Leptusa (Neopisalia) janczyki PACE 1983

Assing, V., 2009, New species, new synonymies, and additional records of Leptusa from Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1285-1305 : 1286-1287

Leptusa (Neopisalia) janczyki PACE 1983 ( Figs 1-3 )

Leptusa (Neopisalia) janczyki PACE 1983: 74 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3: "3 / Lederi Epp., Lagistan, Pont Euxin mer., Dieck / Typus / Holotypus Leptusa janczyki m, det. R. Pace 1981" ( NHMW).

C o m m e n t: The above holotype was examined to clarify the identity of L. janczyki and the status of L. soganlica ASSING 2007 , which was described from the Soganlı Dağı in Trabzon. Based on the illustration of the aedeagus of L. janczyki in the original description, there was a chance that the types of both names were conspecific ( ASSING 2009a). The type locality of L. janczyki is doubtful; according to ANLAŞ (pers. comm.), Lagistan is situated in northeastern Anatolia and the holotype was probably found somewhere in Trabzon or Rize provinces.

A comparison of the type material of L. janczyki and L. soganlica revealed some difference in the male primary and secondary sexual characters. In L. janczyki , the male elytra ( Fig. 1 ) have elevations on either side of the scutellum (absent in L. soganlica ), the tubercle on the male tergite VII ( Fig. 2 ) is separated from the posterior margin by approximately its length (situated directly at posterior margin in L. soganlica ), and the median lobe of the aedeagus ( Fig. 3 ) has a median process of somewhat different shape (more slender and apically less acute); for comparison see the illustrations of L. soganlica in ASSING (2007a). Since these differences are not pronounced, the possibility that L. soganlica and L. janczyki are conspecific can still not be ruled out completely. However, the observed differences are constant in the examined material, so that L. soganlica is regarded as a valid species for the time being. More material is needed to confirm or reject this hypothesis.

Figures

Figs 1-9: Leptusa janczyki PACE, holotype (1-3) and L. flagellulifera nov.sp. (4-9): (1) pronotum and elytra; (2) male tergite VII; (3, 6-7) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (4) habitus; (5) forebody; (8) apical lobe of paramere; (9) spermatheca. Scale bars: 4: 1.0 mm; 1-2, 5: 0.5 mm; 3, 6- 9: 0.1 mm.