On the Alevonota species of the Western Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini) Author Wunderle, Volker Assing Paul text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2008 2008-07-15 58 5 145 189 journal article 6468 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.1.145-189 7e93dad8-0c75-4ded-9ab8-ce44992288f3 0005-805X 4793904 Alevonota ( Alevonota ) crypticola ( PACE , 1977) Aleuonota crypticola PACE, 1977: 171 ff. Type material examined: Holotype : “ Lazio , M. Lepini , 25-VI-1975 , leg. R. Pace / Holotypus Aleuonota crypticola m., det. R. Pace 1976 / Alevonota crypticola (Pace) det. V. Assing 2008” ( MCSNV ). Comment: The original description is based on a female holotype and a female paratype from “Monti Lepini ... presso Carpineto Romano” ( PACE 1977 ). Additional material examined: Italy , Basilicata : 1 ex. , [locality illegible], Solari , leg. Fiori ( MNHUB ) . Diagnosis: Of similar size as a small specimen of A. rufotestacea . Coloration reddish, with the elytra and the legs reddish yellow. Head approximately as wide as long and of ovoid shape; posterior angles weakly pronounced. Puncturation extremely sparse and very fine, barely noticeable; surface with pronounced microreticulation. Eyes not projecting from lateral contours of head and very small, approximately as large as antennomere II in cross-section, composed of less than 10 ommatidia without pigmentation. Antennae of similar morphology as in A. rufotestacea , but slightly longer and with slightly less transverse antennomeres IV-X. Pronotum slightly wider than head (PW/HW: 1.15) and weakly transverse (PW/PL: ca. 1.05); puncturation and microsculpture similar to those of head. Elytra somewhat shorter than pronotum (EL/PL: ca. 0.75); puncturation fine and ill-defined; microsculpture less pronounced than that of head and pronotum. Hind wings reduced. Abdomen with posterior tergites with very sparse fine puncturation; anterior tergites with less sparse puncturation; microsculpure shallow, but distinct, composed predominantly of isodiametric meshes; tergite VII without sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe. : ML: 0.32 mm . : spermatheca of similar shape as that of A. rufotestacea ; for an illustration see the figure in PACE (1977) . Distribution and bionomics: The species was described from the Monti Lepini in Lazio ( Italy ) and is here reported from Basilicata , suggesting that it may be more widespread in southern Italy . The adaptive reductions of the eyes, wings, and pigmentation suggest an endogean habitat.