Astenus procerus (GRAVENHORST, 1806)

Assing, Volker, 2017, A revision of types and additional material of Staphylinidae from the Iablokoff-Khnzorian collection (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 333-340 : 334-336

Astenus procerus (GRAVENHORST, 1806)

Astenus silvicola IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN, 1961: 142 f.; nov.syn.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀: "Alaverdi, Akhtala, ASSR. 6.6.49 / Typus / Holotypus / Astenus silvicola Khnz. / Astenus (Astenognathus) filiformis ? H. Coiffait det. 1970 / Astenus procerus (Gravenhorst) , det. V. Assing 2017 " (cKal). Paratype ♀ [without head and pronotum]: "Sevan, Ushtapalar, ASSR. 1.8.48 / Paratypus Astenus silvicola Khnz. / Astenus procerus (Gravenhorst) , det. V. Assing 2017 " (cKal).

C o m m e n t: The original description of A. silvicola is based on two specimens, a holotype and a paratype, from "Akhtala ( Arménie du Nord)..., holotype " and "mont Oushtapalar, au sud du lac Sevan..., paratype " (IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN 1961). An examination of this type material revealed that both are females. In external characters they are identical to A. procerus , with which A. silvicola is consequently synonymized.

Figs 7-10: Rugilus armeniacus (COIFFAIT) , holotype (7), Aleochara nobilis LIKOVSKÝ , holotype (8), and A. polychroma IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN, holotype (9-10): (7) apical portion of aedeagus in ventral view; (8-9) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (10) apical portion of median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 8-9: 0.2 mm; 7, 10: 0.1 mm.