Leptusa (Stictopisalia) amisensis PACE 1982

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 : 1289

Leptusa (Stictopisalia) amisensis PACE 1982 ( Fig. 52 , Map 2 )

Leptusa (Stictopisalia) ionopolitana amisensis PACE 1982: 588 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype ♀: " Turquie, Samsun, Samsun-Kavak, 20. V.67, Cl. Besuchet / Holotypus Leptusa ionopolitana amisensis m, det. R. Pace 1981 / Leptusa ionopolitana amisensis n. ssp., det. R. Pace 1981" ( MHNG).

C o m m e n t: The original description of L. amisensis is based on a single female [sic] from " Turquie, Samsun, Samsun-Kavak" ( PACE 1982). Although similar in colora- tion and other external characters to L. ionopolitana and also geographically close, it seems to represent a distinct species, as is suggested by the different shape of the spermatheca ( Fig. 52 ). Males from the type locality ( Map 2 ) or its vicinity would be required to clarify the status of L. amisensis .

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Map 2: Distributions of four species of the subgenus Stictopisalia in northern Turkey, based on revised records: Leptusa ionopolitana PACE (open circles), L. fibula ASSING (filled circles), L. amisensis PACE (open square), and L. flagellulifera nov.sp. (filled squares).

Figs 49-54: Leptusa ionopolitana PACE (49-51), L. amisensis PACE (52), and L. sengleti PACE (53- 54): (49, 53) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (50-52) spermatheca; (54) male sternite VII. Scale bars: 54: 0.2 mm; 49-53: 0.1 mm.