On Orsunius II. Eight new species and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina)
Author
Assing, V.
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Orsunius cuneatus
nov.sp.
(
Figs 36-39
,
44-46
,
Map 2
)
Type material
Holotype
: "
Laos-C
,
Khammouan
pr.,
Ban Khoun Ngeun
, ~
200 m
,
18°07'N
104°29'E
,
Pacholátko
leg.,
24.-29.iv.2001
/ Holotypus
Orsunius cuneatus
sp.n.
det.
V. Assing
2013" (
NHMB
)
.
Paratypes
:
6
, 12: same data as holotype (
NHMB
,
cAss
).
Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: wedge-shaped) refers to the shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus in ventral view.
Description: External characters (
Figs 36-37
) as in
O. granulosus
.
: sternite VII (
Fig. 44
) of similar shape as in
O. granulosus
; sternite VIII (
Fig. 45
) distinctly oblong and with distinct posterior excision of nearly semi-circular shape (
Fig. 46
); aedeagus (
Figs 38-39
) small, approximately
0.35 mm
long; ventral process of acutely triangular shape in ventral view; internal sac with a pair of distinctly sclerotized apical structures and with a pair of short, weakly sclerotized basal structures.
Comparative notes: As can be inferred from the practically identical external characters, including the similarly derived punctation of the forebody, as well as from the similarly derived morphology of the aedeagus,
O. cuneatus
is closely related to
O. granulosus
, from which it differs by the shape of the posterior excision of the male sternite VIII, by the acutely triangular shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus, and by the shapes of the internal structures of the aedeagus.
Distribution and natural history: The
type
locality is situated in Central
Laos
(
Map 2
) at an altitude of approximately
200 m
.