28. Seeversiella paramoana Gusarov, sp. n. (Figs. 372­384) Type material. Holotype,, COSTA RICA: Cartago: Cerro Chirripó, Valle de los Conelos, 9°28'37"N 83°29'23"W, 3600 m, paramo shrub litter (R.Anderson), 26.vi.1999 (KSEM). Paratypes: COSTA RICA: Cartago:, 6, same data as the holotype (KSEM). Diagnosis. Seeversiella paramoana can be distinguished from other species of Seeversiella by having brownish yellow body; small eyes (temple length to eye length ratio 4.0­5.0); glossy pronotum with weak isodiametric microsculpture; elytra much shorter than pronotum; wings reduced, shorter than elytra; the distinct shape of aedeagus (Figs. 376­380, 382­384) and spermatheca (Fig. 381). Seeversiella paramoana differs from S. flavida in having tergum 8 with four pairs of macrosetae; and pointed apex of median lobe (in parameral view) (Figs. 377­378). Seeversiella paramoana differs from S. adusta in having tergum 8 with four pairs of macrosetae; and longer proximal portion of spermatheca (Figs. 381; 358). Description. Length 2.2­2.4 mm, pronotal width 0.40­0.47 mm. Body brownish yellow to light brown. In all external character states S. paramoana is very similar to S. flavida, but differs in the characters listed in the diagnosis. Aedeagus as in Figs. 376­380, 382­384. Spermatheca as in Fig. 381. Distribution. Known from Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica (Fig. 389). Natural History. Seeversiella paramoana was collected in paramo shrub litter at altitude of 3600 m.

Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of the genus Seeversiella Ashe, 1986 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 142 on pages 94-95, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156420