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AF449A453903FFE3FF75FDE08007D664.text	AF449A453903FFE3FF75FDE08007D664.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax Reitter 1909	<div><p>Pselaphaulax Reitter 1909</p><p>Pselaphaulax Reitter (1909: 218)</p><p>Type species: Pselaphus dresdensis Herbst, 1792 (monot.)</p><p>Redescription (based on Owens et al. 2019). Males. Head: eyes rounded, composed of 15–20 facets. Vertex convex; shallow sulcus beginning at base of vertex, extending to level of vertexal foveae; vertexal foveae large, set into margins of vertexal depression parallel to middle of eyes; vertexal depression widest between eyes, confluent with sulcus extending to apex of rostrum. Rostral sulcus bounded by lateral, flattened ridges extending to antennal acetabula. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view typically straight to slightly emarginate, with sparse, suberect setae. Antennal segment one as long as antennomeres 2-4, antennae otherwise unmodified. Gular mound modified, hemispherical, about as long a wide or narrowed and longer than wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, sometimes bearing flattened modified scales; gular foveae present, paired. Maxillary palpomere I elongate, 1/2 as long as palpomere II; palpomere II narrow, enlarged distally, shorter than head; maxillary palpomere III quadrate; maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened in distal 1/3-1/2, apical area smooth to roughened, v-shaped sensory patch present, margined by carina. Thorax: Pronotum widest at 1/2 length, narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly; basal sulcus present, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae, median antebasal fovea reduced to depression, margined by two short carinae. Prosternum in front of coxae slightly convex, anteriorly with modified flattened setae; lateral procoxal foveae present. Mesoventrite with median shield; lateral mesoventral foveae present in large cavities filled with dense setae, meeting internally; lateral mesocoxal foveae absent; median mesoventral foveae present, paired, meeting internally; mesocoxae separated by extension of meso- and metaventrite. Metaventrite afoveate, variously modified; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Elytra with three basal foveae, single sutural fovea; single discal stria, sutural striae present; apical fringe of setae present.</p><p>Abdomen: Tergites of usual form for tribe, unmodified; tergite 2 without obvious basal foveae, lateral basal sulcus extending along width of ventrite, obscured by dense band of setae along posterior edge. Ventrite I covered in dense, shining setae; ventrite II variously modified with median depressions, sulci, or projections; ventrites otherwise unmodified.</p><p>Females: similar to males except eyes may be smaller, composed of fewer facets; secondary sexual modifications of the legs and second ventrite absent.</p><p>Comments. NZ species in this genus are primarily united by the presence of an antebasal sulcus on the pronotum margined by lateral antebasal foveae, the median antebasal foveae present and sometimes delimited by two small carinae (may be reduced to a median pit), maxillary palpi IV widened in the distal 1/3 to1/2 with a v-shaped sensory patch margined by a carina, and the gular swelling prominent, about as long as wide or narrower and slightly longer than wide. While several groups in NZ likely representing undescribed genera may superficially resemble Pselaphaulax, no other groups possess a combination of these character states. Pselaphaulax is most similar to Pselaphotumulus and Pselaphogenius, but can quickly be distinguished, most noticeably, by the rounded to slightly emarginate apical margin of the rostrum (pointed in Pselaphotumulus and some Pselaphogenius), the gular process rounded or ovate-rounded (greatly expanded to cover the entire gular area of the head in Pselaphotumulus), and the presence of an antebasal sulcus on the pronotum (absent in Pselaphogenius).</p><p>Superficially, NZ specimens in the genus can be divided into two “species groups” which can consistently be distinguished by several characters, including: shape of gular mound (ovate, narrowed apically and posteriorly in group 1, rounded, widened apically and rounded or narrowed posteriorly in group 2); modifications of the area behind gular mound (nude in group 1, covered in flattened modified scales in group 2); the degree of reduction of the median antebasal fovea (present and margined by carinae in group 1, reduced and pit-like in group 2); and modifications of the mesoventral shield (bearing a single, setose fovea in group 1, lacking setose fovea in group 2). All species described in the previous Chatham Islands manuscript (Owens et al. 2019) are members of group 2. Pselaphaulax intermedius possesses a mixture of characters (gular mound rounded posteriorly as in group 2, area behind gular mound nude as in group 1, median antebasal fovea present as in group 1, and mesoventral shield bearing a setose fovea as in group 2). Further investigation and comparison with Asian fauna may eventually warrant the designation of subgeneric status to these species groups within NZ Pselaphaulax, but under the current system they should be considered informal designations encompassing morphological variation within the genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453903FFE3FF75FDE08007D664	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453905FFE5FF75FC2D80ACD542.text	AF449A453905FFE5FF75FC2D80ACD542.