Afropselaphus kizilicus, 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 : 564

Afropselaphus kizilicus nov.sp. ( Fig. 27 , Map 2 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "TR - Hatay (14) WSW Antakya w Teknepɪnar; 400 m; 14.IV.2009 N36°12'18,5 E35°58'57,4 leg. Meybohm & Brachat / Afropselaphus kizilicus spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra) . Paratypes: 3♁♁, 4♀♀: same data as holotype (cBra) ; 2♀♀: " N36°12'18 E035°57'55 TR Hatay Kɪzɪldağ 360m Teknepɪnar 14.4.2009 Brachat & Meybohm (15)" (cBra) ; 1♀: " TURKEY (ANTAKYA): Kɪzɪl Dağɪ 20 km W Antakya, NW Teknepinar, 36°12'33''N, 35°57'30''E, 340 m, Quercus forest with Pinus , sifted, 3.IV.2004, leg. M. Schülke [ T04-06 ]" ( MNB) .

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Kɪzɪl Dağɪ, the name of the mountain where the species may be endemic.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.70-1.80 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.38-0.40; HW: 0.25-0.26; AL♁: 0.92-1.00; AL ♀: 0.86-0.90; PpL: 0.36-0.39 mm; PL: 0.30-0.31; PW: 0.28-0.30; EL: 0.38-0.42; EW: 0.62-0.66; AedL: 0.40-0.42.

Head approximately 1.5 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 and slightly broader than head, with small, often shallow median ante-basal fovea.

♁: metaventrite more convex than in female, with two tufts of setae in postero-median portion; sternite IV with a shallow oblong medio-basal impression extending beyond middle of sternite, lateral margins of this impression with a series of short setae; aedeagus ( Fig. 27 ) apically acute and weakly curved ventrad; internal sac with an apically acute and basally broader spine.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Regarding the internal structure of the aedeagus, A. kizilicus is similar to A. spoliatus . It differs from this species by longer antennae with distinctly more oblong antennomeres and by a longer, more slender, and subapically somewhat constricted 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: The known ditribution is confined to Kɪzɪl Dağɪ in Hatay province, central southern Turkey ( Map 2 ). The specimens were sifted from oak and pine litter at altitudes of 340- 400 m.

Figures

Map 2: Distributions of Afropselaphus sinuatus (black triangle), A. adanicus (white circle), A. latibasalis (black star), A. trispinosus (black circles), A. kizilicus (white diamonds), and A. inaequalis (black diamond).

Figs 23-28: Afropselaphus trispinosus nov.sp. (23-24), A. bispinosus nov.sp. (25-26) from South Hatay (25) and from Kɪzɪldağɪ (26), A. kizilicus nov.sp. (27), and A. meybohmi nov.sp. (28): aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.