A revision of the Sunius species of the Western Palaearctic region and Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, V. Author A, North text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2008 2008-07-10 40 1 5 135 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13133503 0253-116X 13133503 4.53. Sunius berberus ( COIFFAIT 1961) (Figs 128-129, Map 20 ) Hypomedon berberus COIFFAIT 1961: 39 . T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype 3 [aedeagus missing]: "Hippone, 12.17 / Holotype / Hypomedon berberus Coiff. , det. H. Coiffait 1961 / Sunius berberus (Coiffait) det. V. Assing 2007" ( MNHNP ). Paratypes : 13, 2♀♀ [ 1♀ labelled as allotype ]: same data as holotype ( MNHNP ); 1♀ : "Bone, 12.17, 231" ( MNHNP ) . A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Algeria : 1 ex. , Annaba ["Bona"], leg. Desbrock ( DEI ) ; 1 ex. , Guelma , leg. Fauvel (cAss) . C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a holotype male and an unspecified number of paratypes from "Hippone" and "Bône" ( COIFFAIT 1961 ). The aedeagus of the holotype is missing. D i a g n o s i s: The highly distinctive aedeagus of S. berberus somewhat resembles that of S. confusus from southern Spain . From this species it is distinguished by slightly larger body size, a less slender head (1.00-1.05 times as long as wide, in S. confusus distinctly oblong), slightly larger eyes, a less slender pronotum (1.00-1.05 times as long as wide, in S. confusus distinctly oblong), somewhat darker coloration (reddish brown, in S. confusus reddish yellow), and the male sexual characters. 3: sternite VII with weakly concave posterior margin, pubescence not modified; sternite VIII with rather broad, but not very deep posterior excision, otherwise unmodified (in S. confusus with distinctive obliquely projecting process); aedeagus of highly distinctive shape, without sclerotised internal structures (see figures in COIFFAIT 1961 , 1984 ). D i s t r i b u t i o n: The known distributon is confined to the environs of Annaba in the northeast of Algeria ( Map 20 ).