Afropselaphus pisidicus, Brachat & Assing, 2021

Brachat, Volker & Assing, Volker, 2021, The Afropselaphus fauna of South Turkey and the Middle East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 545-568 : 550-551

Afropselaphus pisidicus nov.sp. ( Figs 6 , 9 , Map 1 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "TR - Antalya Umgeb. Antalya Termessos 14.4.1984 leg V.u. C. Brachat / Afropselaphus pisidicus spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra) . Paratypes: 10♁♁, 11♀♀: same data as holotype (cBra) ; 2♁♁, 1♀: " N36°59' E030°28' T Umgeb. Antalya Termessos , 700-800 m 21.4.2001 Meybohm & Brachat" (cBra) .

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Pisidia, the ancient name of the region where the type locality is situated.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.70-1.85 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.37; HW: 0.28; AL: 0.88-0.92; PpL: 0.38-0.40 mm; PL: 0.30; PW: 0.26-0.27; EL: 0.42- 0.44; EW: 0.64-0.66; AedL: 0.28-0.30.

Eyes composed of 6-8 ommatidia. Antennae with all antennomeres distinctly oblong. Apical club of maxillary palpomere IV slightly more than half as long as total length of palpomere IV. Pronotum weakly oblong and slightly broader than head, with a median ante-basal fovea and an indistinct ante-basal sulcus. Mesoventrite ( Fig. 6 ) with sharp median carina.

♁: metaventrite ( Fig. 6 ) weakly convex (similar to that of female); sternite IV without medio-basal impression; aedeagus ( Fig. 9 ) small, apically weakly tapering and with nearly truncate apex; parameres short, apically not extending to apex of median lobe; internal sac with moderately sclerotized structure of triangular shape.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: This species is distinguished from other representatives of the A. clavigeroides group by a shorter aedeagus with nearly parallel lateral margins, a broad and nearly truncate apex, and an internal structure of distinctive shape.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The specimens were collected in Termessos, approximately 23 km to the northwest of Antalya, Antalya province, Southwest Turkey ( Map 1 ). They were sifted from litter in dry shrubland.

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of Afropselaphus muglanus (black triangle), A. pisidicus (white triangle), A. tenuispinosus (grey triangles), A. wolfi (black stars), A. frederici (white star), A. cilicicus (grey star), A. longispinosus (white circles), A. spoliatus (black circles), A. bispinosus (grey circles), A. clavigeroides (black diamonds), A. assmanni (white diamond), A. aequalis (black square), and A. meybohmi (white square).

Figs 5-8: Afropselaphus wolfi nov.sp. (5), A. pisidicus nov.sp. (6), A. clavigeroides (7), and A. muglanus nov.sp. (8): (5-6) male thorax in ventral view; (7-8) aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bars: 5-6: 0.5 mm; 7-8: 0.1 mm.

Figs 9-16: Afropselaphus pisidicus nov.sp. (9), A. wolfi nov.sp. (10), A. sinuatus nov.sp. (11-12), A. tenuispinosus nov.sp. (13), A. frederici nov.sp. (14-15), and A. cilicicus nov.sp. (16): (9-11, 13-14, 16) aedeagus in dorsal view; (12) aedeagus in ventral view; (15) internal structures of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.