Othius chrysurus REITTER 1891

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Othiini. XVII. A new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1077-1091 : 1085

Othius chrysurus REITTER 1891 ( Figs 1-9 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Afghanistan: 2 exs., Hindu Kush, Salang mountain range, NE Salang pass, 35°27'N, 68°58'E, 2300-2600 m, small valley, 6.XI.2009, leg. Reuter (cFel, cAss).

The above specimens represent the first record of both the genus and the species from Afghanistan. Previously, O. chrysurus was known from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The external characters and the aedeagus of a male from Afghanistan are illustrated in Figs 1-9 . The figures of the aedeagus in ASSING (1997b) show the lateral internal structures in a somewhat untypical position.

Figures

Figs 1-11: Othius chrysurus REITTER (1-9) and O. glaber nov.sp. (10-11): (1, 10) habitus; (2, 11) forebody; (3) male sternite IX; (4-5) aedeagus in ventral view; (6) aedeagus in lateral view; (7) apical internal structure in ventral and in lateral view; (8) lateral internal structures; (9) basal internal structure. Scale bars: 1-2, 10-11: 2.0 mm; 3-6: 0.5 mm; 7-9: 0.2 mm.