: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) prudens: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) ardelio: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) renoica: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Acrotona (s. str.) malaca: Seevers, 1978: 256 (as valid species).
Atheta (Mocyta) breviuscula: Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 292 (as valid species).
Atheta (Mocyta) prudens: Lohse & Smetana, 1985: 293 (as synonym of At. breviuscula).
Type material. Lectotype of Homalota breviuscula (designated by Lohse and Smetana (1985)): UNITED STATES: Alaska: Sitka (MZHF).
Lectotype of Acrotona digesta (here designated): ♂, “Cal.[ifornia, Sonoma Co.: Duncan's Mills]”, “ digesta Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38982” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH). Paralectotypes: 5 specimens (1 with the apex of the abdomen missing), “Cal.[ifornia, Sonoma Co.: Duncan's Mills]”, “ digesta PARATYPE USNM 38982” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona severa (here designated): ♀, “ Siskiyou Co., Cal.[ifornia]”, “ severa Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38984” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona shastanica (here designated): ♂, “ Siskiyou Co., Cal.[ifornia]”, “ shastanica Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38983” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH). Paralectotypes: 8 specimens, “ shastanica PARATYPE USNM 38983” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona prudens (here designated): ♀, “Q.[ueen] C.[harlotte] I.[slands] [Keen leg.]”, “ prudens Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH). Paralectotypes: 9 specimens (1 with the head, prothorax and abdomen missing), “Q.[ueen] C.[harlotte] I.[slands] [Keen leg.]”, “ prudens PARATYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”; 7 specimens, “Metlakatla, B.[ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen”, “ prudens PARATYPE USNM 38985” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona ardelio (here designated): ♂, “Cal.[ifornia] [Lake Tahoe]”, “ ardelio Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38988” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona renoica (here designated): ♂, “Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “ renoica Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38987” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH). Paralectotype: ♂, “Nev.[ada, Reno]”, “ renoica PARATYPE USNM 38987” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Lectotype of Acrotona malaca (here designated): 1 specimen (with the abdomen missing), “ Siskiyou Co., Cal.[ifornia]”, “ malaca Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 38989” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).
Diagnosis. See Lohse & Smetana (1985).
Discussion. The lectotypes of Acro. digesta, Acro. severa, Acro. shastanica, Acro. prudens, Acro. ardelio, Acro. renoica, Acro. malaca and H. breviuscula are similar in body proportions, punctation, in the proportions of the antennal segments and in the shape of the aedeagus and spermatheca.
Distribution. Mocyta breviuscula is known from British Columbia, California and Nevada.
description: Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, pp. 1-134 in Zootaxa 353 (1) on pages 100-102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5019783