Gynotyphlus Coiffait, 1955

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Gynotyphlus Coiffait, 1955 View in CoL

Gynotyphlus Coiffait, 1955: 72 View in CoL .

Type species: Leptotyphlus perpusillus Dodero, 1900 View in CoL . Original designation.

Oligotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1940: 28 View in CoL nomen nudum, no species designation.

syn. Oligotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956: 460 View in CoL . Type species: Leptotyphlus perpusillus Dodero, 1900 View in CoL . Validation of Oligotyphlus Scheerpeltz 1940 View in CoL by inclusion of species and designation. Synonymy in Coiffait, 1959: 390.

syn. Austriacotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1959: 4 . Type species: Austriacotyphlus piffli Scheerpeltz, 1959 . Original designation. Synonymy in Pace, 1983b: 43.

Gynotyphlus Coiffait View in CoL : Coiffait, 1957: 61 (in key); Coiffait, 1959: 390 (redescription, key to subspecies of G. perpusillus View in CoL ); Coiffait, 1964: 696 (distribution); Coiffait, 1972: 617 (redescription, key to subspecies of G. perpusillus View in CoL ); Coiffait, 1984: 117 (distribution); Pace, 1996: 302 (redescription, key to subspecies of G. perpusillus View in CoL of Italy).

Austriacotyphlus Scheerpeltz View in CoL : Coiffait, 1972: 616 (redescription).

Diagnosis. Gular sutures confluent in anterior third of length of head capsule, from confluent point not prolonged ahead; labrum dentate; antennae short, with 11 antennomeres, antennomeres 5–10 strongly transverse, 5 wider than 4 and about as wide as 6, antennal club composed from 5 antennomeres, terminal antennomeres lacking sensorial appendages (phaneres); all tarsi with 3 tarsomeres. Genital armature of female indistinct.

Remarks. The genus has three species, all are present in the Balkan Peninsula. It is believed that the natural area of the distribution is southern France, Italy, the Balkans and Turkey and that the parthenogenetic species Gynotyphlus perpusillus was introduced in many countries in Europe.

References

Coiffait, H. (1955) Diagnoses preliminaires de nouveaux Leptotyphlitae (Col. Staphylinidae). Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 22, 66-72.

Coiffait, H. (1957) Diagnoses preliminaires de nouveaux Leptotyphlitae (Deuxieme note) [Col., Staphylinidae]. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 24, 60-81.

Coiffait, H. (1959) Monographie des Leptotyphlites (Col. Staphylinidae). Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 26, 237-437.

Coiffait, H. (1972) Coleopteres Staphylinidae de la region palearctique occidentale. I. Generalites; Sous-familles: Xantholininae et Leptotyphlinae. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie Supplement, 2 (2), 1-651.

Coiffait, H. (1984) A propos de la repartition de Gynotyphlus perpusillus Dodero (Col. Staphylinidae). L'Entomologiste, 40 (3), 117-118.

Pace, R. (1983 b) Il genere Austriacotyphlus Scheerpeltz e sinonimo del genere Gynotyphlus Coiffait (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (XLVI Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna endogea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 13 (1), 43-46.

Pace, R. (1996) Fauna d'Italia. Vol. XXXIV. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, viii + 328 pp.

Scheerpeltz, O. (1940) Bestimmungstabellen europaischer Kafer (5. Stuck). XVII. Fam. Staphylinidae. Bestimmungstabelle der in der palaarktischen Region durch Arten vertretenen Gattungen. Koleopterologische Rundschau. Buch-Beigabe, Wien, 93 pp.

Scheerpeltz, O. (1956) Die Subfamilie Leptotyphlinae (Col. Staphylinidae). I. Die bisher bekannt gewordenen Gattungen und Arten der Subfamilie Leptotyphlinae. Memorie del Museo di Storia Naturale della Venezia Tridentina, 10 (3), 457-464. [1955]

Scheerpeltz, O. (1959) Die Entdeckung einer neuen terrikolen Staphyliniden-Gattung und einer neuen blinden Art dieser Gattung in der nachsten Umgebung Wiens (Col.). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 98 / 99, 4-12.