Sunius sinaicus ( COIFFAIT 1961)

Assing, V., 2011, The Sunius species of the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 151-193 : 155

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5324126
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5337163
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scientific name	Sunius sinaicus ( COIFFAIT 1961)
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Sunius sinaicus ( COIFFAIT 1961) View in CoL

Hypomedon sinaicus COIFFAIT 1961: 29 View in CoL ff.

Hypomedon punctatum COIFFAIT 1979: 169 View in CoL ; primary homonym.

Hypomedon punctum COIFFAIT 1983: 346 View in CoL ; replacement name; synonymy by ASSING (2008a).

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype: "Al Haïr, 27.4. / Saudi Arab. 1976, Wittmer, Büttiker / Type / Hypomedon punctatus H. Coiffait 1978 View in CoL / Sunius sinaicus (Coiffait) View in CoL , det. V. Assing 2010 " (NHMB).

C o m m e n t s: The original description of S. sinaicus is based on a holotype male from " Sinaï, O. Taha" and an unspecified number of syntypes from " Sinaï " in the Peyerimhoff and Fauvel collections at the MNHNP and the IRSNB, respectively ( COIFFAIT 1961).

Hypomedon punctatus COIFFAIT 1979 View in CoL , a junior primary homonym of H. punctatus COIFFAIT 1975 View in CoL , was described from a single female from "El Hair", Saudi Arabia, deposited in the "Musée de Bâle" ( COIFFAIT 1979), without any reference whatsoever to S. sinaicus View in CoL , and later replaced with H. punctus ( COIFFAIT 1983). Based on an examination of the above holotype, the previously established synonymy is confirmed.