Delenda carthago Croissandeau, 1891

Bekchiev, Rostislav & Brachat, Volker, 2014, Revision of the genus Delenda Croissandeau, 1891 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 3765 (6), pp. 583-592 : 584-586

Delenda carthago Croissandeau, 1891

( Figs. 3 a, 6a, 8)

Delenda carthago Croissandeau, 1891: 152 (original description).

Delenda carthago Croissandeau : Raffray, 1904: 500 (catalogue); Raffray, 1911: 7 (catalogue); Löbl and Besuchet, 2004: 295 (catalog); Anlaş, 2009: 239 (catalog).

Material examined. (13 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀). Holotype: (1 ♀) Asia Minor / Delenda carthago ( MNHN); (10 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀) Turkey, Balikesir, Kaz Dagi Ayazma, N39.74583 E26.84786, 500 m, 11.04. 2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm; (1 ♂, 1 ♀) Turkey, Canakkale, Kaz Dagi Ayazma, N39.75000 E28.83500, 440 m, 11.04.2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm; (2 ♀♀) Turkey, Belikesir, Kurucam Tepe, N39.68583 E27.15931, 740 m, 13.04.2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm; (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀) Turkey, Belikesir, Kurucam Tepe, N39.69422 E27.14214, 708 m, 13.04.2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm; (1 ♂, 1 ♀) Turkey, Canakkale, Kaz Dagi-Gebiet, ca. 30 km NO Edremit, Kurucam Tepe, N39.72478 E27.18364, 428 m, 14.04.2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm ( MNHN, NMNHS, PCPH, PCVB).

Redescription. Male, length 1.41–1.53 mm. Head slightly wider than long, HL 0.22–0.26 mm, HW 0.28–0.32 mm; eyes each composed of about 10–20 facets. Antennal length 0.50 – 0.52 mm. Labrum as in Fig. 3 a. Pronotum about as long as wide, PL 0.28–0.34 mm, PW 0.32–0.34 mm. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.22–0.26 mm, EW 0.36– 0.40 mm. Legs short, without any modiffications. 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 0.32–0.36 mm, as in Fig. 6 a; parameres with large base parallel–sided and slender, curved laterally in middle part, apex rounded. Female. Similar to male: BL 1.53–1.62 mm, HL 0.24–0.26 mm, HW 0.32–0.34 mm, PL 0.30–0.31 mm, PW 0.32–0.34 mm, EL 0.23–0.24 mm, EW 0.46–0.48 mm.

Differential diagnosis. All species are very similar in habitus, differing only in the shape of the aedeagus and the labrum.

Biology. All specimens were collected in leaf litter of Platanus orienalis and Corylus sp. Distibution. Turkey, western part of Belikesir province ( Fig. 8 ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Labrum of Delenda species (dorsal view, scale — 0.1 mm): a) D. carthago; b) D. frivaldszkyi; c) D. rhodopensis sp. n.

FIGURE 6. Aedeagi of Delenda species, lateral, right view (scale — 0.1 mm): a) D. carthago; b) D. frivaldszkyi; c) D. rhodopensis sp. n.

FIGURE 8. Distribution of Delenda species: blue dots — D. carthago; green — D. frivaldszkyi; red — D. rhodopensis sp. n.