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Issue: Vol. 5175 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.6
Page range: 126-136
Abstract views: 291
PDF downloaded: 30

First record of Mayetiini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Brazil, with the description of a new macropterous and macrophthalmic species of Mayetia Mulsant & Rey, 1875

Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Coleoptera Taxonomy rove beetles Pselaphinae miniaturization

Abstract

Mayetia atlantica sp. nov., the third Neotropical and first Brazilian species of Mayetiini Scheerpeltz, 1925, is described. It is the third macropterous and macrophthalmic species of the genus, alongside M. peruana Orousset, 1995 (Neotropical) and M. nepalensis Orousset, 1995 (Oriental). The new species is known from three forest remnants of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, in the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais (both in Southeast Brazil) and Bahia (Northeast Brazil), being the southernmost record of Mayetia in the New World. The description of M. atlantica is based mostly on females, but includes the first known male macropterous and macrophthalmic Mayetia. In this work, the tropical diversity of the genus is increased and its Neotropical distribution is greatly enlarged.

 

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