Mycetoporus silvaticus IABLOKOFF-KHNZORIAN, 1962

Assing, Volker & Schülke, Michael, 2019, The Staphylinidae of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (Coleoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (1), pp. 91-173 : 155

Mycetoporus silvaticus IABLOKOFF-KHNZORIAN, 1962

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Mycetoporus dispersus SCHÜLKE & KOCIAN, 2000 , syn. nov.

Type material: Holotype: “Mravyan 18.6.60 Khnz. / Mycetoporus silvaticus Khn. Khnzorian det. / Typus / Holotype / Mycetoporus silvaticus Iablokoff-Khnzorian det. M. Schülke 2018” ( IZAY).

Comment: When the species of the Mycetoporus nigricollis group were revised ( SCHÜLKE & KOCIAN 2000), no type material of Mycetoporus silvaticus was available. The species was described based on four specimens collected in different localities in northern and southern Armenia (Zaghkadsor, Mravyan, Vachagan). In the original description, the author compared this species with M. corpulentus LUZE, 1902 , a species which was unknown from the Caucasus region at that time.

An examination of the male holotype from Mravyan ( Fig. 4 ) revealed that the large internal structures of the aedeagus are identical to those of M. dispersus . As M. silvaticus is the senior name, it takes priority, rendering M. dispersus a junior synonym.

3.6.5 Aleocharinae (by VOLKER ASSING)

Figures

Figs 1–6: Type locality ofBellatheta khustupica in the peak region of Mount Khustup (1); microhabitat whereB. khustupica was