On some species of Oxypoda MANNERHEIM from Turkey and adjacent regions (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Aleocharinae) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2006 2006-07-21 38 1 277 331 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5432984 0253-116X 5432984 Oxypoda ( Thliboptera ) gaillardoti SAULCY 1865 ( Figs 221-225 ) Oxypoda gaillardoti SAULCY 1865: 633 f. Type material examined : Holotype ♀ [dissected prior to present study]: Aioun Moussa / Ox. Gaillardoti / Ox. Gaillardoti Scy. typ. unicus / Holotypus / Muséum Paris Coll. Abeille de Perrin / Oxpoda Gaillardoti Saulcy M. Tronquet det. 1998 / Oxypoda gaillardoti Saulcy det. V . Assing 2006 ( MNHNP ). D i a g n o s i s: Relativelylargespecies,slightlylargerthan O. micantoides ; length of holotype 4.3 mm . Habitus as in Fig. 221 . Coloration distinctive: head dark brown; pronotum dark reddish; elytra reddish yellow; abdomen blackish, with the posterior margins of segments III-VI, the posterior third of segment VII, and the following segments reddish; legs, antennae, and maxillary palpi reddish to reddish yellow. Head with fine, shallow, and rather sparse puncturation; microsculpture shallow, integument with some shine; eyes somewhat shorter than postocular region in dorsal view ( Fig. 222 ). Antenna as in Fig. 224 . Pronotum relatively strongly convex, approximately 1.25 times as wide as long and 1.45 times as wide as head; puncturation denser than that of head, but very shallow, indistinct; microsculpture shallow; surface rather shiny ( Fig. 222 ). Elytra at suture approximately 0.9 times as long as pronotum; puncturation much more distinct and denser than that of pronotum; microsculpture indistinct ( Fig. 222 ). Hind wings fully developed. Metatarsomere I barely longer than the combined length of metatarsomeres II-III. Abdomen almost as wide as elytra, widest at segments III/IV; puncturation fine, moderately dense on anterior tergites and rather sparse on tergite VII; microsculpture absent on anterior tergites, barely noticeable on tergite VII, and shallow on tergite VIII; surface very shiny; posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe ( Fig. 223 ). 3: unknown. ♀ : posterior margin of sternite VIII broadly convex, in the middle very weakly concave; spermatheca as in Fig. 225. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Among the eastern Mediterranean representatives of Thliboptera , O. gaillardoti is readily recognised by its distinctive coloration alone. C o m m e n t: The original description is based on "un seul individu" ( SAULCY 1865 ). D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species has become known only from the type locality in Jordan and - to my knowledge - has never been recorded again since its original description.