Tetartopeus

Anlaş, Sinan, 2009, On the genus Tetartopeus Czwalina, 1888 of Turkey. A new species and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Zootaxa 2031, pp. 63-67 : 67

Key to the Turkish species of Tetartopeus

1 Abdomen black, with posterior margin of segment VII and apical segments (VIII-X) reddish. ................................ 2

- Abdomen completely black. In lateral view aedeagus with ventral process apically meandering (see Coiffait 1982). .................................................................................................................................................. T. czwalinai (Jakobson)

2 In lateral view aedeagus with ventral process apically triangular ............................................................................... 3

- In lateral view aedeagus with ventral process apically strongly bent, not triangular (see Assing 2008) ....................... ......................................................................................................................................................... T. persicus Coiffait

3 Body smaller, ≤ 7,4 mm. Aedeagus as in Figs 9–10 . ............................................................................. T. tezcani sp. n.

- Body larger, ≥ 8,2 mm ................................................................................................................................................. 4

4 Aedeagus as in Fig. 14 ..................................................................................................................... T. stylifer (Reitter)

- Aedeagus as in Fig. 13 ................................................................................................................... T. adanensis Assing

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14. Details of Tetartopeus tezcani sp. n. (1 – 12), T. adanensis Assing (13) and T. stylifer (Reitter) (14). 1 — habitus; 2 — female tergite VIII; 3 — female sternite VIII; 4 — female terga IX and X; 5 — male sternite VII; 6 — male sternite VIII; 7 — forebody; 8 — apex of aedeagus, lateral view; 9, 13, 14 — aedeagus, lateral view; 10 — aedeagus, ventral view; 11 — retracted internal sac with sclerites, lateral view; 12 — retracted internal sac with sclerites, dorso-lateral view. Scale bars: 1. 0 mm (1, 7); 0. 3 mm (2 – 6); 0,04 mm (8); 0. 5 mm (9 – 10); 0,1 mm (11 – 12); 0,2 mm (13 – 14).