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 4.35. Sunius spinosissimus nov.sp. ( Figs. 79-82 , Map 14 ) T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype 3: " Liban , Cèdres Barouk, 31.III. 75, 1800 m , Besuchet / Sunius spinosissimus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2007" (MHNG). Paratypes : 13, 2♀♀ : same data as holotype (MHNG, cAss). D e s c r i p t i o n: External morphology as in S. renouardi ; distinguished only by the male sexual characters: 3: sternite VIII with shallow posterior excision, pubescence in median posterior area slightly denser than in lateral areas, without carina or tubercle ( Fig. 82 ); aedeagus of similar morphology as in S. renouardi , but ventral process of slightly different shape in lateral view and internal sac with distinctly larger and more strongly sclerotised spines ( Figs 79-81 ). E t y m o l o g y: The name (Latin, adjective, superlative of spinosus: with spines) refers to the conspicuous spines in the internal sac of the aedeagus. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: From S. renouardi , evidently its sister species and the only other small micropterous Sunius species known from Lebanon , S. spinosissimus is distinguished only by the different shape and chaetotaxy of the male sternite VIII and by the morphology of the aedeagus, especially the large dark internal spines. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: The species was discovered in the southwestern outliers of the Lebanon range ( Map 14 ), where the types were collected at an altitude of 1800 m .