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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13133503
0253-116X
13133503
4.25.
Sunius ibizae
nov.sp.
(
Figs. 45-49
,
Map 11
)
T y p e m a t e r i a l:
Holotype
3: "
Ibiza
,
Umg. San Miguel
, lg.
H. Franz
/
Sp
720-23 [overleaf] /
Holotypus
3
Sunius ibizae
sp. n.
det.
V. Assing
2007" (
NHMW
)
.
Paratypes
:
2♀♀
: same data as holotype (
NHMW
, cAss)
;
4♀♀
: "
Ibiza
,
Sierra Grosa
, lg.
H. Franz
/ Sp 719 [overleaf]" (
NHMW
, cAss)
;
1♀
: "
Insel
Ibiza
, lg.
H. Franz
/ Sp 726" (
NHMW
)
;
1♀
: "
Umg. Ibiza
,
Insel
Ibiza
/
Sp
726 [overleaf] /
Hypomedon melanocephalus
F., H. Coiffait
det. 1966" (
NHMW
)
.
D e s c r i p t i o n:
3.5-4.2 mm
. In external and sexual characters highly similar to
S. mallorcensis
, but distinguished as follows:
Figs 42-49
:
Sunius algiricus
(
COIFFAIT
)
, paratype (
42
),
S. mallorcensis
(
COIFFAIT
)
, holotype (
43- 44
), and
S. ibizae
nov.sp.
(
45-49
): (
42-44, 48-49
) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (
45-46
) forebody of holotype (45) and paratype (46); (
47
) male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 45-46: 0.5 mm; 42-44, 47-49: 0.2 mm.
Parts of head and elytra usually slightly darker than pronotum. Head as wide as long or weakly oblong; microsculpture on frons more distinct. Eyes more prominent (
Figs 45-46
).
Elytra longer and broader, 1.1-1.2 times as wide and 0.85-0.95 times as long as pronotum (
Figs 45-46
). Hind wings of reduced length, but rudiments much longer than in
S. mallorcensis
. Abdominal tergite VII as in
S. mallorcensis
with or without narrow rudiment of a palisade fringe.
3: sternite VIII as in
Fig. 47
; aedeagus with similar internal structures as in
S. mallorcensis
, but apex of ventral process of different shape (
Figs 48-49
).
E t y m o l o g y: The name (noun, genitive) refers to the fact that this species is probably endemic to Ibiza.
C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The species is reliably distinguished from similar species only based on the shape and internal structures of the aedeagus.
D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: AllthetypespecimensarefromIbiza, (
Baleares
,
Spain
), where the species is probably endemic. Bionomic data are not specified on the labels.