Revision of the genus Delenda Croissandeau, 1891 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) Author Bekchiev, Rostislav Author Brachat, Volker text Zootaxa 2014 3765 6 583 592 journal article 46380 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.6 1cc7e809-f704-41c0-a0b2-8f9608dc4ffd 1175-5326 228037 E9220330-C692-47A3-BADE-364BF2FB74D2 Delenda rhodopensis sp. n. ( Figs. 3 c, 6c, 7b, 8) Delenda carthago Croissandeau : Bekchiev, 2011 : 268 (faunistic record) Material examined. (17 ♂♂, 14♀♀). Holotype : 1 ♂ , Bulgaria , East Rhodopes, Bial Gradets village, N41.41905 E25.90728 , 27.10.2013 , leg. R. Bekchiev, ( NMNHS ); Paratypes : (8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀) Bulgaria , East Rhodopes, Bial Gradets village, N41.41905 E25.90728 , 31.03.2012 , leg. R. Bekchiev; (1 ♀) same data but on 11.04.2013 ; (8 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀) same data but on 27.10.2013 ; (1 ♀) Bulgaria , East Rhodopes, Plevun village, N41.47928 E26.00690 , 0 3.05.2013, leg. R. Bekchiev ( MNHB , MNHN , NMNHS , PCPH , PCVB ). Description. Male, length 1.41–1.47 mm . Head slightly wider than long, HL 0.24–0.26 mm , HW 0.30–0.32 mm ; eyes each composed of about 10–20 facets. Antennal length 0.46 – 0.50 mm . Labrum as in Fig. 3 c. Pronotum about as long as wide, PL 0.24–0.28 mm , PW 0.29–0.32 mm . Elytra wider than long, EL 0.20–0.26 mm , EW 0.36– 0.38 mm . Legs short, without any modifications. Abdomen with first visible tergite (IV) wider than long (0.44– 0.48/ 0.18–0.20 mm ), second (V) — 0.50–0.52/ 0.20–0.21 mm , third (VI)—0.46–0.50/ 0.21–0.22 mm . Length of aedeagus ( Fig. 6 c) 0.28–0.30 mm , parameres with narrow base, parallel-sided, slender, and slightly curved in middle, apex rounded. Female. Similar to male: BL 1.47–1.50 mm , HL 0.20–0.22 mm , HW 0.28–0.32 mm , PL 0.24–0.30 mm , PW 0.30–0.32 mm , EL 0.24–0.28 mm , EW 0.30–0.38 mm . Biology. All specimens were collected by sifting leaf litter in xerophilous forests of Quercus sp., and Caprinus orientalis . ( Fig. 7 b). Distribution. Bulgaria , East Rhodopes ( Fig. 8 ). Etymology. The name is associated with the name of the Rhodopes Mountains, where all specimens were found.