Sample from Corinne Watts, labelled as follows:
Maungatautari - South Cell
Outside Cell
Transect 2
Pitfall trap: C
18 Dec 2023-20 Jan 2024
Malaise trap collection made between 1st Feb and 2nd March 2020 - following Border Fire on 4th Jan 2020. Body length 2.5mm. Specimen #269. Covered in some sort of parasite.
A new-for-me species of Hypotelus (family Staphylinidae) collected as by-catch from my Chusquea scandens bamboo sheath rearing bag (intended to yield Telephanus pupae, fam. Silvanidae). The sub-sheath microhabitat of this bamboo species contains a wealth of arthropods, most new to science. Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador, ~2100 meters elevation.