Witteia arboris

Witteia arboris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Witteia
Species:	W. arboris
Binomial name
Witteia arboris Assig, 2021

Diagnosis

This species is characterized above all by the shape of the aedeagus, the modifications of the head, and the shape and sculpture of the pronotum. It additionally differs from Witteia borneensis (Pace, 1986) (male unknown), the only other Witteia species known from Borneo, by smaller eyes and a shorter antennomere XI.

Distribution

Malaysia Sabah, Borneo; Burma.

Biology

The holotype was collected by canopy fogging in Southeast Sabah (Malaysia), North Borneo.

REFERENCES

• Maruyama, Munetoshi, von Beeren, Christoph, Hashim, Rosli (2010): Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861). ZooKeys 59: 47-60, DOI:

• Pace, R. 2009. Aleocharinae dell'Irian Jaya (Nuova Guinea) al Naturkundemuseum di Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). (230° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae). [Aleocharinae from Irian Jaya (New Guinea) in the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).] Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt - VERNATE 28: 259–329. Reference page. [original description: p. 289, figs. 231-236]