Leptusa (Dysleptusa) persica, Assing, 2009

Assing, V., 2009, New species, new synonymies, and additional records of Leptusa from Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1285-1305 : 1292-1294

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5276613
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA1EF20A-FFE6-FFBF-CEAB-FD4BFD96FE57
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Leptusa (Dysleptusa) persica
status	sp. nov.

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Leptusa (Dysleptusa) persica View in CoL nov.sp. ( Figs 10-15 View Figs 10-20 , Map 3 View Map 3 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype 3: " Iran, Prov. Mazandaran [IR08-22], Tonekabon County, Elburz Mts., N-Slope, 4.5 km SW Khanian, Sehezar forest , leaves debris, sifted, small stream, 942 m, 05.VI.2008, 36°32'61.7"N, 50°49'89.2"E [recte: 36°32.617'N, 50°49.892'E], leg. A. Pütz / Holotypus 3 Leptusa persica sp. n. det. V. Assing 2009" (cPüt). GoogleMaps

D e s c r i p t i o n: 2.0 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 10 View Figs 10-20 . Coloration: body blackish, with the pronotum, the elytra, and the anterior and posterior abdominal segments slightly paler, dark brown; legs and antennomeres I-II reddish; antennomeres III-XI dark brown.

Head approximately as wide as long; punctation rather sparse, very fine, barely visible in the pronounced microsculpture; integument matt; eyes not protruding from lateral contours of head, shorter than postocular region in dorsal view ( Fig. 11 View Figs 10-20 ). Antenna strongly incrassate apically; antennomere IV weakly transverse, X almost twice as wide as long ( Fig. 12 View Figs 10-20 ).

Pronotum approximately 1.35 times as wide as long and 1.25 times as wide as head; maximal width in anterior half; punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable in the pronounced microreticulation; integument matt ( Fig. 11 View Figs 10-20 ).

Elytra without sexual dimorphism; approximately as wide as pronotum, at suture approximately 0.8 times as long as pronotum; humeral angles weakly pronounced, but noticeable ( Fig. 11 View Figs 10-20 ); punctation rather dense and coarse, much more pronounced than that of pronotum; microsculpture shallow, interstices with some shine. Hind wings reduced.

Abdomen subparallel, widest at segments V-VI, slightly wider than elytra; punctation very fine, sparser on posterior than on anterior tergites; microsculpture shallow, interstices somewhat shiny; posterior margin of tergite VII with narrow palisade fringe.

3: tergites VII and VIII without median tubercle; posterior margin of tergite VIII with somewhat irregular outline, in the middle concave ( Fig. 13 View Figs 10-20 ); sternite VII unmodified; sternite VIII posteriorly obtusely angled and with long setae ( Fig. 14 View Figs 10-20 ); median lobe of aedeagus as in Fig. 15 View Figs 10-20 .

♀: unknown. E t y m o l o g y: The name (Latin, adjective) refers to the fact that this species is the first representative of the subgenus from Iran.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The aedeagus is most similar to those of the geographically close L. fauveli EPPELSHEIM from the Talysh mountains ( Azerbaijan) and L. fuliginosa (AUBÉ 1850) (Caucasus region, Turkey), but distinguished especially by the completely different shape of the ventral process in lateral view. For figures of L. fauveli see PACE (1989), for an illustration of the aedeagus of L. fuliginosa see ASSING (2003a).

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: ThetypelocalityissituatedinMazandaran province, northern Iran ( Map 3 View Map 3 ). The holotype was sifted from leaf litter near a stream at an altitude of approximately 940 m.