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

description: 10. <i>Sonoma quellazaire</i> new species Fig. 10, 25; Map 28. <b>Description.</b> Holotype, male. Measurements: head 0.20 long, 0.28 wide; pronotum 0.28 long, 0.32 wide; elytra 0.50 long, 0.25 wide; antennomeres 1–11 total 0.58; total length 1.90. Body brown, maxillary palpi, antennae, and legs paler. Body with moderate length setae (approximately 1/2 or less width of eye). <i>Head</i>. Eyes prominent, maximum length in dorsal view 0.87x length of first antennal segment, with approximately 30 facets. Antennomere 2 approximately 0.73x width of 1; 3 smallest. <i>Thorax</i>. Pronotum with weak lateral discal foveae. Elytra with indistinct sutural foveae; 2 foveae lateral to sutural fovea; central row of 4 foveae in basal 1/3. Winged. Metatrochanter rounded; metatibia with small tubercle on inner margin near middle. <i>Abdomen</i>. Tergite IV with transverse patch of microtrichia narrowly interrupted at midline. Basal lateral foveae on ventrites VI–V, weak on VII. Basal pubescence present on all visible ventrites. <i>Aedeagus</i>. Left paramere: oval; subequal in width from base to apex; two large papillate processes and 4 short, thick setae clustered at apex. Endophallus: deflexed to right; apical 1/2 with 4 overlapping layers, third layer with thin, elongate double pronged posteriorly-directed process; ventral-most layer with thin triangular flange. Right paramere: teardrop-shaped; 3 short, thick setae at apex. <b>Type Material.</b> Holotype, male: * USA: OR: Lane Co., Siuslaw N.F., Cummins Ck. Tr., 90-210m, 44°16.12’N, 124°05.89’W, 8.xi.2011, old-growth <i>Picea sitchensis</i> forest; FMHD#2011-002, berl., leaf &amp; log litter, M. Thayer &amp; A. Newton; ANMT site 1235 (1&amp;male;). Deposited in FMNH. <b>Paratype</b> (n=1). <b>UNITED STATES: OREGON: Benton Co.:</b> * USA: OR: Benton Co., Siuslaw N.F., Marys Peak, Meadowedge Tr. (W part), 1050-1070 m, 44°30.52’N, 123°33.56’W, 17.ix.2012, old growth <i>Abies procera</i> forest; FMHD#2012-033, berl., log &amp; litter, A. Newton; ANMT site 1204 (FMNH) (1&amp;male;) SLIDE. <b>Geographical Distribution.</b> <i>Sonoma quellazaire</i> is known from Benton and Lane counties, Oregon, but both locations are within the Siuslaw National Forest. <b>Comments.</b> Specimens have been collected during September and November from Berlesed log and leaf litter material taken in old-growth <i>Abies procera</i> and <i>Picea sitchensis</i> forests at elevations ranging from 90–1070 m. Aedeagal characters of <i>S. quellazaire</i> are similar to those of <i>S. petersi.</i> The left parameres of each are indistinguishable, but unique among known species of <i>Sonoma</i>. The two can be separated based on the following characters, <i>S. petersi</i> in brackets []: endophallus with four distinct horizons, right lateral apical corner acute, elongate posteriorly-directed process double pronged [endophallus with two horizons, right lateral apical corner rounded, posteriorly directed process with single tip]; right paramere teardrop shaped [right paramere round]. <b>Etymology.</b> The apical process of the endophallus is reminiscent of a cigarette holder with its cigarette, an image typified by Audrey Hepburn in the movie <i>Breakfast at Tiffany’s</i>. “Quellazaire” is a neologism for “cigarette holder”.
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 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170505