On The Subgenus Eurysunius Reitter Of Turkey Iv. A New Species From Southwestern Anatolia With A Key To Species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Astenus)
Author
Anlaş, Sinan
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2017
2017-03-03
63
1
45
51
http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.63.1.45.2017
journal article
10.17109/AZH.63.1.45.2017
2064-2474
5734593
9742CC5A-0373-45FC-B639-90C210325317
Astenus (Eurysunius) goeki
sp. n.
(
Figs 1–6
)
Typematerial
–
Holotype
:
TURKEY
: m “TR – Antalyaprovince, Finike, Alacadağ,
1810 m
,
36°26’12”N
,
30°02’22”E
,
20.VIII.2015
, leg.
Yağmur
& Örgel /
Holotypus
m
Astenus
(
Eurysunius
)
goeki
sp. n.
det. S.
Anlaş 2016
” (
AZMM
).
Paratypes
:
TURKEY
: 1 f, same data asholotype (
AZMM
);
2 m
,
1 f,
Antalyaprovince
,
Finike
,
Alacadağ
,
1620 m
,
36°26’10”N
,
30°02’25”E
,
19.III.2016
, leg.
Anlaş
&
Yağmur.
Etymology – ThespecificepithethonorsProf. Dr. AliGök,
Isparta
, aspecialiston
Chrysomelidae
, whohascarriedoutimportantentomologicalresearchesinTurkey.
Description –
HabitusasinFigure 1
. Body 4.5–4.7 mmlong. Coloration: headreddish brown, pronotumandelytrareddish, withtheposteriorareaslightlylighter; abdomen blackishbrownwiththenarrowposteriormarginsofthetergitesandtheapexsomewhat paler, legsandantennaereddish.
Headtransverse, 1.22 timesaswideaslong (
Figs 1–2
); dorsalsurfaceconvex, with verydense, averagesize, granulosebutrathershallowpunctures; intersticesreducedto narrowridges; pubescenceshortandreddishyellow. Eyesrelativelysmall, indorsalview distinctlyshorterthanpostocularregion. Antennaemoderatelyslender, 1.1 mmlong, an- tennomereIIIapproximately 2.2 timesaslongaswide; antennomeresV–Xoblong (
Fig. 1
).
Pronotumtransverse, approximately 1.20 timesaswideaslong (
Figs 1–2
); slightly widerthanhead; widestatanteriorangles, narrowedposteriorly; anteriorandposterior angleseachwithalongsetaeoflittlemorethanhalfthelengthofthelateralmarginofthe pronotum; posteriormarginconvex; dorsalsurfacewithpronouncedimpressions; microsculpturebarelynoticeable; punctationsimilartothatofhead, butdenser, notgranulose, surfacesomewhatmoreshinythanthatofhead; pubescenceofsimilarlengthasthatof head, butlessfineandmoreconspicuous.
Elytradistinctlytransverseandshort (
Figs 1–2
), about 1.70 timesaswideaslong andapproximately 0.70 timesaslongaspronotum; microsculptureabsent; punctation denseanddistinctlygranulose, intersticesonaverageapproximatelyaswideasdiameter ofpunctures; pubescencereddishyellow, moredistinctthanthatofheadandpronotum; posteriormarginofeachelytronwith 5–6 longblacksetae. Hindwingstotallyreduced.
Figs 1–6.
Details of A
stenus
(
Eurysunius
)
goeki
sp. n.
: 1 = habitus, 2 = forebody, 3 = male sternite VII, 4 = male sternite VIII, 5 = aedeagus, lateral view, 6 = aedeagus, ventral view.
Scale bars: 0.5 mm for Figs (1–2) and 0.2 mm for Figs 3–6
Abdomenapproximatelyaswideascombinedwidthofelytra (
Fig. 1
), widestatsegmentV, segmentsIII–VItransverse, tergitesIII–Vslightlymorethantwiceaswideaslong; punctationverydenseandveryfine; intersticeswithdistinctfinemicrosculpture; pubescencebrown; posteriormarginoftergiteVIIwithpalisadefringe.
m – sterniteVIIinposteriormedianareaslightlydepressedandwithsomemodified darkandshortsetae, posteriormarginweaklyconcave (
Fig. 3
); sterniteVIIIdeeplyand acutelyincisedposteriorly, pubescenceunmodified (
Fig. 4
); aedeagusapproximately 0.65
mmlongandasinFigures 5–6
.
Comparativenotes – Thespeciesisdistinguishedfromallitsconsubgeners by the male sexual characters, especially by the ventral process of the aedeagus, whichisofdifferentshape, particularlyinlateralview. Inaddition, thenewspeciesdiffersfromallspeciesinthewesternAnatoliabyadifferent coloration (seekeytotheTurkish
Eurysunius
speciesbelow).
Distributionandbionomics – Thenewspecieswascollectedfromthe Alacadağ, insouthwestofAntalyaprovince, ingrasslandataltitudesof 1620 and
1810 m
. They were found in the nests of
Tetramorium
sp.
, which supports pastobservationssuggestingthatthissubgenusisassociatedwiththeseants.