Aleochara arachnipes (lat.) - species of short-winged beetles from the Aleocharinae subfamily. Asia [1] .
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| Aleochara arachnipes Fauvel , 1900 |
Distribution
Kazakhstan and Central Asia [1] .
Description
Small short-winged beetles , body length about 3.5 mm. It differs from closely related species ( A. fugax , A. irmgardis , A. orientalis , A. spadicea, and A. schmausi ) in a completely black body, hind and middle tarsi long (equal or longer than shins). Pronotum transverse, head large (almost equal to width of pronotum), legs very long. Antennae 11-segmented. The front, middle and hind tarsi are 5-segmented (formula 5-5-5). The mandibular palpi consist of 4 segments (with the 5th pseudo-segment), and the labial palp consists of 3 segments (with the 4th pseudo-segment). The body is subparallel from the sides. Larvae are parasites of puparia flies (pass hypermetamorphosis ) [2] . The species was first described in 1900 , and its valid status was confirmed during an audit conducted in 2000 by Kazakhstan entomologists Professor V. A. Kashcheev (1953-2012) [3] and M.K. Childebaev (Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akademgorodok, Almaty , Kazakhstan ). It is included in the subgenus Rheochara (based on the large head and long legs) together with the species A. fugax, A. irmgardis, A. orientalis, A. spadicea, and A. schmausi [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kashcheev V.A. , Childebaev M.K. To the study of Aleochara Grav. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of Russia, Kazakhstan and neighboring countries (Russian) // TETHYS Entomologocal Research: Journal. - Alma-Ata, 2000 .-- T. 2 . - S. 113-132 . - ISSN 1680-1024 .
- ↑ Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. II. Coleoptera and fan-winged. / under total. ed. Corr. G. Ya. Bey-Bienko . - M. - L .: “Science”, 1965. - 668 p. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; issue 89.). - 5700 copies.
- ↑ Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Kashcheev (December 20, 1953 - July 14, 2012). Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor . www.zin.ru
Literature
- Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. II. Coleoptera and fan-winged. / under total. ed. Corr. G. Ya. Bey-Bienko . - M. - L .: “Science”, 1965. - 668 p. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; issue 89.). - 5700 copies.
- Klimaszewski, J. A revision of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) (Eng.) // Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada: Journal. - Ottawa : The Entomological Society Of Canada, 1984. - Vol. 129 . - P. 1–211 . - ISSN 0071-075X . - DOI : 10.4039 / entm116129fv .
Links
- Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 (English) . biolib.cz. - Taxonomy. Circulation date May 31, 2019.
- Staphylinidae (English) . eol.org. - Taxonomy. Circulation date May 31, 2019.