On the Aleocharini of Turkey, with notes on some species from adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2007
2007-06-30
57
1
177
209
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1699
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.57.1.177-209
0005-805X
5364013
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Aleochara (Ceranota)
cf.
erythroptera
(
Figs 74-83
)
Material examined:
Aydın
:
1 ♂
,
15 km
NNE
Aydın
,
Imambaba T.
,
37°56´38N
,
27°53´40E
,
1410 m
,
5.IV.2006
, leg.
Wunderle
(cWun)
.
Comments:
The above specimen is a small male. Measurements (in mm) and ratios: AL: 1.13; HL: 0.53; HW: 0.56; PW: 0.76; PL: 0.60; EL: 0.45; EW: 0.92; AW: 0.91; TiL: 0.59; TaL: 0.47; ML: 0.59; TL: 4.1; HL/HW: 0.95; PW/HW: 1.35; PW/PL: 1.25; EL/PL: 0.75; EW/PW: 1.22; AW/EW: 0.98; TiL/TaL: 1.26.
The specimen is characterised by a relatively large head (in relation to the pronotum) (
Figs 74- 75
), relatively short antennae (
Fig. 76
), the weakly transverse pronotum (
Fig. 75
), very sparse puncturation of the abdomen (
Fig. 76
), and shallow impressions with tomentose pubescence on the male sternites IV and V (
Figs 77-78
). The aedeagus is somewhat smaller than is usually the case in
A. erythroptera
seen from
Turkey
, but otherwise identical (
Figs 82-83
). Based on the similarity of the male primary sexual characters, the specimen is here tentratively attributed to
A. erythroptera
, despite the observed differences in the external differences, especially in the puncturation of the abdomen.