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax Reitter 1909	<div><p>Key to the New Zealand species of Pselaphaulax (males)</p><p>Extensive examination of NZ Pselaphaulax specimens by the first author has yielded very few external morphological characters useful for species-level identification. As a result, this key relies heavily on characters of the male genitalia. In most cases, identification of females is only possible via association with male specimens.</p><p>1 Gular mound ovate, narrowed posteriorly and anteriorly (except P. meliusculus); pronotum with median antebasal fovea welldeveloped with lateral carinate ridges; mesoventral shield with setose fovea present.................. 2 (species group 1)</p><p>1’ Gular mound rounded, wider anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly; pronotum with median antebasal fovea reduced or pit-like; mesoventral shield unmodified, setose fovea absent (except P. dracophyllum)...................... 7 (species group 2)</p><p>1” Possessing a combination of characters of both species groups: gular mound rounded posteriorly (group 2); pronotum with median antebasal foveae well-developed, mesoventral shield with setose foveae (group 1).................................................................................... Pselaphaulax intermedius Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>2(1) Gular mound broad anteriorly and narrowed posteriorly, not ovate........................ P. meliusculus (Broun), 1893</p><p>2’ Gular mound narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly, ovate....................................................... 3</p><p>3(2’) Ventral process of aedeagus not distally curved downwards; reduced or blunt at apex................................ 4</p><p>3’ Ventral process of aedeagus curved downwards, distally; apex acute, narrow...................................... 5</p><p>4(3) Ventral process of aedeagus reduced, shortened, apically blunt; fleshy process associated with narrow median lobe........................................................................................ P. pilifrons (Broun), 1914</p><p>4’ Ventral process of aedeagus reduced, apparently absent; median lobe broad........ P. ramsayi Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>5(3’) Ventral process of aedeagus serrate; dorsal processes associated with median lobe elongate, narrow, not noticeably curved........................................................................ P. pelorus Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>5’ Ventral process of aedeagus smooth; median lobe distinctly curved.............................................. 6</p><p>6(5’) Median lobe of aedeagus and associated left lateral process both curved towards the right.............................................................................................. P. hornabrooki Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>6’ Median lobe of aedeagus lacking associated left lateral process curved towards the right................................................................................................... P. tararua Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>7(1’) Mesoventral shield modified, setose fovea present posterior to procoxae................................................................................................... P. dracophyllum Owens et al. (Subantarctic Islands)</p><p>7’ Mesoventral shield unmodified, setose fovea absent.......................................................... 8</p><p>8(7’) Males with ventrite II with large, deep, oval depression extending length of ventrite... P. nunni Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>8’ Males with ventrite II not with large, deep, oval depression, median area slightly flattened or otherwise modified......... 9</p><p>9(8’) Ventrite II with two patches of setae on apex, distribution restricted to Chatham Is... P. caeruleus Owens et al. (Chathams)</p><p>9’ Ventrite II nude, not with two patches of setae on apex....................................................... 10</p><p>10(9’) Parameres of genitalia reduced and shortened, no more than ½ length of median lobe, distribution restricted to Chatham Is......................................................................... P. traversi Owens et al. (Chathams)</p><p>10’ Parameres of genitalia not visibly shortened, longer than ½ length of median lobe................................. 11</p><p>11(9’) Ventral process of aedeagus associated with accessory serrate process, at least in part............ P. pauper (Sharp), 1874</p><p>11’ Ventral process of aedeagus not associated with accessory serrate process........................................ 12</p><p>12 Aedeagus with distal end of median lobe not curved to right, dorsal process poorly developed; distribution restricted to Chatham Is...................................................................... P. flavus Owens et al. (Chathams)</p><p>12’ Aedeagus with distal end of median lobe curved to right, dorsal process well-developed and extended over median lobe before projecting ventrally............................................................. P. meliusculus (Broun), 1893</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453905FFE5FF75FC2D80ACD542	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453904FFE5FF75FE2D8074D10F.text	AF449A453904FFE5FF75FE2D8074D10F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax intermedius Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax intermedius Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 5a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype: (male) New Zealand: CO: Rock and Pillar Ra., 1158 m Swards, 13 Nov 1969 J McBurney, 69/208 (NZAC) . Paratypes: (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand: CO: Old Man Ra., 1432 m, Litter and debris, 24 Feb 1974 JC Watt, 74/11 (NZAC) .