Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Makranczy, Gy.: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

punctures microsculpture is only slightly apparent. - Pubescence. The body has irregular pubescence, most prominently on the elytra. Elytral a- and b-setae are non-distinct. Tergum VII has medium wide, even fringe. Tarsal lobes are thin. - Secondary sexual features: The males differ from females very slightly, only in the shape of the temples; but their maximum width is right after the eyes then very slightly (<$) or more strongly ($) converging, this is not reflected in the measurements. Comparative notes - This species differs from all other described species of the genus by having a midline keel on the head (vertex). From two other undescribed species it can be distinguished by the head being square (length approximately equal to width) and the midline keel on it being well expressed, not just a slightly elevated, unsculptured (longitudinal) stripe. Etymology - The species is named after Dr. MÁRTON HREBLAY, my childhood friend, a lepidoptcrist who died in Thailand in a road accident in October 2000. Carpelimus bifidus sp. n. (Fig. 123) Type material - Holotype (cT): "PANAMA: Chiriquí, La Fortuna, 1200m, Continental Divide Trail 8°46'0"N, 82°12'0"W, ex: berlese forest litter, 9.VI.1995, [leg.] R. Anderson" (PAN 2A95 10C) (SEMC). Paratypes (16): PANAMA: Chiriquí, La Fortuna, 1200m, Continental Divide Trail 8°46'0"N, 82°12'0"W, ex: berlese forest litter, 9.VI.1995, leg. R. Anderson (PAN 2A95 10C) (SEMC) (SEMC, 1), same, but (PAN2A95 10B) (SEMC, 1), same, but (PAN2A95 10H) (SEMC, 3, BMNH, 1); Chiriquí, La Fortuna, 1100m, Hydrological Station Trail, 8°42'0"N, 82°12'0"W, cx: berlese forest litter, 9.VI.1995, leg. R. ANDERSON (PAN 2A95 13A) (SEMC, 1); Chiriquí, 6.0km NE Boquete, 1550m, 8°48'0"N, 82°26'0"W, ex: flight intercept trap, 14-19.VI. 1996, leg. J. ASHE & R. BROOKS (PAN1AB96 179B) (SEMC, 2, FMNH, 1, MNHG, 1, NHMW, 1); Chiriquí, 6.0km NE Boquete, 1620m, 8°48'0"N, 82°26'0"W, ex: oak forest litter, 14.VI.1996, leg. R. ANDERSON (PAN2AB96 96-130A) (SEMC, 1), same, but (PAN2AB96 96-130D) (SEMC, 2); Chiriquí, 5.6km N Boquete, La Culebra Trail, 1800m, 8°49'23"N, 82°25'18"W, ex: cloud forest litter, 15.VI.1996, leg. R. ANDERSON (PAN2AB96 96-131C) (SEMC, 1). Description - Measurements (in mm, n=10): HW = 0.44 (0.41-0.46); TW = 0.40 (0.38-0.43); PW = 0.51 (0.49-0.52); SW = 0.58 (0.57-0.60); AW = 0.64 (0.59-0.66); HL = 0.31 (0.30-0.32); EL = 0.12 (0.11-0.13); TL = 0.035 (0.03-0.04); PL = 0.39 (0.38-0.40); SL = 0.59 (0.57-0.62); SC = 0.55 (0.52-0.58); BL = 2.69 (2.28-3.28); Head+pronotum+elytra = 1.30 (1.26-1.38) mm. - Colour. Body uniformly dark brown, if there is a slight difference in the colouration of the main body parts, then the head is the darkest. Eyes appear dark, but slightly silvery. Mouthparts may be somewhat lighter. The basal segment of the antennae and the last 2 or 3 segments light brown, contrasting to the rest of the body. The legs and the tip of the abdomen (9th and 10th segments) and often 7th and 8th segments also light brown. The area laterad and anteriad of the scutellum (if exposed) may also be lighter brown. - Shape and sculpture. Vertex, midline of pronotum level, the latter may have traces of a very slight midline ridge (mostly just less dense puncturation marks it). The only impressions are those 4 impressions at both sides of the posterior half of the midline of pronutum, characteristic of Carpelimus, but so small and shallow that barely noticeable. The surface lacks microsculpture, so