On the microphthalmous Lathrobium Gravenhorst species of Turkey II. Two new species, a new synonymy, and an updated key to Turkish species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Author
Anlaş, Sinan
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-13
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.7
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Lathrobium
(
Lathrobium
)
celiki
sp. n.
(
Figs. 10−18
;
Map 1
)
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Type material.
Holotype
:
Turkey
:
♂
, “TR.
Amasya province
,
Hamamözü
,
Tekçam
1 km
SE,
1562 m
,
40°42’50’’N
,
35°06’12’’E
,
27.IV.2021
, leg.
Anlaş
, Kacar & Çelik. /
Holotypus
♂
,
Lathrobium
(
Lathrobium
)
celiki
sp. n.
det.
S. Anlaş
2021” (
AZMM
)
.
Paratypes
:
1♂
,
2♀
, same data as holotype (
AZMM
)
.
Description.
Habitus as in
Figure 10
. Body
5.7−5.9 mm
long. Colouration: forebody uniformly reddish brown, head and pronotum slightly darker than elytra, abdominal segments III–VI blackish, abdominal segments VII–X reddish brown; appendages somewhat lighter than body.
In general appearance similar to
L. kacari
, but it can be distinguished as follows: colouration of body darker than
L. kacari
; head approximately 1.05 times as long as wide (
Figs. 10−11
), punctation slightly denser and much more distinct than that of
L. kacari
, antennae
1.88−1.94 mm
long; pronotum longer than wide, approximately 1.20−1.25 times as long as wide, punctation slightly denser and much more distinct than that of
L. kacari
(
Figs. 10−11
); elytra broader than pronotum, 1.17−1.24 times as wide as pronotum (
Figs. 10−11
); abdomen wider than elytra (
Fig. 10
), approximately 1.15 times as wide as elytra.
♂
: in general appearance similar to sternite VII and sternite VIII of
L. kacari
but sternite VII with emargination slightly smaller and region with modified setae extending further anteriad (
Fig. 12
); posterior margin of sternite VIII with triangular median emargination slightly smaller (
Fig. 13
). Aedeagus larger than that of
L. kacari
(
Figs. 16−18
), approximately
1.15−1.20 mm
long, ventral process longer, basally broader and increasingly narrowed apically in ventral view; apical sclerotized structure of internal sac in lateral view protruding in two parts apically and basally curved, in ventral view oblique oval shaped (
Figs. 7−8
).
♀
: in general appearance very similar to tergite VIII, sternite VIII, tergite IX and tergite X of
L. kacari
; with only very few differences in tergite VIII and sternite VIII (
Figs. 14−15
); sternite VIII increasingly narrowed, with convex projection, and fine and dense micro-pubescence in median posterior area (
Fig. 15
).
Comparative notes.
This new species is distinguished from other congeners in
Turkey
particularly by the distinctive shape of the sclerotized structure of internal sac, and also the different shape of the apex of the ventral process of the aedeagus in both ventral and lateral view (see key to the microphthalmous
Lathrobium
species
of
Turkey
).
FIGURES 10–18.
Lathrobium celiki
sp. n.
10—habitus; 11—forebody; 12—male sternite VII; 13—male sternite VIII; 14— female tergite VIII; 15—female sternite VIII; 16, 17—aedeagus in lateral view; 18—aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs. 10−11); 0.2 mm (Figs. 12−18).
Etymology.
The species is dedicated to Mutlu Çelik,
Manisa
, who collected some of the
type
specimens of this new species.
Distribution and bionomics.
The species was collected at only one locality in
Amasya province
in central northern
Anatolia
. The
type
specimens were collected under stones in grassland at an altitude of about
1560 m
.