</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the species’ intermediate status between species groups 1 and 2.</p><p>Diagnosis. Externally, Pselaphaulax intermedius can be distinguished from all others in the genus by possessing a combination of characters of species groups 1 and 2: gular mound rounded posteriorly (group 2); pronotum with median antebasal foveae well-developed, mesoventral shield with setose foveae (group 1). The form of the genitalia is also unique, with the median lobe large and complex, lateral processes absent, and ventral process simple and short.</p><p>Description. MALE holotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 16 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view straight with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound narrowed apically and rounded posteriorly, swelling as long as wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with one basal fovea and single sutural fovea; discal stria absent, sutural striae present; apical fringe of setae present, sparse. Abdomen: Tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with median area slightly flattened at base, apically margined by short, sparse setae. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe distally large and complex. Ventral process short, downward curved, distally, much shorter than median lobe. Lateral processes absent. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller.</p><p>Distribution. Pselaphaulax intermedius is known only from the type localities in Central Otago (CO).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453904FFE5FF75FE2D8074D10F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453904FFE6FF75F9A78755D6B0.text	AF449A453904FFE6FF75F9A78755D6B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax hornabrooki Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax hornabrooki Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 6a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype: (male) Wellington 10-28 1946 R.Hornabrook (NZAC) . Paratypes: (3 females) holotype locality (NZAC) .</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the collector of the type series, R. Hornabrook.</p><p>Diagnosis. Pselaphaulax hornabrooki can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the combination of a median lobe curved to the right and an associated left lateral process that is narrow and elongate, extending beyond the median lobe.</p><p>Description. MALE holotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view slightly rounded with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound narrowed apically and posteriorly, swelling distinctly longer than wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, apical swelling roughened, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae and single sutural fovea; single discal stria, sutural striae present; apical fringe of setae absent. Abdomen: Tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with median area slightly flattened at base, apically margined by short, sparse setae. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe distally curved to the right. Ventral process downward curved, distally, shorter than median lobe. Left lateral process elongate narrow, extending beyond median lobe. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. Pselaphaulax hornabrooki is known only from four collecting events in Wellington (WN).</p><p>Material examined. Wellington Region: (1 male, 3 females) New Zealand: WN: Otaki Forks, Hector Trig Moss, 6 Sep 1965 JI Townsend, 65/480 (LSAM); (8 males, 6 females) New Zealand: WN: Hutt Valley, Taita Litter, 1958-1961 K Lee, 61/16 (LSAM); (1 male, 1 female) Masterton 1410 10/2/1952 R. Hornabrook // Entomology Division D.S.I.R . New Zealand (NZAC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453904FFE6FF75F9A78755D6B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453907FFE7FF75FCB88755D768.text	AF449A453907FFE7FF75FCB88755D768.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax meliusculus (Broun 1893) Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax meliusculus (Broun), 1893, comb. nov.</p><p>Pselaphus meliusculus (Broun 1893: 1044) (Figs. 1 –2, 3a–b, 4a–b, 7a–c)</p><p>Type Material Examined. The following specimen from the NHM is here designated the lectotype of Pselaphus meliusculus: (male) TYPE (red/orange label)// 1868.// Dunedin// New Zealand Broun coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482 (lectotype). Broun’s original description does not mention a single type specimen, and the manuscript number (1868.) matches the number included in Broun’s description (Broun, 1893 a). Likewise, the locality of the specimen, Dunedin, is near the locality, Mount Maungatua, Otago, mentioned in Broun’s original description .</p><p>Diagnosis. Pselaphaulax meliusculus can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the curvature of the median lobe to the right and the projection of a dorsal process over the median lobe.</p><p>Redescription. MALE Lectotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 22 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view straight with tuft of sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, broadened anteriorly, as long as wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/2 to 1/3, distal swollen area smooth, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate, lateral margins of depression with short erect setae; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with single basal fovea present, single sutural fovea; single discal stria and sutural striae present; apical fringe of setae present. Abdomen: Tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II flattened in narrow band along length of ventrite, flattened area margined by fine, short setae in some specimens. