Xenopygus punctatus Sharp, new combination
Creators: name: Chatzimanolis, Stylianos
name: Caron, Edilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Xenopygus
Xenopygus punctatus

description: Xenopygus punctatus (Sharp), new combination
Gastrisus punctatus Sharp 1876: 138.
Gastrisus cribrum Fauvel, 1891: 107 new synonymy. Xenopygus petilicolis Caron and Castro, 2016: 75 new synonymy.
Type material. Holotype of Gastrisus punctatus, male, with labels: “Type [round label with red border]” / “Amazons, S. Paulo” / “S. America, Brazil” / “Sharp Coll. 1905-313” / “ Gastrisus punctatus ♂ Type D.S.”. Deposited in BMNH. Holotype of Gastrisus cribrum, female, with labels: “San Esteban [Venezuela], E. Simon III.[18]88” / “ cribrum Fvl. ” / “R. I. Sc.N.B. 17.479 Coll. et det A. Fauvel”. In the collection of IRSNB. Type materials for X. petilicolis as indicated in Caron et al. (2016).
Diagnosis. See Caron et al. 2016.
Additional Records. BOLIVIA: Cochabamba: Cochabamba, 67.5km NE Est. Biol. Valle del Sajita, Univ. de San Simon, 17°6’33’’S 64°47’52’’W, 300m, 9–13.ii.1999, F. Genier, FIT, barcode labels SM0173632, SM0173636, SM0173640, SM0173639, SM0174016, SM0174039, SM0174022, SM0174020, SM0174033, SM0174025 (4 ♂, 5 ♀ SEMC; 1 ♂ UTCI); same locality and collector, 7–9.ii.1999, barcode labels SM0173938, SM0173940, SM0173934, SM0174146, SM0174145, SM0174148 (3 ♂, 3 ♀ SEMC); same locality, 7–9.ii.1999, R.S. Hanley, barcode labels SM0161103, SM0161110, SM0161970 (2 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collector, 9–13.ii.1999, barcode labels SM0159324, SM0159323 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC); ECUADOR: Sucumbíos: Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge, 0°S 76°W, 4–14.v.1994, P. Hibbs, Malaise (1 ♀ MAIC); HONDURAS: Atlántida: Lancetilla Bot. Grd., Tela, 15°46’N 87°27’W, 10m, 23.vi.1994, J.S. Ashe, R. Brooks, FIT, barcode labels SM0069514, SM0069515 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC); PANAMA: Colón: Parque Nac. Soberania, Pipeline Rd 6.1km, 9°7’N 79°45’W, 40m, 4–7.vi.1995, J.S. Ashe, R. Brooks, FIT, barcode label SM0001651 (1 ♂ SEMC); Panama: Barro Colorado Island, 9°11’N 79°51’W, 40m, 14–18.vi.2000, S. Chatzimanolis, FIT, barcode label SM0760951 (1 ♂ SEMC); same locality and collector, 18–22.vi.2000, barcode label SM0760388 (1 ♂ SEMC); Old Plantation Rd., 6.9km S. Gamboa, 9°5’N 79°40’W, 80m, 7–22.vi.1995, J.S. Ashe, R. Brooks, FIT, barcode labels SM0004037, SM0007121 (2 ♂ SEMC); PERU: Cusco: Villa Carmen field station, 1.7km west cafeteria research transect, 12.89250S 71.41917W, 555m, 22–24.v.2011, D.J. Bennett, E. Razuri, FIT, barcode label SEMC1460240 (1 ♂ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 24–26.v.2011, barcode label SEMC 1465599 (1 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 26–28.v.2011, barcode label SEMC 1460049 (1 ♂ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 28–30.v.2011, barcode labels SEMC 0956741, SEMC 0956725, SEMC 0956723 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC; 1 ♂ UTCI); Junin: Chanchamayo Prov., San Ramón (Mensajero lodge), 11°6.50’S 75°20.1’W, 825m, 10–20.i.2012, B.H. Garner; Madre de Dios: Tambopata, 15km NE Puerto Maldonado, Reserva Cuzco Amazónica, 12°33’S 69°3’W, 200m, 13.vi.1989, J.S. Ashe, R.A Leschen, FIT, barcode labels SM0080061, SM0080069, SM0080073, SM0080064, SM008062 (2 ♂, 3 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 17.vi.1989, barcode label SM0080063 (1 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 30.vi.1989, barcode label SM0080074 (1 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 19.vii.1989, barcode labels SM0080066, SM0080067 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 4.vii.1989, barcode label SM0080071 (1 ♂ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 16.vii.1989, barcode labels SM0080065, SM0080072 (1 ♂, 1♀ SEMC); same locality and collectors, 22.vi.1989, barcode label SM0080070 (1 ♀ SEMC); Pentiacolla Lodge, Alto Madre de Dios R., 12°39.3’S 71°13.9’W, 420m, 14–19.xi.2007, D. Brzoska, FIT, barcode labels SEMC 0873939, SEMC 0874600, SEMC 0874583, SEMC 0874442 (2 ♂, 1 ♀ SEMC; 1 ♂ UTCI).
Remarks. It is worth pointing out that Sharp (1876) and Fauvel (1891) had each indicated that the species they were describing as new was similar in head structure to Xenopygus analis.
description: Published as part of Chatzimanolis, Stylianos & Caron, Edilson, 2016, New species and synonymies in Xenopygus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini), pp. 131-142 in Zootaxa 4200 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/177837