Protamaurops winneguthi ( Székessy, 1943 )

Bekchiev, Rostislav & Hlaváč, Peter, 2020, Endogean and Cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XX. Notes on the genus Protamaurops J. Müller, 1944 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with the description of a new species from Bulgaria, Zootaxa 4779 (3), pp. 367-378 : 376-377

Protamaurops winneguthi ( Székessy, 1943)

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Amaurops (s.str.) winneguthi Székessy, 1943: 157 . Type data: 1 Männchen, sowie ein weiteres, etwas beschädigtes, unreifes Exemplar. Mazedonien, Bistra-planina, etwa 5km von Dorf Galitsnik, ca. 1400m

Protamaurops winneguthi Székessy : Karaman, 1961: 167 (diagnosis); Nonveiller et al., 2000: 23 (distribution)

Paramaurops (Protamaurops) vitolistensis Karaman, 1954: 79 . Type data: Das einzige Exemplar in Marijovo (südwestlich von Prilep) in Mazedonien, synonymy in Besuchet, 1999: 48

Protamaurops similis Karaman, 1961: 158 , 166. Type data: Jedan mužjak [one male] u Mavrovu (Koža 1200 m), synonymy in Karaman, 1967: 61

Protamaurops similis Karaman: Karaman, 1961: 167 (diagnosis)

Protamaurops peristeri Karaman, 1961: 159 , 168. Type data: Na Peristeru, jedan mužjak [one male], synonymy in Be- suchet,1999: 48

Type material studied: Protamaurops winneguthi : Lectotype, here designated, ♂: Macedonia, Bistra pl., VII. 1937, leg. Dr. Fodor. Paralectotype: 1 ♀: Macedonia, Bistra plan., leg. Fodor ( HNHM) . Other material: 1 ♂: Macedonia, Perister , 19.05.1973, leg. A. Malika ( MHNG) .

Redescription: Body slightly shiny, reddish-brown, densely pubescent, covered with long golden setae; legs, antennae and maxillary palpi slightly lighter, length: 2.38 mm; maximum width of elytra 0.78 mm. Head 1.15 as wide as long, eyes composed from 15-20 ommatidia located around small ocular spine; clypeus large, round; frons with large, deep, triangular excavation that is slightly prolonged anteriorly, forming angle at apex; vertex elevated, forming large hump with one well-defined, long medial carina remote from margin of frontal excavation and extending two-thirds of head length; vertexal pits separated, distant from lateral margin of head; surface between carinae almost glabrous; antennae 1.06 mm long, scape as long wide, pedicel twice as long as wide, antennomere III 1.25 times as long as wide, IV as long as wide, V 1.25 times as long as wide, VI-VIII as long as wide, IX trapezoidal, 1.25 times as long as wide, antennomere X trapezoidal, 1.2 times as wide as long, terminal antennomere triangular, about 1.43 times as long as wide. Pronotum about 1.15 times as long as wide, longer than head, with shallow longitudinal excavation in the middle; lateral carinae long and weekly prominent, with small triangular dent in basal part, median antebasal and lateral foveae well-defined. Elytra simple, wider than long, at sides round, widest in middle. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra, first visible tergite (IV) large, distance between lateral carina and median carina 0.20 mm; distance between median carinae 0.20 mm. Legs long and slender, simple, metatrochanters with one small medium, ventral spine. Aedeagus ( Fig. 3d ) 0.39 mm long.

Distribution: North Macedonia.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Aedeagi of Protamamaurops, ventral view (Scale: 0.1 mm)—a, b) P. macedonicus—a. Bos Dag Mts., b—Belasitsa Mts; c) P. macrophthalmus; d) P. winneguthi; e) P. bulgaricus sp. n. Scale: 0.1 mm

FIGURE 5. Distribution of Protamaurops.