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Dorsal process extended over median lobe, projected ventrally. Median lobe distally curved to the right. Ventral process curved ventrad distally, about as long as median lobe. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. Pselaphaulax meliusculus is known from Central Otago (CO), Dunedin (DN), Fiordland (FD), and Southland (SL) regions on South Island.</p><p>Material examined. Central Otago region: (1 male) New Zealand CO Leaning Lodge Rock &amp; Pillar Rng 25-Jan-02 (JN); (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand CO Ailsa Craig Lammermoor Rng 7-Dec-08// Sifted moss and tussock litter// J T Nunn collection (JN); (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand CO Carrick Ra Watts Rock 8 ii 2015 // Sifted moss and tussock litter J. Nunn (JN). Dunedin region: (1 male) New Zealand DN Flagstaff Hill 8-Oct-03// in tussock litter (JN) ; (1 male) NEW ZEALAND DN Flagstaff Hill Dunedin 23-IV-2011 // in tussock litter (JN) ; (2 males, 1 female) NEW ZEALAND: DN: Mt. Cargill Scen. Res., Organ Pipes Track, nr. Mt. Cargill summit, 600m, 45 ∘ 48.505'S, 170 ∘ 33.999'E, 5.xii.2005, podocarp-broadleaf forest; FMHD#2005-076, berl., leaf litter (wet), A. Solodovnikov &amp; D. Clarke; ANMT site 1165 95% ethanol FIELD MUSEUM NAT. HIST. (FMNH, EtOH) ; (1 male) Dunedin 1408/15/1952 R.Hornabrook (NZAC). Fiordland region: (1 male) New Zealand FD Borland Saddle 24-Jan-08 (JN) ; New Zealand FD Thicket Burn L Hauroko 04-Jan-96// Nothofagus litter (JN) ; (1 male) New Zealand FD Mount Burns 18-Feb-07// Tussock litter (JN); (1 male) New Zealand FD First Bay L Hauroko 25 Sep 09// Washed soil sample, beech forest// J T Nunn collection (JN) ; (1 male) NEW ZEALAND FD Hump Ridge 914m 8 Feb 1968 J. I. Townsend Litter 68/9// New Zealand Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bat 92170 AUCKALND New Zealand (NZAC). Southland region: (3 males, 1 female) New Zealand SL Manuka Ridge Rd Blue mountains 9-Aug-03// in ground litter and litter from tussock zone// J T Nunn collection (JN) ; (1 male) New Zealand SL MW relat stn Blue Mountains 19-Mar-06// J T Nunn collection (JN) ; (1 male) New Zealand SL Round Hill Orepuki 6- Jul-02// In forest floor litter// J T Nunn collection (JN) ; (1 male) New Zealand SL Spence Basin Takitimu Rng 16- Jan-00// c. 1,150 m // J T Nunn (JN) ; (1 male) New Zealand SL Mores SR Riverton 6-Jul-02// In ground litter from kamahi forest// J T Nunn (JN) ; (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand SL Kaka Point SR 5-Jun-99// In kamahi forest floor litter (JN); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND SL Longwood Range 8 Feb 1976 G.W. Ramsay litter 76/36// Entomology Division D.S.I.R. New Zealand (NZAC).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453907FFE7FF75FCB88755D768	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A45390CFFEDFF75FF31849DD104.text	AF449A45390CFFEDFF75FF31849DD104.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax pelorus Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax pelorus Owens &amp; Carlton, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 8a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype: (male) New Zealand: MB: Pelorus Reserve Litter, 15 Sep 1964 JI Townsend, 64/93 (NZAC) . Paratypes: (1 male, 2 females) holotype locality (NZAC) .</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the type locality in Pelorus Reserve.</p><p>Diagnosis. Of the species in group 1, only P. pelorus possesses a ventral process with serrations on the dorsal surface. Additionally, the elongate, curved processes associated with the elongate median lobe (4/5 length of basal bulb) are unique.</p><p>Description. MALE holotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view straight with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, ovate, narrowed posteriorly and anteriorly, longer than wide; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, apical swelling roughened, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus distinct, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea; single discal stria, sutural striae present; sparse apical fringe of setae present. Abdomen: tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with median area slightly flattened throughout length of ventrite, apically with row of small tubercles. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe broad, about 4/5 length of basal bulb; associated processes narrow, elongate, curved. Ventral process serrate on dorsal surface, about as long as median lobe. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from the Pelorus and Wakamarina Valleys in Marlborough (MB) and Cobb Reservoir and Dun Mt. in Nelson (NN).</p><p>Material examined. Marlborough region: (2 males) New Zealand: MB: Pelorus Bridge Litter, 15 Sep 1964 JI Townsend, 64/95 (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: MB: Pelorus Valley, 214 m Moss, 13 Jul 1965 JI Townsend, 65/388 (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: MB: Wakamarina Valley Litter, 12 Aug 1966 AK Walker, 66/237 (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: MB Ronga Saddle Moss, 13 Jul 1965 LPMarchant, 65/391(LSAM) . Nelson region: (1 female) New Zealand: NN: Cobb Reservoir, 1037 m Moss, 18 Sep 1964 TG Wood, 64/100 (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: NN: Dun Mt., Third House 560 m, moss, 66/121 29 Mar 1966, JI Townsend (LSAM); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND: So. Island, 70 km NE Nelson, Tennyson Inlet 480m, 27-v-1982, FMHD #82-604, Beech forest litter, S. Peck (FMNH, EtOH) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A45390CFFEDFF75FF31849DD104	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A45390CFFF0FF75FA6D8075D170.text	AF449A45390CFFF0FF75FA6D8075D170.