A revision of the species of Pronomaea E of the Western Palaearctic region, including Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Pronomaeini)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2007
2007-12-21
57
2
367
396
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1710
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.57.2.367-396
0005-805X
5364164
Pronomaea wunderlei
sp. n.
(
Figs 26-28
,
Map 2
)
Type material:
Holotype
♂
:"GR W-Kreta, Deres,
500 m
, Bachmoos, Kastanie, 13.10.91, Wunderle /
Holotypus
♂
Pronomaea wunderleiwunderlei
sp. n.
det. V.
Assing 2007
" (cAss)
.
Paratypes
:
1 ♂
: "
Kreta
, Paganetti / rostrata det.
Bernhauer
, Chicago NHMus.
M. Bernhauer Collection
" (
FMNH
)
;
1 ♂
: "
Crète
env. Kerá, 9.VIII.72,
S. Vit
" (
MHNG
)
;
1 ♂
: "23.3.73, West-Kreta, Limni Kourna, DrFülscher Meybohm" (cAss)
.
Description:
External characters as in
P. picea
; distinguished only by the morphology of the aedeagus.
♂
: median lobe of aedeagus
0.44-0.45 mm
long, similar to that of
P. rostrata
, but apex of different shape, flagellum slightly longer, and projection at base of ventral process much closer to crista apicalis (
Figs 26-28
).
♀
: unknown.
Etymology:
The species is dedicated to my friend and colleague Paul Wunderle, who collected the
holotype
.
Comparative notes:
From other
PronomaeaPronomaea
species,
P. wunderlei
is reliably distinguished only by the distinctive shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus.
Distribution and bionomics:
The known distribution of
P. wunderleiwunderlei
is confined to three localities in western
Crete
(plus an unspecified locality), where it is apparently endemic and the only representative of the genus (
Map 2
). The record of
P. rostratarostrata
by
SCHEERPELTZ (1964)
refers to this species. The
holotype
was collected from moss at a stream at an altitude of
500 m
.
The type specimens were taken in March, August, and October. Additional bionomic data are not available.