Aleochara (Xenochara) accepta LIKOVSKÝ , 1972

Assing, V., 2009, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Aleochara species of the subgenera Xenochara M & R and Rheochara M & R (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 59 (1), pp. 33-101 : 66-67

Aleochara (Xenochara) accepta LIKOVSKÝ, 1972 ; revalidated ( Figs 124-126)

Aleochara (Polychara) accepta LIKOVSKÝ, 1972: 162 f.

Type material examined:

Holotype ♂: " Mongolia, Central aimak, cca 20 km W von Ulan-Baator, 1600 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1966 / Nr. 526, 17.VI.1966 / Holotypus 1970 Aleochara accepta Likovsky [curator label] / Holotypus Aleochara accepta m., det. Z. Likovský 1970 / Holotypus / Aleochara signata (J. Sahlb.) , det.: Ádám, 2007 / Aleochara accepta Likovský , det. V. Assing 2009" ( HNHM) . Paratypes: 1 ♂, " Mongolia, Central aimak, Tosgoni ovoo, 10 km N von Ulan-Baator, 1700- 1900 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1967 / Nr. 926a, 23.-24.VII.1967 / Paratypus 1970 Aleochara accepta Likovsky [curator label] / Paratypus Aleochara accepta m., det. Z. Likovský 1970 / Paratypus / Aleochara accepta Lik., V.B. Semenov det. 1998 / Aleochara accepta Likovský , det. V. Assing 2009" ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂, " Mongolia, Central aimak, Ulan-Baator, Nucht im Bogdo ul, 1880- 2000 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1966 / Nr. 506, 9.VI.1966 / Paratypus 1970 Aleochara accepta Likovsky [curator label] / Paratypus Aleochara accepta m., det. Z. Likovský 1970 / Aleochara accepta Likovský , det. V. Assing 2009" ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂, " Mongolia, Central aimak, SO von Somon Bajanzogt, 1600 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1966 / Nr. 920b, 11.VI.1966 / Paratypus 1970 Aleochara accepta Likovsky [curator label] / Paratypus Aleochara accepta m., det. Z. Likovský 1970 / Paratypus / Aleochara tertiaria mihi (non typus!), V. B. Semenov det. 1998 / Aleochara signata (Sahlberg) , det. V. Assing 2009" ( HNHM) .

Comment:

The species was originally described from Mongolia based on a holotype from "Central aimak: cca 20 km W von Ulan-Baator, 1600 m " and 25 paratypes from various localities ( LIKOVSKÝ 1972). For illustrations of the genitalia and descriptive details see NIKITSKY et al. (1998). The synonymy of A. accepta with A. signata proposed by ÁDÁM (2008) is erroneous. The holotype and two examined paratypes represent a distinct species and only one of the examined paratypes is conspecific with A. signata .

Redescription:

Body length: 3.0- 4.7 mm, according to NIKITSKY et al. (1998). External characters as in A. laevigata , but distinguished as follows:

Antennae shorter; antennomeres V-X more transverse, approximately twice as wide as long. Reddish spot on elytra more extensive and weakly delimited.

♂: median lobe of aedeagus small, 0.53-0.62 mm long, of similar general morphology as in A. laevigata , but ventral process and apical internal structures of completely different shape in lateral view, apical internal structures very weakly sclerotised ( Figs 104-106).

Distribution and bionomics:

The known distribution ranges from Belarus and Ukraine to eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East ( NIKITSKY et al. 1998; SMETANA 2004).