A New Species of Leptochromus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Costa Rica, with Notes on Morphology and Natural History

A New Species of Leptochromus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Costa Rica, with Notes on Morphology and Natural History

Leptochromus laselva Lord, Carlton, and Leschen, new species, from Costa Rica is described. Collecting techniques and natural history data are given. Among the five currently described species, this species is most similar to Leptochromus agilis (Sharp), but possesses a much longer postgenal process...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Coleopterists bulletin 2014-03, Vol.68 (1), p.119-125
Hauptverfasser: Lord, Nathan P, Carlton, Christopher E, Leschen, Richard A. B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arthropods
Beetles
Biological taxonomies
Coleoptera
Entomology
Forest canopy
Genera
Natural history
New species
Paratypes
Scydmaenidae
Specimens
staphylinid beetles
Staphylinidae
taxonomy
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Zusammenfassung:Leptochromus laselva Lord, Carlton, and Leschen, new species, from Costa Rica is described. Collecting techniques and natural history data are given. Among the five currently described species, this species is most similar to Leptochromus agilis (Sharp), but possesses a much longer postgenal process and differs in the shapes of the aedeagal parameres and median lobe. An amended key is presented to accommodate L. laselva.
ISSN:0010-065X
1938-4394
DOI:10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.119