Pella hlavaci (lat.) Is a species of myrmecophilic staphylinid beetles of the genus Pella from the tribe Lomechusini (subfamily Aleocharinae ) [1] [2] [3] .
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Distribution
China , Beijing Shi (Xiaolongmen) [2] [3] .
Description
The length of the elongated body is 5.5 - 5.7 mm (subparallel sides), head length 0.76 - 0.78 mm, head width 0.84 - 0.85 mm. The main color is brown and partially red-brown (antennae, mouth organs, legs and part of the elytra and abdominal segments). Antennae 11-segmented. The head is frontally rounded, with an occipital suture, without a neck. The length of the eyes is 0.32 - 0.33 of the width of the head. Pronotum and elytra covered with setae. Hind wings developed. The formula of the legs (the number of segments in the front, middle and hind legs): 4-5-5. Ligula without bristles, but with sensilla. Myrmecophilic relations with ants , carrion and predators are characteristic. Found in anthill Lasius fuji from the subgenus Dendrolasius . The species was first described in 2006 by Japanese coleopterologist M. Murayama ( Munetoshi Maruyama ; Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Tokyo , Japan ). The species name was given in honor of the Slovak entomologist Peter Glavac (Mr. Peter Hlavac, Kosice , Slovakia ) [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Maruyama, Munetoshi. Revision of the Palearctic species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) (Eng.) // National Science Museum monographs: Journal. - 2006. - P. 1-207. - ISSN 1342-9574 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Hlaváč, P .; Jászay, T. A revision of the genus Zyras ( Zyras ) Stephens, 1835 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). I. Current classification status and the redefinition of the genus // ZooKeys: Journal. - 2009. - Vol. 29. - P. 49-71. doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.29.218 (English) (Retrieved May 20, 2012)
- ↑ 1 2 Hlaváč, P .; Newton, AF; Maruyama, M. World catalog of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2011 .-- Vol. 3075. - P. 1-151. - ISSN 1175-5326 . (English) (Retrieved May 20, 2012)
Literature
- Maruyama, Munetoshi. Revision of the Palearctic species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) (Eng.) // National Science Museum monographs: Journal. - 2006. - Vol. 32. - P. 1-207. - ISSN 1342-9574 .
Links
- Pella. eol.org
- Pella. biolib.cz
- Zyras limbatus Paykull, 1789 on the ZIN RAS site