Oxytelus incisus

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Oxytelus incisus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oxytelus
Species:
O. incisus
Binomial name
Oxytelus incisus
Motschulsky, 1857
Synonyms
  • Oxytelus bledioidesBlackburn, 1885
  • Oxytelus cordovensisBernhauer, 1910
  • Oxytelus ferrugineusKraatz, 1859
  • Oxytelus laeviorSharp, 1874
  • Oxytelus laxipennisFairmaire, 1893

Oxytelus incisus is a species of rove beetle with cosmopolitan distribution across the continents. [1] [2] [3]

Description

This smaller species can be differentiated from congeners by the deep and narrow incision in tergite X. Male is about 3.5 mm and female is 3.7 mm in length. The body is brown in color. Head and pronotum are darker brown. Antennae, mandibles and legs are dark yellow. In abdomen, there are 5 visible stripes. In male, head is sub-pentagonal. Clypeus sub-rectangular. Mandibles are stout and lightly curved. Epistomal suture with curved lateral portions. Eyes are with coarse facets. Mandible is slightly curved. Pronotum transverse. Elytra punctate and rugose. Abdomen coriaceous and covered with dense fine hairs. Female is very similar to male but with more convex vertex. Spermatheca υ-shaped. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2012-12-07). "Taxonomy of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from China". Zootaxa. 3576: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3576.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015-07-30). "Revision of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. 3992: 1–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3992.1.1. PMID   26250256 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. Frank, J. H.; Thomas, M. C. (September 1981). "Oxytelus incisus Motschulsky and O. pennsylvanicus Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) in Florida". The Florida Entomologist. 64 (3): 399–405. doi:10.2307/3494501. JSTOR   3494501 . Retrieved 2021-07-07.