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax pilifrons (Broun 1914) Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax pilifrons (Broun), 1914, comb. nov.</p><p>Pselaphus pilifrons (Broun 1914a: 93)</p><p>Pselaphus trifoveatus (Broun 1914b: 172), synon. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 9a–c)</p><p>Type Material Examined. After examining the type series of Pselaphus pilifrons and P. trifoveatus in the NHM and reviewing the original species descriptions of Broun, we determined the two species to be identical; we hereby synonymize them and transfer them to the genus Pselaphaulax . In the case of P. trifoveatus, lectotype designation is necessary to fix the taxon to a name bearing type. Broun did not specifically identify the holotype specimen, and the syntype series includes multiple species</p><p>Pselaphus trifoveatus: The following specimen is here designated the lectotype: (male) 3538.// New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482//Mc Clennans 25-3-1912 (lectotype). The following four specimens are included in the syntype series in the NHM and have been determined to represent additional specimens of P. trifoveatus, and are here designated as paralectotypes: (1 male) TYPE (red/orange label)// 3538. ♂ // New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482// Mc Clennans 25-3-1912; (2 females) 3538. ♀ // New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482// Rakaia 9-8-1912; (1 female) New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482// Mc Clennans 25-3-1912. These specimens match the manuscript number, “3583”, locality “McClennans Bush and Raikaia Gorge”, and collecting date, 1912, mentioned in Broun’s original description of the syntype series (1914b).</p><p>Pselaphus pilifrons: (1 female) 3402// Tisbury 9/10/10// Pselaphus pilifrons // TYPE</p><p>(red/orange label) (Holotype). This specimen matches the manuscript number, “3402”, as well as the locality, “Tisbury, Invercargill” of the one specimen mentioned by Broun in the original description (1914b), so this specimen was determined to represent the holotype of P. pilifrons .</p><p>No other specimens are included in the type series in the NHM.</p><p>Diagnosis. Pselaphaulax pilifrons may primarily be separated from the other species in group 1 by the reduction of the ventral process with a short, blunt apex. The well-developed fleshy process associated with the median lobe is also unique among species in the group.</p><p>Redescription. MALE lectotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view weakly emarginate with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, slightly longer than wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, distal swollen area smooth, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea; discal stria and sutural striae present; sparse apical fringe of setae present. Abdomen: Tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with median area slightly flattened throughout length of ventrite, apically margined by short, sparse setae. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe distally curved downwards, protruding from fleshy dorsal extension. Ventral process blunt, shortened, barely extending beyond basal bulb. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. Pselaphaulax pilifrons is known from a number of collecting events in Mid Canterbury (MC) and the lectotype collection locality in Southland (SL).</p><p>Material examined. Middle Canterbury region: (3 males, 1 female) New Zealand: MC: Foot of Mt. Somers Moss, 28 Jul 1966 AD Lowe, 66/220 (LSAM, one m slide-mounted); (1 female) New Zealand: MC: Foot of Mt. Somers Moss, 28 Jul 1966 AD Lowe, 66/219 (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: MC: McClennan's Bush Moss, 28 Jul 1966 AD Lowe, 66/221 (LSAM); (1 female) New Zealand: MC: Mt. Hutt, McClennan's Bush Moss, 11 Dec 1973 G Kuschel, 73/142 (LSAM); (2 males, 1 female) NEW ZEALAND MC Mt Alford 1067m NW of Methven 2 Feb 1976 G.W. Ramsay // Litter 76/16 (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND MC Peel Forest Park Blandswood 7 Nov 1979 J.C.Watt // Litter 79/148 (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND MC Sharplin Falls Bowyers stream 610m Mt Somers 2 Feb 1976 // G.W. Ramsay Litter and moss 76/18 (NZAC); (2 males) Pudding Hill, nr. Methven, Canterbury // Coll. T. Hall 13.4.1915 // 3538// T.Broun (NZAC); (5 females) Pudding Hill, nr. Methven Canterbury //3538 Pselaphus trifoveatus Broun (NZAC); (6 specimens) 21.i.52, moss, Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, S.I. (NZAC); (3 specimens) 13.x.51 moss Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, S.I. (NZAC); (2 specimens) 9.x.51 moss, 7 miles Christchurch (Bell-Bush) S.I. (NZAC); (2 specimens) 31.i.52 moss K. Valley, Cant., S.I. (NZAC); (3 specimens) 17.i.52, moss n. Ashley Gorge Cant. S.I. (NZAC); (1 male) Ex Lucerne Lincoln College, N.Z. ex: (turf) 10 pm 3 10. 1967 Coll. R. Macfarlane (NZAC); (1 male) Oakden 23-9-13// 3538// T.Broun Collector (NZAC); (2 males, 1 female) Mt. Algidus 9.10.1913 // T.Broun Collection (NZAC); (1 female) Algidus 25-9-13// 3538// T.Broun Collection (NZAC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A45390CFFF0FF75FA6D8075D170	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453911FFF1FF75FAF88132D5F4.text	AF449A453911FFF1FF75FAF88132D5F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax ramsayi Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax ramsayi Owens &amp; Carlton, new species</p><p>(Fig. 10a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype (male) New Zealand: NN: Farewell Spit Lighthouse Litter, 28 Jan 1967 AK Walker, 67/47 (NZAC).