Awas (lat.) Is a genus of small myrmecophilic feeder beetles from the subfamily Pselaphinae ( Staphylinidae ). About 10 species [1] [2] .
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Distribution
Southeast Asia : Malaysia , China , Taiwan [3] .
Description
Small short-winged beetles are palps , body length less than 5 mm (the largest species of Awas gigas has a length of 4.79 to 5.12 mm). They have a specific elongated postorbital region of the head and a relatively small abdomen (stalked at the base) in contrast to the large body. The main color is reddish brown. Found in ant colonies. For example, the species Awas helii was found in the nests of ants Ectomomyrmex [2] , and the species Awas gigas was found in ants of the genus Pachycondyla in dead wood in a deciduous forest. Species A. giraffa , A. shunichii , A. sinicus, and A. kayan were found in the deciduous bedding layer, while species A. rajah and A. loebli were collected in a light trap [3] . The genus was first isolated in 1994 and included in the tribe Arnylliini from the supertribe Goniaceritae , as a sister to the genus Harmophorus Motschulsky . All Awas species are very rare and known either in a single copy ( A. giraffa , A. sinicus , A. kayan , A. loebli ), four ( A. rajah ) or five ( A. shunichii ) beetles [1] [3] .
- Awas gigas Yin et al. , 2015 [3]
- Awas giraffa Löbl, 1994 [1]
- Awas helii Yin, 2017 [2]
- Awas kayan Yin & Li, 2012 [4]
- Awas loebli Yin & Li, 2012 [4]
- Awas rajah Nomura & Idris, 2004 [5] [6]
- Awas shunichii Nomura, 1995 [7]
- Awas sinicus Yin & Li, 2010
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Löbl I. (1994) Awas giraffa gen. n., sp. n (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Malaysia and the classification of Goniacerinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 101: 685–697. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.part.79924
- ↑ 1 2 3 Zi-wei Yin. (2017). New species and records of Awas Löbl (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China, with notes on the biology of the genus. Zootaxa 4338 (2): 354-360. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4338.2.9
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Zi-Wei Yin, Jia-Wei Shen, Li-Zhen Li. A remarkable new Awas Löbl from southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) (English) // ZooKeys : Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 522. - P. 153-158. - ISSN 1313-2970 . doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.522.6109
- ↑ 1 2 Yin ZW, Li LZ. (2012) Two new species of the genus Awas from Central and East China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Entomologica Musci Nationalis Pragae, 52: 161–171. http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/52_1/52_1_161.pdf
- ↑ Nomura S. & Idris AG (2004). A new species of the genus Awas (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from the Malay Peninsula. Elytra 32: 329–335.
- ↑ Nomura S., Idris AG (2005) Faunistic notes on the pselaphine species of the supertribes Goniaceritae, Pselaphitae and Clavigeritae from Malaysia and Singapore (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Serangga 10: 1–36.
- ↑ Sugaya H., Nomura S. (2003) Additional records of Awas shunichii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), with notes on its habitat in Taiwan. Elytra, 31: 183–186.
Literature
- Löbl I. Awas giraffa gen. n., sp. n (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Malaysia and the classification of Goniacerinae (Eng.) // Revue Suisse de Zoologie: Journal. - 1994. - Vol. 101. - P. 685–697. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.part.79924
- Nomura S. Description of a new species of the genus Awas (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Taiwan // Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology. - 1995. - Vol. 4. - P. 359–363.
- Yin ZW, Li LZ, Zhao MJ. (2010) Discovery of the rare genus Awas in mainland China with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae). Acta Entomologica Musci Nationalis Pragae, 50: 477–482.
Links
- Awas Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org). Date of appeal September 27, 2015.