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 4.57. Sunius baboricus nov.sp. ( Figs. 143-146 , Map 20 ) T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype 3: " Mt-Babor , Algérie , A. Thery / coll. Kraatz / coll. DEI Müncheberg / Holotypus 3 Sunius baboricus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2007" ( DEI ) . Paratypes : 1♀ : " Mt-Babor , Algérie , A. Thery / Medon seminiger Frm. / H. seminiger Frm. Gallia mer." ( MNHUB ) ; 13: " Mt-Babor , Algérie , A. Thery / Medon seminiger A. Thery vid. / coll. Kraatz " (cAss) ; 4 exs. : " Djebel Babor , Algérie / ex coll Tempère , ex coll. Giraud / Hypomedon seminiger Fairm. H. Coiffait det. 1969" ( MHNG , cAss) ; 13: " D. Babor , Algérie ( Vauloger ) / Medon seminiger / Hypomedon seminiger / Coll. P. Griveau , MHNG - 2007" ( MHNG ) . D e s c r i p t i o n: Small species, 2.5-2.7 mm . External appearance (coloration, size, and proportions) as in S. tuniseus and allied species; distinguished only by the male sexual characters: 3: sternite VIII weakly transverse, with densely pubescent median tubercle and with small posterior excision ( Fig. 146 ); aedeagus of similar general morphology as in S. seminiger and S. brachypterus , but apical part of ventral process shorter and distinctly concave in lateral view; apex of ventral process rounded (not acute) in ventral view ( Figs 143-144 ); internal sac with four distinctly sclerotised short and stout spines ( Fig. 145 ). E t y m o l o g y: The name (Latin, adjective) refers to the Djebel Ta Babor, the mountain where the species was discovered. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The species is distinguished from other small-sized, brachypterous and pale-coloured congeners from Algeria especially by the morphology of the aedeagus, including its internal structures, and by the morphology of the male sternite VIII (minute posterior excision, median tubercle). C o m m e n t: COIFFAIT (1961 , 1984 ) reports S. seminiger from the Djebel Ta Babor. However, his interpretation of the species is clearly erroneous and apparently refers to a different, probably undescribed species. Based on his illustrations of the aedeagus and the fact that it lacks a tubercle on the male sternite VIII, there is no doubt that it is conspecific with neither S. seminiger nor S. baboricus . 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 type locality is situated in the Djebel Ta Babor [= Massif des Babors, 36°32'N , 5°28'E ], Petite Kabylie, in the east of northern Algeria ( Map 20 ). Bionomic data are not available.