Ochthephilus wunderlei, Makranczy, 2014

Makranczy, György, 2014, Revision of the genus Ochthephilus Mulsant & Rey, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 121 (4), pp. 457-694 : 556-557

Ochthephilus wunderlei sp. nov. Figs 233, 244-248, 530, 571

TYPEMATERIAL: HOLOTYPE (3): “ CYPRUS: [Nicosiadistr.] Troodos-Geb., Marathassa - Pedoulas, AyiosJoannis , 600m [34°59'26"N, 32°49'49"E, 680m], 01.IV.1996 [1995], [leg.] P. Wunderle ” ( MHNG). – PARATYPES (42): samedataasholotype (coll. Wunderle, 13, SDEI, 1♀, SMNS, 1♀, ISNB, 1♀, USNM, 1♀, ZMHB, 13, coll. Schülke, 13). – “Troodos-Geb. Platres- Prodromos, 1350m [*+34.92/+32.83*], 01.IV.1996, leg. P. Wunderle, geschwemmt” (coll. Wunderle, 1♀, SEMC, 1, SNMC, 1♀, CNCI, 1, MNHP, 1). – “Troodos-Geb. SProdhromos, 1350m [*+34.92/+32.83*], 01.IV.1995, leg. V. Assing, bachschlucht” (coll. Assing, 1). – “PaphosForest, Kykkos-PeraVasa, 400-650m [*+34.95/+32.72*], 09.IV.1995, leg. P. Wunderle ” (coll. Wunderle, 1). – “AgiosNikolaios [*+35.10/+32.88*], 16.IV.1995, leg. H. Schmid ” ( NHMW, 1). – “ TURKEY: Antalya, umg. Manavgat, 900m [Yaylaalan, 36°56'N, 31°28'E], 31.XII.1990, leg. V. Assing (7)” (coll. Assing, 23 1♀, HNHM, 23, 2♀, BMNH, 1). – “ Antalya, umg. Manavgat, 600m [*+36.77/+31.78*], 04.I.1991, leg. V. Assing (28)” (coll. Assing, 43, 2♀). – “SW-Turkey, umg. Manavgat, Yaylaalan, 850m [*+36.95/+31.48*], 31.XII.1990, leg. P. Wunderle (2)” (coll. Wunderle, 4). – “SW-Turkey, Güneycak bei Gündogmus, ca. 700m [*+36.80/+32.02*], 1.I.-7.I.1991, leg. P. Wunderle (19)” (coll. Wunderle, 10) .

DESCRIPTION: ForebodyasinFig. 530. Measurements (n=10): HW = 0.55 (0.52-0.60); TW = 0.50 (0.46-0.53); PW = 0.58 (0.52-0.63); SW = 0.74 (0.68-0.80); AW = 0.78 (0.69-0.87); HL = 0.41 (0.38-0.45); EL = 0.20 (0.18-0.21); TL = 0.08 (0.07- 0.09); PL = 0.46 (0.41-0.52); SL = 0.95 (0.88-1.02); SC = 0.87 (0.80-0.93); FB = 1.89 (1.70-2.10); BL = 3.49 (3.15-3.98) mm. Headblackishdarkbrown, abdomendark brown with sometimes lighter areas (e.g. base of second tergite and adjoining laterosclerites. Pronotum mostly dark brown but with sometimes lighter areas near posterior margin or at posterior corners. Elytra medium to dark brown, scutellar area to shoulders and a transversal stripe at apex being darker. Legs medium brown, antennae and mouthparts dark brown. Body with greasy lustre mostly due to elytral setation plus forebody punctation and microsculpture. Pubescence rather fine and moderately dense, shorter and stronger (regularly spaced) on elytra, abdominal tergites with finer and longer setae, especially adjacent to laterosternites. Head anteriad eyes and near inner posterior margin of eye with stronger and darker bristles, as well as pronotal margin and middle of tibiae. Elytral apex without conspicuous setae. Last tarsomere with a few setae only.

Antenna as in Fig. 571. Clypeus sparsely punctate (colliculate microsculptured), trapezoid, corners rounded, anterior edge arched; separated by slightly impressed transversal line (frontoclypeal suture) across a shinier area. Supraantennal prominences well developed, separated from clypeus/vertex by longitudinal impressions. Vertex with small but deep impressions in middle almost almost joining in V-shape. Temples slightly bulging, evenly curved, little shorter than half of eye length. Neck separated by a shallowly impressed transversal groove, microsculpture about the same as on head but with more transversal cells, no setation. Pronotum with a narrow marginal bead, fully visible in anterior corners. Posterior pronotal angles well-formed, just slightly obtuse-angled, sides in posterior 2/3 very gently concave/bisinuate. 'Anchor' fully formed, longitudinal midline as a slightly elevated, impunctate, weakly microsculptured line, parallel to this line two gentle, semi-longitudinal elongate elevations in anterior half of disc. In corners of anchor feeble, oblique impressions directed outwards, in middle at sides of midline two smaller impressions. Elytra slightly broadening posteriorly, sutural corners narrowly rounded; apical sides slightly oblique and in inner halves more or less straight. Elytral surface with two shallow, oval impressions behind scutellum and slightly impressed anterior disc. Head with fine coriaceous/colliculate microsculpture (isodiametric cells), fading on elevated parts, stronger in impressions, on pronotum microsculpture almost the same. Punctation on head generally sparse, from fine to rather coarse and deep, much stronger at sides and in impressions, on pronotum more evenly spaced, average interspaces somewhat larger than puncture diameters; elytral punctation more coarse and regularly spaced, average interspaces (with indistinct coriaceous microsculpture) about as puncture diameters, punctures more or less discretes.

Abdomen. Compared to forebody, abdomen with much more sparse, finer, less distinct punctation, microsculpture on tergal apices fine coriaceous with moderately transverse cells. Tergite VII posterior margin with palisade fringe unmodified in middle (nearly uniform breadth). Tergite VIII (Fig. 233) basal edge evenly arched, with small concavity in middle of basal sclerotized band; apical edge with sinuate (protruding) corners, and broad, moderately deep emargination in between. Sternite VIII with rounded apical corners, apex in males shallowly concave laterally, gently sinuate in middle; in females slightly more sinuate (convex) in middle. Tergite X unmodified, apex very slightly wider in males than in females. Aedeagus as in Fig. 244, inner sclerites as in Figs 245-246. Female ringstructures as in Figs 247-248.

ETYMOLOGY: The species is named after Dr. Paul Wunderle (Mönchengladbach, Germany), provider of a wealth of material in the early phases of this work.

COMPARATIVE NOTES: By external appearance this species is similar to the closely related O. angustior (distinguishable by the less acute apex of tergite X in females and the different inner sclerite of the aedeagus in males). However, since there are numerous species in this size range ( O. omalinus , O. andalusiacus , O. venustulus ) with great variability, the terminalia and genitalia must be checked.

DISTRIBUTION: Currently only known from Turkey (Antalya) and Cyprus.

BIONOMICS: Specimens were collected by the flotation method in a stream valley.

VII. Ochthephilus omalinus species group