Abstract
Elmas gorky Rodríguez et al. new species, is described from the department of Madre de Dios in southeastern Peru. Major diagnostic features are photographed and illustrated. New records are provided for Elmas gigas Ashe & Chatzimanolis, Elmas lescheni Ashe & Chatzimanolis and Elmas strigella (Bernhauer).
References
Asenjo, A., Irmler, U., Klimaszewski, J., Chandler, D.S., Fierros-López, H.E. & Vieira, J.S. (2019) Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution. Zootaxa. [accepted]
Ashe, J.S. & Chatzimanolis, S. (2003) A revision of the genus Elmas Blackwelder, 1952 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Xanthopygina), with a preliminary reconstructed phylogeny of the species. Scientific papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, 28, 1–41.
https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099%5b0019:TNSANR%5d2.0.CO;2
Ashe, J.S. & Chatzimanolis, S. (2006) Three new species and new records of Elmas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina) from South America with a reanalysis of the phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elmas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99 (1), 19–32.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4056
Bernhauer, M. (1915) Zur Staphyliniden-Fauna von Südamerika (13. Beitrag). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 76, 291–301.
Blackwelder, R.E. (1936) Morphology of the coleopterous family Staphylinidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 94 (13), 1–4102.
Blackwelder, R.E. (1952) The generic names of the beetle Family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. United States National Museum Bulletin, 200, 1–483.
MINAM [Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú] (2018) Mapa nacional de ecosistemas. Lima, Perú. Available from: http://geoservidor.minam.gob.pe/recursos/intercambio-de-datos/ (accessed 26 January 2019)
Sharp, D. (1876) Description of a new genus, and some new species, of Staphylinidae from Mexico and Central America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1876, 425–432.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01918.x
Shorthouse, D.P. (2010) SimpleMappr, an online tool to produce publication-quality point maps. Available from: https://www.simplemappr.net (accessed 2 March 2019)
Smetana, A. & Davies, A.E. (2000) Reclassification of the North temperate taxa associated with Staphylinus sensu lato, including comments on relevant subtribes of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates, 3287, 1–88.
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2000)287%3C0001:rotntt%3E2.0.co;2