Beetles that live with ants (Carabidae,Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorpha Kirby, 1825): A revision of the santarita species group |
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Authors: | Terry L Erwin Lauren M Amundson |
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Institution: | 1.Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P.O. Box 37012, DC 20013-7012, USA ; 2.Hyper-diversity Group Summer Intern, Department of Entomology, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P.O. Box 37012, DC 20013-7012, USA |
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Abstract: | The Western Hemisphere genus Pseudomorpha Kirby 1825 was last revised by Notman in 1925 based on only a few known species (22) and paltry few specimens (73); other authors have added an additional six species represented by 53 additional specimens since 1925. Baehr (1997) assigned three species from Australia to this genus, albeit in a new subgenus, Austropseudomorpha Baehr 1997. A recent study of collections from throughout the Americas (1757 specimens) has revealed numerous new species that can be arrayed across 19 species groups based on a suite of attributes, some used by Notman and others newly discovered. A taxonomic revision of the species contained in one of these species groups, santarita, is provided herein, as well as a distributional synopsis of the remaining 18 species groups. New species described herein are as follows, each with its type locality: Pseudomorpha huachineras
p. n., Arroyo El Cocono, Sierra Huachinera, Sonora, México; P. patagonia
sp. n., Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona; P.penablanca
sp. n., Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona; P. pima
sp. n., Madera Canyon (lower), Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona; P. santacruz
sp. n., Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona; and P. santarita
sp. n., Santa Rita Ranch, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. |
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Keywords: | False-form beetles new species new species groups identification key distributions male genitalia female ovipositor Hymenoptera: Formicidae |
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