Plesioleptonia abdominalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Athetini
Genus: Plesioleptonia
Species: Plesioleptonia abdominalis

Name

Plesioleptonia abdominalis Pace, 2011: 61, figs. 60-65

• Type locality: ECUADOR: Pichincha, Lloa Rio Blanco, 2450 m, (v. foresta), S 00° 12’ 627” W 078° 40’ 018”.

• Holotype: MCV, ♂, 1.VIII.2006, lg. C. Bellò, G. Osella & M. Pogliano.

• Etymology: The name of the new species alludes to the conspicuous male secondary sexual characters on the abdomen.

References

• Pace, R. 2011. New and additional records, new genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona botanica zoologia 35: 43–70. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 61, figs. 60-65]