On some species of Oxypoda MANNERHEIM from Turkey and adjacent regions (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Aleocharinae)
Author
Assing, V.
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2006
2006-07-21
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10.5281/zenodo.5432984
0253-116X
5432984
Oxypoda
(
Thliboptera
)
acutissima
sp.n.
(
Figs 104-107
,
Map 6
)
Holotype
3: TR -
Antalya
, 12-,
1230 m
,
N Kalkan
,
Dumanlı Dağı
, cedar-pine forest, pasture,
36°24'01E
,
29°25'53E
,
5.X.2002
,
V
. Assing (cAss)
/
Holotypus
3
Oxypoda acutissima
sp. n.
det.
V
.
Assing 2006
(cAss).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Based on external characters indistinguishable from
O. micantoides
and
O. gladiatoria
.
3: sternite VIII transverse, its posterior margin broadly and rather weakly convex; median lobe of aedeagus somewhat resembling that of
O. gladiatoria
, very large, with very acute ventral process (especially in lateral view), with pronounced crista apicalis, and with long two pairs of distinctly sclerotised structures in the internal sac (
Figs 104-106
); apical lobe of paramere as in
Fig. 107
.
♀
: unknown
E t y m o l o g y: The name (Lat., adj.) refers to the very acute ventral process of the aedeagus.
C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: From the highly similar
O. micantoides
and
O. gladiatoria
, this species is reliably distinguished only by the morphology of the aedeagus, especially the shape of the long and very acute ventral process.
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 species is currently known only from one locality, the Dumanlı Dağı in the southwest of
Antalya province
(
Map 6
), where the
holotype
was found in a mixed pine and cedar forest at an altitude of approximately
1200 m
, together with numerous specimens of
O. recta
(see below).