identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
57504849FF8CFF99FF76FE6CFBAAF37D.text	57504849FF8CFF99FF76FE6CFBAAF37D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Prosthecarthron Raffray 1914	<div><p>Prosthecarthron Raffray, 1914</p><p>Type species. Prosthecarthron sauteri Raffray, 1914: 3 (by original monotypy)</p><p>Diagnostic combination. Head with punctiform vertexal foveae; antennal clubs loosely formed by apical three antennomeres; ventrolateral margins of head rounded beneath eyes; distinct median gular carina broad. Pronotum with small nude lateral antebasal foveae, lacking median antebasal fovea. Elytra with two basal foveae, with elongate discal striae. Tergite IV lacking basal impression and mediobasal foveae; sternite IV nearly flat at base.</p><p>Redescription. Length 1.55–2.07 [cleared specimen of P. sauteri and P. insulanus examined]. Head transversely rectangular; with small nude vertexal foveae; frontal rostrum prominent, antennal tubercles low; with 11 antennomeres, clubs loosely formed by apical three antennomeres; ocular-mandibular carinae present; ventral lateral margins lacking carinae; small gular foveae widely separated, gular carina broad. Pronotum transverse, with round lateral margins; lacking median antebasal fovea, with nude lateral antebasal foveae; paranotal carinae extending from pronotal base to above procoxae; lateral procoxal foveae widely separated. Each elytron with two basal foveae; discal striae converging, extending nearly to elytral apex. Thorax with median mesoventral foveae in large opening, broadly forked; lateral mesoventral foveae large; lateral mesocoxal foveae present; with lateral metaventral foveae. Abdomen with tergite IV longest, about as long as next two segments combined; tergite IV with base flat, with long discal carinae, lacking mediobasal foveae, basolateral foveae present; tergites IV–VII with complete paratergites; sternite IV lacking basolateral sulci, mediobasal foveae present. Pro- and meso-pair of tarsi with third tarsomeres slightly shorter than second tarsomeres; meta-pair of tarsi with third tarsomeres half length of second tarsomeres; tarsal claws long. Males with frons, antennae, and apices of tibiae or metatibiae modified. Aedeagus symmetric; with reduced parameres; dorsal diaphragm present.</p><p>Natural history. As far as is known adults of this genus are commonly found from wetlands in the estuaries of rivers (Nomura 1998, Arai et al. 2005), and under stones lying on salt meadow plants (Löbl 1977), or on mud flat along mangrove seashores (Park et al. 2011). Males of this genus are often attracted by light trap.</p><p>Comparative notes. Raffray stated (1914: 3) that ‘ Prosthecarthron is placed with Pedinopsis Raffray (now Pedisinops Newton &amp; Chandler, 1989)’. These two genera share a more or less parallel body form, the presence of two basal elytral foveae, the elongate elytral discal striae, and the long prominent discal carinae on the abdominal tergite IV. Prosthecarthron lacks a median antebasal fovea on the pronotum, and has the abdominal tergite IV being flat at base and lacking mediobasal foveae, while Pedisinops has a setose pronotal median antebasal fovea, and the abdominal tergite IV has mediobasal foveae at lateral margins of the setose impression.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57504849FF8CFF99FF76FE6CFBAAF37D	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	Yin, Zi-Wei;Huang, Shao-Bin;Gu, Fu-Kang	Yin, Zi-Wei, Huang, Shao-Bin, Gu, Fu-Kang (2012): Notes on Prosthecarthron Raffray, with description of P. insulanus, sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Qi’ao Island, South China. Zootaxa 3530: 83-88, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212049
57504849FF8FFF9BFF76FF22FE47F35F.text	57504849FF8FFF9BFF76FF22FE47F35F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Prosthecarthron insulanus Yin and Huang	<div><p>Prosthecarthron insulanus Yin and Huang, new species</p><p>(Figs 1 A, 2, 3)</p><p>Type-locality. South China: Guangdong Province, Zhuhai City, Qi’ao Island, 22°25ʹ12.43ʺN, 113°38ʹ0 5.39ʺE, 5 m a.s.l.</p><p>Type material (31 33). Holotype: CHINA: 3, labeled ‘ China: Guangdong / Zhuhai, Qi’ao Island / mangrove forest / 3.vi.2012 (light trap) / Shao-Bin Huang leg. // HOLOTYPE [red] / Prosthecarthron insulanus sp. n. / Yin &amp; Huang / det. 2012, SNUC’. Paratypes: CHINA: 30 33, same label data as holotype, with the following paratype label: ‘ PARATYPE [yellow] / Prosthecarthron insulanus sp. n. / Yin &amp; Huang / det. 2012, SNUC’.</p><p>Description. Male. Length 1.94–2.07; body (Fig. 1 A) reddish brown, maxillary palpi and tarsi lighter; densely covered with short pubescence. Head transverse, wider than long, HL 0.39–0.40, HW 0.45–0.46. Eyes each composed of about 35 large facets. Antennal club loosely three-segmented, segment V (Fig. 2 A) strongly modified. Pronotum rounded laterally, wider than long, PL 0.42–0.45, PW 0.48–0.49. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.59–0.62, EW 0.74–0.78. Protrochanters (Fig. 2 B) spinose on ventral margins; protibiae with small apical tubercle; mesotrochanters (Fig. 2 C) with small ventral tubercle, mesotibiae with large apical spur; metatrochanters (Fig. 2 D) with blunt ventral tubercle; metatibiae broadly expanded mesally and serrate (Fig. 2 E) on mesal margin near middle. Abdomen about same width as elytra, AL 0.54–0.60, AW 0.68–0.71; tergite IV as long as next two segments combined; tergite VIII (Fig. 2 F) and sternite VIII (Fig. 2 G) transverse; sternite IX (Fig. 2 H) paired. Aedeagus (Fig. 2 I) length 0.31, well-sclerotized, median lobe narrowed apically.</p><p>Female. Unknown, probably with simple antennae and legs.</p><p>Distribution. Presently known only from the type locality in Guangdong (Fig. 3).</p><p>Biology. Individuals were collected by a light trap set near a mangrove forest.</p><p>Comparative notes. The new species is closely related to P. sauteri in sharing a nearly identical antennal modification in the male. The two species can be readily separated by the mesotibiae with a long apical spur on the mesal margin and the metatibiae with serrate mesal margin near the middle in P. insulanus . Prosthecarthron sauteri has the mesotibiae lacking an apical spur and the metatibiae are smooth on the mesal margin. The other species of the genus, P. frontalis, differs from both P. insulanus and P. sauteri by the frons with a large cavity in the male.</p><p>Etymology. The Latin word ‘ insulanus ’ means ‘an inhabitant of an island’, indicating the new species was taken from an island.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57504849FF8FFF9BFF76FF22FE47F35F	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	Yin, Zi-Wei;Huang, Shao-Bin;Gu, Fu-Kang	Yin, Zi-Wei, Huang, Shao-Bin, Gu, Fu-Kang (2012): Notes on Prosthecarthron Raffray, with description of P. insulanus, sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Qi’ao Island, South China. Zootaxa 3530: 83-88, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212049