</p><p>Etymology. This species is named in honor of GW Ramsay, collector of the holotype.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is the only species in the genus with a completely reduced (absent) ventral process of the aedeagus. The median lobe is broad, also uncharacteristic for the genus.</p><p>Description. MALE holotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view straight with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, ovate, narrowed posteriorly and anteriorly, longer than wide; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, apical swelling roughened, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus distinct, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate, raised into median tumosity; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea; single discal stria, sutural striae present; sparse apical fringe of setae present. Abdomen: tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with median area slightly flattened throughout length of ventrite, apically margined by short, sparse setae. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe distally curved downwards, broad. Ventral process reduced, apparently absent. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median flattened area.</p><p>Distribution. This species is only known from the holotype from Nelson.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453911FFF1FF75FAF88132D5F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453910FFF2FF75FE7C804CD5F4.text	AF449A453910FFF2FF75FE7C804CD5F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax tararua Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax tararua Owens &amp; Carlton, new species</p><p>(Fig. 11a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype: (male) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut Ridge 990m 13 Feb 1985 // C.F. Butcher Litter 85/16 (NZAC) . Paratypes: (2 males, 3 females) holotype locality (NZAC) .</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the type locality in the Tararua Range.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species can be readily be distinguished from all others in the genus by the curvature of the median lobe to the right and the posterior direction of the terminal end.</p><p>Description. MALE holotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view straight, weakly emarginate with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound swollen, ovate, longer than wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, apical swelling roughened, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield bearing patch of spongeose setae in small concavity behind margin of procoxae. Metaventrite afoveate, raised into median tumosity; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea present; single discal stria and sutural striae present; apical fringe of setae absent. Abdomen: tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with narrow, flattened median depression, extending length of ventrite. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe distally curved far to the right, elongate, terminal end directed posteriorly. Right lateral process well-developed, narrowed distally. Ventral process downward curved, distally, shorter than median lobe. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from collecting events in Nelson (NN), Taranaki (TK), Taupo (TO), and Wellington (WN). Its distribution is split across the North and South islands of NZ, but it has not been collected farther south than the extreme northern tip of the South Island.</p><p>Material examined. (2 males, 1 female) New Zealand: NN: Stanley Brook, Sunday Creek Litter, 11 Oct 1963 JI Townsend, 63/27 (LSAM); (2 males) NEW ZEALAND: So. Island, 20 km NE Takaka, Tasman Nat. Pk., 21-v-1982, FMHD #82-591, Mixed forest litter, S. Peck (FMNH); (1male) New Zealand: TK: Mt. Egmont Nat. Park 29 Nov 1970 AW Don (LSAM); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND TO Chakune Mtn Rd Waitonga Falls 4 Nov 2004 A C Eyles ground moss (NZAC); (3 males, 3 females) NEW ZEALAND: WN: Tararua Forest Park, above Akatarawa Saddle, 455m, 40 ∘ 56.936'S, 175 ∘ 06.529'E, 26.ix.2005, broadleaf-podocarp forest on slope; FMHD#2005-033, berl., leaf &amp; log litter, A. Newton &amp; M. Thayer, ANMT site 1151 95% ethanol FIELD MUSEUM NAT. HIST. (FMNH); (3 males, 2 females) NEW ZEALAND: WN: Tararua Forest Park, Judd Ridge, Field's Track, Field Hut vic., 855m, 40 ∘ 54.474'S, 175 ∘ 15.371'E, 24.xi-26.xi.2005, broadleaf (Noth. Menziesii-Weinmannia racemosa) -podocarp forest; FMHD#2005-039, berl., forest leaf litter (mostly Nothofagus), A. Solodovnikov &amp; D. Clarke; ANMT site 1153 95% EtOH FIELD MUSEUM NAT. HIST. (FMNH); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND, WN, Kaitoke Regional Park, Pakuratahi Forks, 15 Apr 2005, R. Leschen, C. McGuiness,// leaf litter, RL975, 41.03'S, 175.11'E (NZAC); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Logan East Basin 12 Feb 1985 C.F.Butcher // Mixed swards 85/27 (FMNH) . NEW ZEALAND, WN Tararua Forest Park off Waiotauru Rd 25 Aug 1998 E. Spur // found on bait (NZAC); (1 male, 1 female) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut Ridge 950m 3 Dec 1984 // R.C.Craw Sifted litter 84/88 (NZAC); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Ridge to Dundas Hut 1275m 6 Dec 1984 // R.C.Craw Moss and plants 84/98 (NZAC); (1 male, 2 females) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut Ridge 800m 13 Feb 1985 // G.W.Ramsay Litter 85/18 (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut Ridge 990m 3 Dec 1984 // B. G. Bennett &amp; T. K. Crosby Sifted litter 84/83 (NZAC); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut 1250m 6 Dec 1984 J.S. Dugdale // Moss,plants 84/93 (NZAC); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND WN Tararua Ra Dundas Hut Ridge, River Forks 900m 11 Feb 1985 // G.W.Ramsay Litter 85/12 (NZAC); (1 male, 3 females) NEW ZEALAND WN Wainuiomata Whakanui Tk 10 Jan 1993 J R Grehan // Beech /kamahai (NZAC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453910FFF2FF75FE7C804CD5F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453912FFF4FF75FF7986DBD7B4.text	AF449A453912FFF4FF75FF7986DBD7B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax nunni Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax nunni Owens &amp; Carlton, new species</p><p>(Fig. 12a–c)</p><p>Type Material. Holotype: (male) New Zealand: MB Black Birch Ra summit 7 Feb-07// JTN collection (NZAC) . Paratype: (1 female) holotype locality (NZAC) .</p><p>Etymology. This species is named in honor of John T. Nunn, an avid supporter of Pselaphinae research in New Zealand, who collected the type series.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other in the genus by the form of the deep ovate depression on the male ventrite II. Additionally, the absence of a setose pit on the mesoventral shield places this species in “species group 2”, although the absence of setae on the gular area behind the hemispherical swelling sets it apart from others in this division. The aedeagus, with a reduced median lobe and asymmetrical production of the right lateral process and absence of a left lateral process is also unique within the genus.</p><p>Description. MALE. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: wide, width between eyes greater than ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 19 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view weakly emarginate with sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, hemispherical, as long as wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, slightly concave, nude. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, distal swollen area smooth, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal foveae margined by small longitudinal carinae, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with mesoventral shield unmodified. Metaventrite afoveate, flattened and bearing vestiture of sparse short setae; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea; discal stria and sutural striae present; sparse apical fringe of setae present. Abdomen: tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with deep ovate depression occupying length of ventrite. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe reduced. Right lateral process developed, compressed laterally. Ventral process absent. Parameres present, well-developed (longer than length of basal bulb).</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. Pselaphaulax nunni is only known from the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453912FFF4FF75FF7986DBD7B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
AF449A453915FFF5FF75FBBC8498D3A0.text	AF449A453915FFF5FF75FBBC8498D3A0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pselaphaulax pauper (Sharp 1874) Owens & Carlton 2022	<div><p>Pselaphaulax pauper (Sharp), 1874, comb. nov.</p><p>Pselaphus pauper Sharp (1874: 492)</p><p>Pselaphus pilistriatus Broun (1880: 123), syn. nov.</p><p>Pselaphus fuscopilus Broun (1886: 944), syn. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 3c, 4c, 13 a–c)</p><p>Type Material Examined. After examining the type series of Pselaphus pauper, P. pilistriatus, and P. fuscopilus in the NHM and reviewing the original species descriptions of Broun and Sharp, we determined the three species to be identical; we hereby synonymize them and transfer them to the genus Pselaphaulax . We designate the following specimens from the NHM as lectotypes and paralectotypes or neotype for the original type series:</p><p>Pselaphus fuscopilus: The following specimen from the NHM is here designated the lectotype: (female) 1698.// Paparoa// New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482.// TYPE (red/orange paper) (lectotype). Broun’s original description of this species (1886) indicated “near Howick” as the collecting locality, and did not indicate that more than one specimen was represented. The single specimen listed here is the only specimen in the NHM bearing the manuscript number matching the one given in Broun’s original description, “1698”, but the label indicates “Paparoa” as the collecting locality. The place name “Paparoa” is an older, Maori place name for the locality that was later given the English name, “Howick”. No other specimens of Pselaphini in the NHM Broun collection bear the combination of a manuscript number, 1698, and “near Howick” as the locality. This specimen, therefore, was considered to be the lectotype.</p><p>Pselaphus pilistriatus: (1 female) 227.// Manaia// NewZealand. Broun Coll. Brit. Mus.</p><p>1922–482// TYPE (red/orange paper) (designated neotype). Broun’s original description of this species (1880) referenced a single specimen, “one mutilated individual near Whangarei</p><p>Harbour”. No specimens matching this combination of physical description, locality, or the manuscript number referenced in the original description, “227”, were found in the NHM Broun collection. “Manaia” likely refers to “Mount Manaia” at the Whangarei Heads, as Broun apparently used these place-names interchangeably (Leschen, pers. comm.). Due to the apparent absence of this specimen in the collection and its physical damage as mentioned by Broun, it is believed likely that this specimen was lost or destroyed at some point. The specimen mentioned here is designated as the neotype, as it bears the manuscript number, type locality, and physical description of the species mentioned in Broun’s original description (1880).