Cypha tarsalis ( LUZE , 1902)

Assing, V., 2014, Three new species, redescriptions, a new synonymy, and additional records of Cypha from the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1167-1178 : 1169

Cypha tarsalis ( LUZE, 1902) ( Figs 2-5 )

Hypocyptus tarsalis LUZE, 1902: 180 f.

Cypha tbilisiensis DAUPHIN, 2005: 301 f.; nov.syn.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Hypocyptus tarsalis: Holotype: "laeviusculus Mnh., Gallia occ., Croissandeau. / Type tarsalis m., det. Luze / Typus / Holotypus Hypocyptus tarsalis Luze , rev. V. Assing 2014 / Cypha tarsalis (Luze) , det. V. Assing 2014" (NHMW). Paratype: "Gall. occ., Croissandeau / Type. tarsalis m., det. Luze / ex coll. Luze / Typus Hypocyptus tarsalis Luze / Cypha tarsalis (Luze) , det. V. Assing 2014" (NHMW).

Cypha tbilisiensis : Holotype: "Transcauc. Georgia, Mzcheta pr. Tbilisi, 25.VI.1988, leg. Wrase /Schülke / Holotypus / Cypha tbilisiensis n. sp., P. Dauphin det. 2005 / Cypha tarsalis (Luze) , det. V. Assing 2014" ( MNHUB).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1, Burdur, 17 km SE Burdur, N Çeltikçi geçidi, 37°36'N, 30°24'E, 1260 m, oak forest, sifted from moss, 16.II.2011, leg. Schülke (cSch).

C o m m e n t: In the original description of Hypocyptus tarsalis, LUZE (1902) explicitly designates a holotype ("Die Type besitzt das k. k. naturhistorische Hofmuseum in Wien"). In the collections of the NHMW, two specimens were located that had been seen by Luze and labelled by him as types. It can be inferred from the additional labels that the holotype is the specimen with the original locality label and the label "Type", and that Luze retained the other specimen for his own collection.

A comparison of the holotype of C. tbilisiensis with the types of C. tarsalis and additional material from Germany and Turkey yielded no evidence that it should represent a distinct species. The median lobe of the aedeagus is identical ( Figs 2-5 ). The ventral process of C. tarsalis is slightly variable (more or less slender in ventral view), but this is interpreted as intraspecific variation.

Cypha tarsalis was only recently reported from Turkey (Bolu) for the first time ( ASSING 2013).

Figures

Figs 1-7: Cypha tenuicornis, syntype (1), C. tarsalis (2-5; 2-3: holotype of C. tarsalis; 4-5: holotype of C. tbilisiensis), and C. truncata, holotype (6-7): (1) habitus; (2-7) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 1: 0.5 mm; 2-7: 0.1 mm.