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Witteia dentilabrum Maruyama & von Beeren 2010

Description

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Description. Body (Fig. 7) color reddish brown, but head completely black, mouthparts, legs, apex of abdomen lighter, medial areas of abdominal segments V and VI infuscate. Head (Figs 7–8) sparsely covered with setae; surface finely reticulated. Antennae (Figs 7–8) long, filiform; all segments longer than wide; segments III-X almost twice as long as wide; segment XI elongate. Pronotum (Figs 7–8) subquadrate, subparallel-sided, slightly wider than long (width/length = 1.11–1.18); surface moderately covered with minute setae, with some minute macrosetae laterally. Abdomen with anterior margins of sternites IV-VI produced medially; tergite VIII (Fig. 14) crenulate apically, with 8 macrosetae; sternite VIII (Fig. 15) rounded apically. Male: sternite VIII with 11–12 macrosetae. Median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 16–17) with large parameral crest; apical part roundly convex paramerally; apical lobe slightly trilobed; copulatory piece with a short flagellum. Female: sternite VIII with 8–9 macrosetae. Spermatheca (Fig. 18) with basal part dilated apically, coiled near base, curved near apex; apical part short. Measurements: BL, ≈ 4.2–5.1; FBL, ≈ 1.8–2.0; HL, 0.660–0.738; HW, 0.887–0.988; AL, ≈ 2.8–3.1; PL, 0.806–0.950; PW, 0.725–0.800; HTL, 1.238–1.438.
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Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861). ZooKeys 59: 47–60.
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Distribution. Peninsular Malaysia.
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