Afropselaphus spoliatus, 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 : 562

Afropselaphus spoliatus nov.sp. ( Fig. 21 , Map 1 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "TR - Osmaniye (27) Nur Dağ; E Osmaniye Yarpuz, 920 m; 30.IV.2004 37°3'53N 36°24'29E leg. Meybohm & Brachat / Afropselaphus spoliatus spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra) . Paratypes: 1♁, 2♀♀: same data as holotype (cBra) ; 1♁, 1♀: "TR - Osmaniye (30) Nur Dağ ; E Osmaniye Yarpuz , 700 m ; 30.IV.2004 37°5'8N, 36°20'21E leg. Meybohm & Brachat " (cBra); 1♁: " N37°06´16 E36°26´47 (34) TR Osmaniye Kaypak → Yarpuz , 990 m ; 3. V.2007 leg. Meybohm & Brachat " (cBra); 1♀: " N37°06'17 E036°25'47 (35) TR Osmaniye Kaypak Richtung Yarpuz 1370 m Brachat & Meybohm 3. V.2007 " (cBra); 1♀: " TURKEY (ADANA): 10 km E Osmaniye, NW Karataş, 37°04'32''N, 36°22'25''E, 900 m, N exp. dry creek valley, oaks & beeches, sifted, 6.IV.2004, leg. M. Schülke [ T04-18 ]" ( MNB) .

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is the past participle of the Latin verb spoliare (to rob) and alludes to the presence of only one spine (rather than two) in the internal sac of the aedeagus.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.60-1.80 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.36-0.38; HW: 0.25-0.28; AL♁: 0.84-0.88; AL ♀: 0.81-0.84; PpL: 0.32-0.36 mm; PL: 0.30; PW: 0.28; EL: 0.36-0.38; EW: 0.58-0.67; AedL: 0.35-0.38.

Head approximately 1.3 times as long as broad. Eyes composed of 6-7 ommatidia. Antennae slender; all antennomeres oblong. Apical club of maxillary palpomere IV slightly more than half as long as total length of palpomere IV. Pronotum weakly oblong, with a shallow transverse median ante-basal fovea.

♁: metaventrite more distinctly convex than in female; sternite IV with deep oval medio-basal impression extending to middle of sternite, lateral margins of this impression with a series of short setae; aedeagus ( Fig. 21 ) apically weakly curved ventrad; middle of apex produced in ventral view; internal structure of distinctive shape.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Afropselaphus spoliatus is distinguished from the similar A. latibasalis by a weakly modified male metaventrite and by the shape of the internal structure of the aedeagus.

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: Thetypematerialwascollected in several close localities in Osmaniye province, central southern Turkey ( Map 1 ). The specimens were sifted from sycamore, oak, and beech litter at altitudes of 700- 1,370 m.

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 17-22: Afropselaphus longispinosus nov.sp. (17-19) from Kahramanmaraş (17) and Osmaniye (18-19), A. adanicus nov.sp. (20), A. spoliatus nov.sp. (21), and A. latibasalis nov.sp. (22): aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.