Cephennium judaeum REITTER, 1882

Assing, Volker & Meybohm, Heinrich, 2021, The Cephennium fauna of Turkey and the Middle East (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 1-28 : 24

Cephennium judaeum REITTER, 1882

( Figs 68–69 )

Cephennium judaeum REITTER, 1882: 552 .

Comment: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, among them at least one male, from “ Libanon: Beirut ” ( REITTER 1882) .

Claude Besuchet (unpublished notes) examined the following material: 1 . “ Beirut. type. coll. Croissandeau in Mus. Paris ”; 1 : “ Libanon. Sahlberg. Mus. Helsinki”; 1 : “Fleuve Lycus, Liban. Sahlberg. Mus Helsinki”; 1 : “ Beirut. Appl. coll. mea [now probably in Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève]” .

Claude Besuchet´s drawing of the aedeagus (probably of the male in his collection) is illustrated in Figs 68–69 . Based on this drawing, C. judaeum belongs to the C. corruptum group and is most closely allied to the following species. It has been reported only from Lebanon (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015).

Figures

Figs 59–69: Aedeagus in ventral/dorsal view (59–68) and internal structures of aedeagus in ventral view (69) of Cephennium unguicum (59), C. deplectens (60), C. sicaferum (61), C. geminum (62–64; 62: Termessos; 63: Olimpos; 64: Kemer), C. duplum (65–66), C. jordanicum (67), and C. judaeum (68–69; drawings by C. Besuchet). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.