</p><p>Pselaphus pauper: (1 female) “Type H.T.”// n. 3. Hokitika// Pselaphus pauper Type. D.S. (designated lectotype). The following specimen included in the type series is determined to be an additional specimen of this species and is here designated a paralectotype: (1 female) “n. 3.</p><p>Hokitika”// Pselaphus pauper Ind. Type. D.S. (designated paralectotype). These specimens match the locality information and description provided by Sharp regarding the syntype series in the original species description (1874).</p><p>Diagnosis. Pselaphaulax pauper can be distinguished from all other species in the genus by the bifurcate median lobe with the ventral process further divided at apex.</p><p>Redescription. MALE lectotype. Integument: head, pronotum, elytra, abdomen, and appendages light brown, palpi lighter in color. Head: width between eyes equal to ½ length of head from base of vertex to apex of rostrum. Eyes rounded, composed of 22 facets. Frontal margin of rostrum in dorsal view slightly rounded with tuft of sparse suberect setae. Gular mound modified, hemispherical, as long as wide, glabrous; area of head posterior to gular mound flattened, covered in scale-like setae. Maxillary palpomere IV as long as head, widened at base and distal 1/3, distal swollen area smooth, v-shaped sensory patches present, margined by carinae. Thorax: pronotum with basal sulcus faint, delimited by lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal fovea reduced to depression, present in groove alongside basolateral pits. Mesoventrite with median shield, lacking setose pit. Metaventrite afoveate, medially depressed; metacoxae separated by extension of ventrite I. Legs unmodified. Elytra with two basal foveae, single sutural fovea; single discal stria, sutural striae present; apex with dense fringe of setae. Abdomen: tergites of usual form for tribe. Ventrite II with shallow oval median depression along length of ventrite. Genitalia: aedeagus asymmetrical. Median lobe protruding from fleshy dorsal extension, apparently bifurcate with ventral process distally divided. Ventral process downward curved, distally, about as long as median lobe, associated with accessory process dorsally serrate. Parameres present, as long as median lobe.</p><p>Females. Integument, Head, Thorax, Abdomen: similar to male except eyes slightly smaller and ventrite II lacking median ovate depression and thickened area at apex.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from Auckland (AK), Northland (ND), and Wellington (WN) on the North Island, as well as Middle Canterbury, (MC), Westland (WD) and Fiordland (FD) regions on South Island.</p><p>Material examined. Auckland region: (1 female) New Zealand: AK: Auckland, Lynfield ground plants 20 Dec 1975, G Kuschel (LSAM); (1 male) New Zealand: AK: Auckland, Lynfield ground plants 28 Aug 1976, G Kuschel (LSAM); (1 female) New Zealand: AK: Auckland, Lynfield litter, 27 Jun 1976 G Kuschel (LSAM); (1 male, slide-mounted) New Zealand: AK: Auckland, Lynfield liter, 31 Jul 1976 G Kuschel (LSAM); (1 female) New Zealand: AK Lynfield stream bed 20 Dec 1975 G Kuschel (LSAM); (1male) New Zealand: AK: Auckland, Tropicana Dr. Schoenus 20 Dec 1975, G Kuschel (LSAM); (2 females) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland Pollen I 7 Oct 1980 J.C.Watt // Litter 80/88 (NZAC); (2 males) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland Domain podocarp litter 31.x.2005 SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland Domain podocarp litter 11.xi.2005 SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland Domain litter under rimu 15.iv.2006 SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland Domain podocarp litter 22.iv.2006 SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 male) NEW ZEALAND AK Auckland City bush under Grafton bridge, litter 14.x.2005, SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND AK Devonport North Head long grass 2.iv.2006, SE Thorpe (NZAC); (1 male) X Pasture Ihumateo Mangere 9.Mar 1960 8. M.May (NZAC); (1 female) NEW ZEALAND AK Mangatani Hunua range 5Apr-5May 1977 I. Barton // ARA Kauri Seed Project pit trap 14 (NZAC); (2 males) NEW ZEALAND AK Woodhill 8-15 Oct.1976 C.F.Butcher // Pit trap under Pannisetum clandestinum and Lupinus nr. Pinus and Eucalyptus (NZAC). Fiordland region: (3 males, 3 females) New Zealand: FD: Eglinton V., L. Gunn Litter, 30 Oct 1966 JI Townsend, 66/357 (LSAM); (3 males, 2 females) New Zealand: FD: L. Hauroko Litter 2, Nov 1966 JI Townsend, 66/364 (LSAM). Middle Canterbury region: (1 male) New Zealand: MC: Banks Peninsula, Kaituna, litter 28 Aug 1964 G Kuschel, 64/81 (LSAM). Northland region: (1 male) New Zealand: ND: Whakapara, moss 3 Nov 1967 JI Townsend, 67/257 (LSAM). Wellington region: (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand WN Karori Reservoir 28-Mar-97// J T Nunn collection (JN); (1 male, 1 female) New Zealand WN Smt Akatarawa Rd, 15 Oct 89 Leaf Litter (JN); (2 males, 1 female) New Zealand WN Island Say 5.3.87 J. Nun (JN); (2 males, 2 females) New Zealand WN Waikawa Beach 18 Mch 1990 (JN); (1 male) New Zealand: WD 3.2 km NE Haast, 14m Haast River Walk 43'52S 169'03E, #072 (LSAM) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF449A453915FFF5FF75FBBC8498D3A0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Owens, Brittany E.;Carlton, Christopher E.	Owens, Brittany E., Carlton, Christopher E. (2022): Revision of the New Zealand species of the Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae: Pselaphini). Zootaxa 5155 (2): 221-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.3
