Meotica andujari, Assing, 2007

Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen, 2019, The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 731-772 : 763

Meotica andujari ASSING, 2007 ( Figs 69-73 )

Meotica andujari ASSING, 2007: 769 ff.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: SeeASSING (2007).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: SPAIN: 1♀, Murcia, Moratalla, Rio Alharabe , 12.X.2002, leg. Lencina (cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on twelve type specimens from the Sierra de Espuña and the Sierra de Segura in South Spain.

D i a g n o s i s: Coloration of body uniformly yellowish, i.e., abdomen not infuscate; hind wings completely reduced.

♂: sternite VIII ( Fig. 69 ) moderately transverse, posterior margin convex; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 70-71 ) approximately 0.33 mm long; ventral process straight in basal portion (lateral view); apical lobe of paramere blackish.

♀: sternite VIII ( Fig. 72 ) indistinctly transverse, posterior margin convex, in the middle concave; spermatheca as in Fig. 73 .

The aedeagus is somewhat similar to those of M. moczarskii and M. wunderlei , but distinguished by larger size, a longer, practically straight (lateral view), and apically truncate (ventral view) ventral process. The spermatheca is of the M. parasita type (like that of M. moczarskii ), but distinguished by a longer and more slender distal portion. For additional illustrations see ASSING (2007).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: SouthSpain.

Figures

Figs 69-79: Meotica andujari (69-73), M. ochsi (74-75), M. wunderlei (76-77), and M. normandi (78-79): (69, 74, 76, 78) male sternite VIII; (70) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (71) apical portion of median lobe in ventral view; (72, 75, 77, 79) female sternite VIII; (73) spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.