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Allodinopsis

James S. Ashe (1947-2005) and Stylianos Chatzimanolis
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Containing group: Deinopsini

Introduction

Species of Allodinopsis are medium-sized (4.0-4.3 millimeters) deinopsine staphylinids; they are known only from the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica and Chiriqui Province in Panama. Their habitat is not known; all specimens have been collected in flight intercept traps.

Characteristics

Adults of Allodinopsis are very similar to Metadeinopsis; they have similar overall body shape, most features of mouthparts, and the 5-5-5 tarsal segmentation. They can be distinguished from Metadeinopsis by the following characteristics:

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Mouthparts of A. howdeni, from left to right, mandible, hypopharynx, maxilla and labrum.

Mouthparts of A. howdeni, from left to right, mentum and labium, and epipharynx.

From left to right, hind tarsus, tergum V (inset, detail of cuticular fringe), tergum VIII (inset, detail of cuticular fringe), female sternum IX.

References

Ashe, J. S. 2002. Allodinopsis, new genus of Deinopsine Aleocharinae from Central America, and a new species of Metadeinopsis Klimaszewski 1979 (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Deinopsini). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 75(2): 61-72.

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Scientific Name Allodinopsis howdeni
Location Costa Rica
Size length 2.6 mm
Copyright © 1997 James S. Ashe (1947-2005)
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Development of this page made possible by National Science Foundation PEET grants DEB 95-21755 and DEB 99-78110 to James S. Ashe.

All images on this page copyright © 2003 James S. Ashe.

James S. Ashe (1947-2005)
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Stylianos Chatzimanolis
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Ashe (1947-2005), James S. and Stylianos Chatzimanolis. 2003. Allodinopsis. Version 06 November 2003 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Allodinopsis/10045/2003.11.06 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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