Quedius hermonensis COIFFAIT, 1963: 417
Quedius
FAGEL, 1968a: 11
Quedius
FAGEL, 1969: 115
Quedius hermonensis Coiffait
On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Assing, Volker
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2018
2018-07-27
50
1
149
182
4R35C
Coiffait
1963
[178,526,496,518]
Insecta
Staphylinidae
Quedius
Animalia
Coleoptera
5
154
Arthropoda
species
hermonensis
Raphirus
Quedius hermonensis COIFFAIT, 1963: 417f. Quediuscoiffaitianus FAGEL, 1968a: 11ff.; nov.syn. Quediusrugosipennis FAGEL, 1969: 115ff.; nov.syn. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Q. coiffaitianus: Paratypes: 15 exs.: " LIBAN: Nabeh Safa, mousses gorges d'eau [ 1 specimen: "bois marécageux"], 1000 m, V.1966G. Fagel / G. Fagel det., coiffaitianusn.sp. / Paratype/ Quedius hermonensisCoiffait, det. V. Assing 2018" (IRSNB).
Q. rugosipennis: Holotype ♂[dissected prior to present study; aedeagus missing]: " Anatoliemér., Antalya, V.1968 G. Fagel/ G. Fageldet., rugosipennisn.sp. / Type/ Quedius hermonensisCoiffait, det. V. Assing 2018" ( IRSNB). Paratypes: 1♂, 3♀♀: same data as holotype(IRSNB). 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: Turkey: 2♂♂[1teneral], Antalya, Anamur- Gazipaşa, Kalandere, 36°07'N, 32°34'E, 40 m, 24.IV.2008, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss). Cyprus: 1♂, Troodos, 34°55'N, 32°52'E, 1550 m, 9.IV.2008, leg. Lompe(cAss). Israel: 1♂, Sea of Galilee, Beit Tsaida Reserve, 32°53'N, 35°38'E, 0 m, 19.IV.2005, leg. Assmann(cFel); 1♀, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, bank of Jordanriver, 26.III.2008, leg. Assmann(cFel); 1♂, HulaN. R., 33°04'N, 35°36'E, 65 m, shore of pond, 13.XI.2010, leg. Drees(cFel); 1♀, S Ashdod, Nitzanim, 31°45'N, 34°37'E, sand dunes, pond shore, 12.IV.2013, leg. Buse(cFel); 1♀, Sea Genezareth, Jordan River, 32°54'N, 35°37'E, - 215 m, 19.III.2011, leg. Meybohm(cAss). C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. hermonensisis based on a male holotypeand a female paratypefrom " Liban: Hasbaya" and one female paratypefrom "Nahr es Safa" ( COIFFAIT 1963), that of Q. coiffaitianuson a male holotypeand 27 paratypesfrom "Nabeh Safa" ( FAGEL 1968a) (i.e., from the same locality as that of one of the paratypesof Q. hermonensis), and that of Q. rugosipennison a male holotypeand four paratypes(one male and three females) from "Anatolie méridionale: Antalya, route de Lara" ( FAGEL 1969). An examination of the type material of Q. coiffaitianusand Q. rugosipennis, as well as of additional material from various regions revealed that in both external and the male sexual characters they are within the range of intraspecific variation of Q. hermonensisby COIFFAIT (1963). Hence the synonymy proposed above. Based on similar external characters (coloration, punctation, habitus, etc.), on the similar general morphology of the aedeagus, and a similar ecology, Q. hermonensisis closely allied to Q. umbrinus, not to Q. nigriceps KRAATZ, 1857as suggested by COIFFAIT (1978a). Like Q. umbrinus, Q. hermonensisis subject to pronounced variation of coloration and of the shape of the aedeagus ( Figs 1-14). The colour of the forebody ranges from brown to black, often with the anterior and posterior margins of the elytra narrowly yellowish to reddish (especially in material from Cyprus). The length of the aedeagus ranges from 1.0- 1.3 mm. The width of the paramere is rather variable, too; in material from Cyprusit is more slender and basally sometimes slightly constricted, whereas in material seen from other regions it is less slender and basally not constricted. Figs 1-12: Quedius hermonensisfrom Samos ( 1-3), Israel( 4-6), and Cyprus( 7-12): ( 1, 4, 7, 10) aedeagus in lateral view; ( 2, 5, 8, 11) median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; ( 3, 6, 9, 12) paramere. Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figs 13-24: Quedius hermonensisfrom Cyprus ( 13-14), Q. orientalis( 15-17), and Q. microcapillatus( 18-24) from Iraq ( 18-20), Turkey ( 21), and Iran ( 22-24): ( 13, 15, 22) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; ( 14, 17, 20, 24) paramere; ( 16, 19, 23) median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; ( 18, 21) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figs 25-27: Quedius orientalis( 25) and Q. microcapillatus( 26-27): ( 25-26) habitus; ( 27) posterosutural portion of elytra. Scale bars: 25-26: 1.0 mm; 27: 0.1 mm. The habitat is similar to that of Q. umbrinus. The examined specimens were primarily collected in moist substrates: in moist leaf litter, swamps, on the shores of lakes and ponds, and on the banks of rivers and streams. The revised distribution ( Map 1) ranges from the Aegean Island Samos in the west across Turkeyand Cyprusto the Middle East ( Lebanon, Israel). While the species is fairly common in Cyprus(ASSING & WUNDERLE 2001), it appears to be rather rare elsewhere. For previous records from Cyprus(as Q. rugosipennis), Samos (as Q. rugosipennis), and Israelsee ASSING & WUNDERLE (2001), ASSING (2015), SMETANA (1978), and ASSING (2014), respectively. A previous record of Q. hermonensisfrom Iraq( ASSING 2014), however, which was overlooked by SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015), refers to Q. microcapillatus(see below).
2846796350
1968-05
IRSNB
G. Fagel
G. Fagel
Anatolie
5
154
1
1
Antalya
holotype
2846796312
2008-04-24
2008-04-24
2005-04-19
Brachat & Meybohm
Turkey
Gazipasa
40
32.883335
Kalandere
1208
35.633335
Kalandere
5
154
2
2
Antalya
2846796348
[223,927,824,846]
2005-04-19
2008-04-24
2005-04-19
Brachat & Meybohm & Lompe & Assmann
Turkey
Gazipasa
40
32.883335
Troodos
1208
35.633335
Kalandere
5
154
4
4
Antalya
2846796357
2005-04-19
2008-04-24
2005-04-19
Brachat & Meybohm & Lompe & Assmann
Turkey
Gazipasa
40
32.883335
Troodos
1208
35.633335
Kalandere
5
154
4
4
Antalya
2846796364
2008-03-26
Assmann
Jordan
Capernaum
Sea of Galilee
5
154
1
1
2846796391
2010-11-13
Drees
Jordan
65
33.066666
Hula
1207
35.6
5
154
1
1
2846796362
2013-04-12
S Ashdod & Buse
Jordan
31.75
Nitzanim
1214
34.616665
5
154
1
1
2846796310
2011-03-19
Meybohm
Jordan
215
32.9
River
1208
35.616665
Sea Genezareth
5
154
1
1