Discovery of a new intertidal species, Amblopusa vancouverensis from Vancouver Island, Canada with notes on Amblopusa brevipes Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

In-Seong Yoo; Kee-Jeong Ahn

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.6

Discovery of a new intertidal species, Amblopusa vancouverensis from Vancouver Island, Canada with notes on Amblopusa brevipes Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Zootaxa. 2020 Jun 29;4803(3):zootaxa.4803.3.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.6.

Authors

In-Seong Yoo¹, Kee-Jeong Ahn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea. webila@naver.com.

PMID: 33056008
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.6

Abstract

Amblopusa vancouverensis Yoo Ahn, sp. nov. is described from Vancouver Island, Canada. The new species is compared with closely related species, A. brevipes Casey. Amblopusa brevipes is redescribed and the taxonomic characters of mouthparts and genitalia of both sexes are discussed and illustrated. New distributional record of A. brevipes for Agattu Island (the Aleutian Islands) is provided.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Amblopusa brevipes, Amblopusa vancouverensis, new species.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Canada
Coleoptera*
Female
Islands
Male