Banatotyphlus siclus, Struyve, 2022

Struyve, Tim, 2022, On the soil dwelling Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Romania, Belgian Journal of Entomology 127, pp. 1-22 : 15

Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov.

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Figs 4 F , 9 A-B

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 1 male deposited in the HNHM. PARATYPES. Eibenthal , 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 5 exs. (cStr) + 2 exs. ( HNHM); Cozia , 25.III.2019, 44.631°N 22.007°E: 1 male (cStr) + 6 exs. ( HNHM). Cozia , 25.III.2019, 44.628°N 22.039°E: 1 ex. ( HNHM).

ETYMOLOGY. from the Latin word for sickle, referring to the curved form of the ventral process.

DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.150; HW: 0.170; PL: 0.160; PW: 0.175; EL: 0.120; EW: 0.165; AL: 0.235; TL: 1.1 mm.

External hardly different from B. racovitzai , the main difference is in the aedeagus: it is within the known species from this genus easily recognizable by the strongly curved long ventral process.

Figures

Fig. 4. A-G, labrum. A, Cyrtotyphlus carpathica sp. nov. B, Romanotyphlus metaliferensis sp. nov. C, Kladotyphlus ariesensis ariesensis ssp. nov. D, Metrotyphlus banati sp. nov. E, Banatotyphlus orsovae sp. nov. F, Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov. G, Banatotyphlus albensis sp. nov. H-J, antenna. H, Cyrtotyphlus carpathica sp. nov. I, Romanotyphlus metaliferensis sp. nov. J, Kladotyphlus ariesensis ariesensis. Scale bar: 0,05 mm.

Fig. 9. Aedeagus in lateral (A and C) and ventral views (B and D). A-B, Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov. C-D, Banatotyphlus albensis sp. nov. Scale bar: 0,05 mm.