MEMOIRS ON BIODIVERSITY 3 Biodiversity of South America. II Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae 1. Biodiversity of Aleocharinae from Chilean and Magellanean sub-regions: new data, new genus and new species (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) 2. Biodiversity of Aleocharinae from Andean and Brazilian sub-regions: new data, new genera and new species (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) Roberto PACE Verona, 2015 Memoirs on Biodiversity, volume 3, 2015 CONTENTS Biodiversity of South America. II Biodiversity of Aleocharinae from Chilean and Magellanean sub-regions: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae new data, new genus and new species ...............................................................................15 ISSN 1971-1557 ISBN 9788890281624 Abstract ........................................................................................................................15 Resumen .......................................................................................................................15 © Copyright 2015 WBA Project - Verona (Italy) Introduction ...................................................................................................................16 Material and methods ......................................................................................................16 Editorial Board: Acronyms and abbreviations .............................................................................................17 Ludivina Barrientos-Lozano, Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) Achille Casale, Sassari (Italy) Taxonomy .....................................................................................................................17 Mauro Daccordi, Verona (Italy) PAGLINI ......................................................................................................................17 Pier Mauro Giachino, Torino (Italy) Pagla pictipennis (Fauvel, 1866) ....................................................................................... 17 Laura Guidolin, Padova (Italy) Pagla chilensis (Kraatz, 1859) ...........................................................................................17 Roy Kleukers, Leiden (Holland) Pagla anthracina (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861) ....................................................................17 Bruno Massa, Palermo (Italy) HYPOCYPHTINI ...........................................................................................................18 Giovanni Onore, Quito (Ecuador) Oligota valdiviana Pace, 2000 ...........................................................................................18 Giuseppe Bartolomeo Osella, l’Aquila (Italy) Holobus araucanus Pace, 2000 ..........................................................................................18 Stewart B. Peck, Ottawa (Canada) DIESTOTINI .................................................................................................................18 Fidel Alejandro Roig Mendoza (Argentine) Ophioglossa araucana Fauvel, 1866 ...................................................................................18 Jose Maria Salgado Costas, Leon (Spain) Ophioglossa nanula Pace, 1999 .........................................................................................18 Mauro Tretiach, Trieste (Italy) Ophioglossa andina Pace, 1987 .........................................................................................19 Dante Vailati, Brescia (Italy) Ophioglossa franzi Pace, 1987 ...........................................................................................19 Plesiomalota merula (Fauvel, 1866) ...................................................................................19 Editor-in-chief: Pier Mauro Giachino Plesiomalota fasciatipennis (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861) ......................................................20 Managing Editor: Gianfranco Caoduro Plesiomalota cinctella (Fauvel, 1866) .................................................................................20 Make up and cover graphic: Giulia Vailati Plesiomalota zanettii n. sp. ...............................................................................................20 BOLITOCHARINI .........................................................................................................21 Front cover: Ecuador, the volcan Ruminahui viewed from the Cotopaxi National Park, 3850 m Leptusa (Nanoglossa) parallela (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861) ................................................ 21 (photo by G. Caoduro) and Plesiomalota cotopaxiensis (photo by L. Toledano). Leptusa (Nanoglossa) nahuelbutana (Coiffait & Saiz, 1967) ...................................................22 Leptusa (Nanoglossa) cautinensis Pace, 2001 .......................................................................22 Back cover: Ecuador, Camino de Papallacta, Montaña, m 4000 (photo by G. Caoduro). Leptusa (Nanoglossa) magellanica Pace, 1989 .....................................................................22 Prosoponotha zanettii n. sp. ..............................................................................................22 The works included in this volume may be cited as: ATHETINI ....................................................................................................................23 Pace R., 2015. Biodiversity of Aleocharinae from Chilean and Magellanean sub-regions: Gnypeta fissicollis(Fairmaire & Germain, 1861) .................................................................. 23 new data, new genus and new species (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Memoirs on Biodiversity, Gnypeta aerea Pace, 2000 ................................................................................................23 WBA Project, Verona, 3: 15-38. Heterostiba alutiventris Pace, 1999 ....................................................................................23 Pace R., 2015. Biodiversity of Aleocharinae from Andean and Brazilian sub-regions: Atheta (Microdota) osornensis Pace, 1999 ...........................................................................23 new data, new genera and new species (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Memoirs on Biodiversity, Atheta (Microdota) zanettiana n. sp. ...................................................................................23 WBA Project, Verona, 3: 39-173. Atheta (Datomicra) obscuripennis (Solier, 1849) .................................................................. 24 Atheta (Pseudobessobia) obscura (Solier, 1849) ...................................................................24 Responsible Director: Simone Bellini - Authorization n. 116753 08/06/2006 Atheta (Pseudobessobia) lonquimayensis Pace, 1999 .............................................................24 All rights reserved. Reproduction prohibited without permission of the copyright owner. Lamprostiba schwabei (Bernhauer, 1939) ............................................................................24 3 THAMIARAEINI ...........................................................................................................25 Taxonomy .....................................................................................................................43 Leptoglossula sculpticollis (Fauvel, 1866) ...........................................................................25 DEINOPSINI .................................................................................................................43 Leptoglossula biimpressa (Solier, 1849) ..............................................................................25 Adinopsis myllaenoides (Kraatz, 1857) ................................................................................43 Leptoglossula mixta Pace, 1999 .........................................................................................26 OLIGOTINI ..................................................................................................................43 Leptoglossula dentata Pace, 2000 ......................................................................................26 Oligota argentinlutea n. sp. ...............................................................................................43 OXYPODINI .................................................................................................................26 Holobus peruvianus n. sp. .................................................................................................44 Gastrorhopalus aisen Pace, 1987 .......................................................................................26 HYGRONOMINI ...........................................................................................................44 Gastrorhopalus elegans Solier, 1849 .................................................................................. 26 Eymekesina n. gen. .........................................................................................................44 Blepharhymenus submetallicus (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861) ..................................................26 Eymekesina peruviana n. sp. .............................................................................................45 Blepharhymenus osornensis Pace, 1987 ...............................................................................26 PRONOMAEINI ............................................................................................................45 Tomocoryphusa zanettii n. sp. ........................................................................................... 27 Myllaena cangahuensis n. sp. ............................................................................................45