Alisalia Casey 1911
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Webster, Reginald
name: Savard, Karine
name: Couture, Jérôme
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Alisalia

description: Key to species of <i>Alisalia</i> recorded from Canada and the United States (It should be noted that male genitalia offer the best diagnostic characteristics for spe- cies identification) 1. Elytra small, transverse and short, approximately as long as pronotum (elytra measured from anterior to posterior lateral angle) (Figs 27, 25); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with almost straight ventral margin in lateral view (Fig. 36)..................................................................... <b> <i>Alisalia brevipennis</i> Casey</b> – Elytra larger, quadrate to slightly transverse, longer than pronotum (Figs 1–4, 23, 24, 26, 28–30)..................................................................................... <b>2</b> 2(1). Species distributed in eastern Canada and eastern United States................. <b>3</b> – Species distributed in western United States within Rocky Mountains; body and median lobe of aedeagus as illustrated (Figs 24, 32)........ <b> <i>Alisalia delicata</i> Casey</b> 3(2). Body short, approximately 1 mm long (Fig. 30); tubus of the median lobe of the aedeagus straight for most of its length and with small basal swelling in lateral view (Fig. 38); known from Pennsylvania....................................................................................................... <b> <i>Alisalia bistriata</i> (Bernhauer)</b> – Body longer, distinctly more than 1 mm long (Figs 3, 4, 23, 24, 28, 29)... <b>4</b> 4(3). Antennae robust (Figs 26, 28); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus long, with slightly sinuate ventral margin in lateral view (Figs 33, 34); known from Texas...................................................................... <b> <i>Alisalia parallela</i> Casey</b> – Antennae less robust (Figs 1–4, 23, 29); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus differently shaped (Figs 5, 12, 16, 31)........................................................ <b>5</b> 5(4). Body maximum width less than 0.2 mm (Fig. 2); head and elytra distinctly darker than pronotum; tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with straight and short subapical part and strongly convex medio-basal part (Fig. 5); spermatheca as illustrated (Fig. 9); known from New Brunswick....................................................................... <b> <i>Alisalia minuta</i> Klimaszewski &amp; Webster, sp. n.</b> – Body maximum width at least 0.2 mm (Figs 3, 4, 23, 29); head and elytra not distinctly darker than pronotum; tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with elongate and slightly sinuate subapical part and with strongly convex mediobasal part (Figs 12, 16, 31)......................................................................... <b>6</b> 6(5). Elytra large and slightly broadening posteriad, distinctly broader than pronotum (Fig. 4); tubus of median lobe of aedeagus with elongate and slightly sinuate subapical part and with strongly convex medio-basal part (Fig. 19); known from New Brunswick............................................................................................................ <b> <i>Alisalia elongata</i> Klimaszewski &amp; Webster, sp. n.</b> – Elytra moderately large, subparallel and not distinctly broadening posteriad..... <b>7</b> 7(6). Species currently known only from North Carolina and New Brunswick; body and genital structures as illustrated (Figs 1, 3, 12, 16, 23, 31)............................................................................................. <b> <i>Alisalia testacea</i> Casey</b> – Species known from Texas; body and genital structures as illustrated (Figs 29, 35)....................................................................... <b> <i>Alisalia antennalis</i> Casey</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald, Savard, Karine &amp; Couture, Jérôme, 2009, First record of the genus Alisalia Casey from Canada, description of two new species, and a key to all Nearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 1-18 in ZooKeys 25 (25)</i> on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.25.280, http://zenodo.org/record/576553