Allodinopsis
James S. Ashe (1947-2005) and Stylianos Chatzimanolis
Introduction
Species of Allodinopsis are medium-sized (4.0-4.3 millimeters) deinopsine staphylinids; they are known only from the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica and Chiriqui Province in Panama. Their habitat is not known; all specimens have been collected in flight intercept traps.
Characteristics
Adults of Allodinopsis are very similar to Metadeinopsis; they have similar overall body shape, most features of mouthparts, and the 5-5-5 tarsal segmentation. They can be distinguished from Metadeinopsis by the following characteristics:
- mandibles elongate, with a large apical and 4 subapical blade-like teeth;
- epipharyngeal region with numerous apically branched setae;
- adoral surface of first labial palpus without longitudinal row of large medially directed setae;
- terminal antennal article constricted into narrowly conical apex, but not distinctly papillate;
- distinctive shape of mentum;
- very strongly blade-like carina medially on the mesosternum;
- unusually elongate tarsal segment 1 in known species;
- distinctive shape of the pronotum;
- cuticular fringe on the apical margins of abdominal segments III-VI consisting of slender spinose processes;
- presence of a spinose cuticular fringe on apical margin of abdominal tergum VIII;
- distinctive female sternum IX with small papilliform process internally near lateral margin;
- presence of sclerotized spermathaeca.
Mouthparts of A. howdeni, from left to right, mandible, hypopharynx, maxilla and labrum.
Mouthparts of A. howdeni, from left to right, mentum and labium, and epipharynx.
From left to right, hind tarsus, tergum V (inset, detail of cuticular fringe), tergum VIII (inset, detail of cuticular fringe), female sternum IX.
References
Ashe, J. S. 2002. Allodinopsis, new genus of Deinopsine Aleocharinae from Central America, and a new species of Metadeinopsis Klimaszewski 1979 (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Deinopsini). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 75(2): 61-72.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Allodinopsis howdeni |
|---|---|
| Location | Costa Rica |
| Size | length 2.6 mm |
| Copyright |
© 1997 James S. Ashe (1947-2005)
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Development of this page made possible by National Science Foundation PEET grants DEB 95-21755 and DEB 99-78110 to James S. Ashe.
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James S. Ashe (1947-2005)
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Stylianos Chatzimanolis
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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