Lithocharis subochracea COIFFAIT , 1966

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revison of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1133-1178 : 1138-1139

Lithocharis subochracea COIFFAIT, 1966

( Figs 8-13 )

Lithocharis subochracea COIFFAIT, 1966: 346 f.

Type material examined Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; aedeagus missing]: " Mauritanie, Tagant Fogh, Mateu 9.3.58 / Préparation microscopique / Holotype / Lithocharis subochracea Coiff., H. Coiffait det. 1966" ( MNHNP).

Additional material examined: Yemen: 7 exs., Socotra Island, Zemhon area , 12°31'N, 54°07'E, 270-350 m, 3.-4.II.2010, leg. Purchart & Vybíral ( NMP, cAss) ; 1♂, Socotra, Firmihin, 12°28'N, 54°01'E, 400-500 m, at light, 6.-7.II.2010, leg. Purchart & Vybíral (cAss).

Comment: The original description is based on a unique male from " Mauritanie, Tagant Fogh" ( COIFFAIT 1966). The species was subsequently recorded from the Canary Islands ( ASSING 2008). The above specimens from the Yeminitic island Socotra represent a new country record and considerably expand the known distribution of this species. The habitus and the male sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 8-13 .

Figures

Figs 8-16: Lithocharis subochracea COIFFAIT (8-13; 8-11: holotype; 12-13: male from Yemen) and L. mauretanica COIFFAIT, holotype (14-16): (8) habitus; (9, 14) male sternite VII; (10, 15) posteromedian portion of male sternite VII; (11, 16) male sternite VIII; (12-13) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 8: 1.0 mm; 9, 11-14, 16: 0.2 mm; 10, 15: 0.1 mm.