taxonID	type	description	language	source
03EB87C1FF91FFEFFF1EFE3CFCF6FD61.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This species was previously known only from two localities in Pichincha province (HERMAN 1981). The locality where the above specimens were collected is identical to the type locality of G. rossii nov. sp. (see Map 1).	en	Assing, V. (2013): Two new species and a new record of Dolicaonina from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2): 1541-1547, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5302236
03EB87C1FF92FFECFF1EFF3FFD0DFA2D.taxon	description	E t y m o l o g y: This species is dedicated to Walter Rossi from L'Aquila, specialist of Laboulbeniales, who collected most of the material treated in the present paper. D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 5.9 - 6.5 mm; length of forebody 2.8 - 3.1 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Coloration: head and pronotum reddish; elytra dark-brown to black, sometimes with bluish hue; abdomen distinctly bicoloured, blackish with bright reddish apex (posterior third of segment VII; segments VIII-X); legs, antennae, and mouthparts reddish. Head (Fig. 2) transverse, 1.15 - 1.23 times as broad as long, widest across eyes, weakly tapering behind eyes; punctation rather coarse and sparse; interstices distinctly broader than diameter of punctures, without microsculpture. Eyes rather large and convex, nearly as long as postocular region in dorsal view. Pronotum (Fig. 2) approximately 1.1 times as long as broad and 0.95 times as broad as head, broadest near anterior angles, and distinctly tapering posteriad; punctation similar to that of head; midline impunctate; interstices without microsculpture. Elytra (Fig. 2) long, slightly longer than pronotum, and with marked humeral angles; punctation similar to that of head and pronotum; interstices without microsculpture. Hind wings fully developed. Metatarsomere I slightly longer than II. Abdomen distinctly narrower than elytra; segments III-VI with distinct paratergites; punctation rather sparse, moderately fine on anterior and very fine on posterior tergites; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe.: sternites III-VI unmodified; sternite VII (Fig. 3) moderately transverse and with truncate posterior margin, pubescence in the middle convergent; sternite VIII (Fig. 4) weakly transverse, posterior excision deep and narrow, its depth approximately two-thirds the length of sternite; aedeagus (Figs 5 - 8) approximately 0.9 mm long, slender, and symmetric; parameres apparently completely fused with median lobe. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by the different morphology of the aedeagus. Using to key to females (based on external characters) in HERMAN (1981), G. rossii would key out at couplet 85, together with G. fiscus HERMAN 1981 from Venezuela and G. angulus HERMAN 1981 from Ecuador. Apart from the different male primary and secondary sexual characters, G. rossii is distinguished from both species by much larger size alone (G. fiscus: 3.5 - 4.1 mm; G. angulus: 3.5 mm). For illustrations of the male sexual characters of G. fiscus and G. angulus see HERMAN (1981). D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species was discovered in the Otonga Nature Reserve in Cotopaxi province, Ecuador (Map 1), at an altitude between 1750 and 1950 m. The locality is near 00 ° 25 ' S, 79 ° 00 ' W (ROSSI pers. comm.).	en	Assing, V. (2013): Two new species and a new record of Dolicaonina from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2): 1541-1547, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5302236
03EB87C1FF95FFEBFF1EFF3FFCC9FA7D.taxon	description	E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: blind) refers to the almost completely reduced eyes. D e s c r i p t i o n: Small species; body length 3.5 mm; length of forebody 1.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 9. Coloration: body reddish; legs and antennae reddish-yellow. Head (Figs 9 - 10) oblong, 1.15 times as long as broad; punctation rather coarse and sparse; middle of dorsal surface without punctation; interstices with pronounced microreticulation and nearly matt. Eyes reduced to minute rudiments without pigmentation and without ommatidia. Antenna short, approximately 0.6 mm long, and distinctly incrassate apicad; antennomere III approximately as long as broad; IV weakly transverse; V-IX of increasing width and increasingly transverse; IX approximately twice as broad as long; X longer and less transverse than IX; XI approximately as long as combined length of IX and X. Pronotum (Fig. 10) slender, 1.3 times as long as broad and 1.05 times as broad as head, broadest behind middle; punctation and microsculpture similar to those of head; midline impunctate. Elytra (Fig. 10) short, approximately 0.5 times as long as pronotum; punctation fine and rather sparse; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Hind wings completely reduced. Abdomen somewhat broader than elytra; segments III-VI with distinct paratergites; punctation fine and sparse; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.: sternites III-VI unmodified; sternite VII (Fig. 12) moderately transverse, pubescence unmodified; sternite VIII (Fig. 13) approximately as long as broad; posterior excision not very deep and nearly V-shaped, pubescence unmodified; aedeagus (Figs 14 - 17) 0.44 mm long and distinctly asymmetric; ventral process completely separated into two slender processes in asymmetric position; dorsal plate long and distinctly exceeding beyond other apical structures; parameres slender and moderately long, connected to median lobe only at base. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The only geographically close congener is S. papola HERMAN 1981 from Napo province in Ecuador. It is distinguished from the new species by the granulate ground sculpturing of the head and pronotum, the less reduced eyes, the deeper and much narrower posterior excision of the male sternite VIII, and by the completely different shape of the aedeagus. For illustrations of S. papola see HERMAN (1981). D i s t r i b u t i o n: The type locality is situated in Pichincha province, Ecuador (Map 1), at an altitude of 2300 m. Additional data are not available.	en	Assing, V. (2013): Two new species and a new record of Dolicaonina from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2): 1541-1547, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5302236
