Tetartopeus persicus COIFFAIT 1972

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1263

Tetartopeus persicus COIFFAIT 1972 ( Fig. 39 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iraq: 1, Baghdad, "during floods, in seepage water around house", IV.1954, leg. Wiltshire (BMNH).

C o m m e n t: The species was previously known only from Iran. The above specimen represents the first record from Iraq; its aedeagus is illustrated in Fig. 39.

Figures

Figs 37-39: Tetartopeus sengleti BORDONI, holotype (37-38) and T. persicus COIFFAIT from Iraq (39): (37) forebody; (38-39) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 37: 1.0 mm; 38-39: 0.2 mm.

Figs 1-5: Paralectotype of Astenus rutilipennis REITTER (1-2) and Lectotype of Lithocharis vilis KRAATZ (3-5): (1-3) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (4) male sternite VII; (5) male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figs 6-13: Lithocharis schuelkei nov.sp.: (6) habitus; (7) forebody; (8) antenna; (9) male sternite VII; (10) male sternite VIII; (11-12) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (13) ventral process of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 6-8: 1.0 mm; 9-12: 0.5 mm; 13: 0.1 mm.