Bryaxis splendidus ( Croissandeau, 1891 )

Hlaváč, Peter, 2009, Taxonomic notes on the Bryaxis splendidus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with the description of a new species from the Ukraine, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 651-659 : 656

Bryaxis splendidus ( Croissandeau, 1891)

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Bythinus splendidus Croissandeau, 1891: 134 . Type locality: not provided.

Bythinus splendidus Croissandeau : MACHULKA (1935: 131, new record).

Material examined. UKRAINE: J: Kuzy. 1930. / Bythinus splendidus Croiss. Det. Ing. Machulka / 1 / Nár. Mus. Praha coll.Machulka / Bryaxis splendidus Croiss.Cl.Besuchet dét. I. 1977; ♀: Kuzy / Bythinus splendidus Croiss.Det. Ing.Machulka / Nár.Mus. Praha coll. Machulka;J [only aedeagus on a plastic slide, the whole body is missing]:Kuzy / 3 / Nár. Mus. Praha coll. Machulka.All specimens are deposited in NMPC and bear my identification label.

Distribution. Known only from the locality of Kuzy in the Transcarpathian Ukraine.

Figures

Figs. 2–7. 2–4 – Bryaxis cepliki sp. nov. 2 – scape and pedicel; 3 – aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 4 – aedeagus, ventral aspect. 5 – B. goliath (Jeannel, 1922), aedeagus, dorsal aspect (reproduced from JEANNEL 1955: 40). 6 – B. monstrosetibialis (Stolz, 1923), aedeagus, dorsal aspect (from HLAVÁČ 2000: 38). 7 – B. splendidus (Croissandeau, 1891), aedeagus, dorsal aspect. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 8. Bryaxis splendidus species-group, distribution (black circle – B.monstrosetibialis (Stolz, 1923); white circle – B. cepliki sp. nov.; black square – B. splendidus (Croissandeau, 1891); white square – B. goliath (Jeannel, 1922)).