Laena assingi, Schawaller, 2020

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2020, New taxonomic and faunistic data to species of the genus Laena Dejean from Turkey (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae), with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4861 (3), pp. 385-398 : 387

Laena assingi sp. nov.

( Figs. 6 , 41 )

Holotype ♂: Turkey, SE Fethiye , Baba Dağ, above Ovacik, 1450 m, 30.III.2002, leg. V. Assing, CPE.

Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Antalya, W Kemer , S Hisar, 1120 m, 2.IV.2002, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. CPE, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Antalya, Beydaglari Mts., Saklikent , 1650–1900 m, 17.VI.1994, leg. A. Pütz, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Antalya, 70 km NE Fethiye, Gülübeli Geçit , 1525 m, 29. III .2002, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, between Kemer and Altinkaya , 6.V.1997, leg. M. Egger, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, 25 km W Antalya, Beldibi , 3.V.1992, leg. L. Behne, 1 ex. DEI .

Description: Body length 7.0–8.0 mm. Eyes slightly prominent. Pronotum ( Fig. 6 ) with large punctures, distance as 1–4 diameters, most punctures with longer erect setae; surface convex and shining; lateral margin distinctly bordered; prothoracic hypomera with similar punctation and somewhat shorter setation than on disc. Elytra ( Fig. 6 ) with rows of punctures without distinct striae, punctures of rows similar as punctures on pronotum, most punctures with a long erect seta; intervals with a regular row of smaller punctures bearing each an erect seta of similar length; interval 9 with 3 indistinct setiferous pores; all intervals feebly convex and shining. Anterior femora in both sexes with a single distinct tooth, middle and posterior femora each with a pair of small unequal teeth, external teeth of each pair distinct, internal teeth small. Male posterior tibia without particular characters. Aedeagus with broad triangular apicale with rounded tip, lateral margins of apicale not excavated ( Fig. 41 ).

Diagnosis: Laena assingi sp. nov. is very similar to Laena weisei Reitter, 1878 , described from Greece, in body length, external body characters and dorsal setation. However, in that species the anterior femora are only with a few tubercles, and the middle and posterior femora bear each a pair of equal tiny teeth. Additionally, the apicale of the aedeagus is broad triangular with rounded tip in L. assingi sp. nov. ( Fig. 41 ), whereas the apicale in L. weisei is distinctly narrower with an acute tip ( Fig. 39 ). Both species have a widely disjunct distribution.

Etymology: Named in honour of Volker Assing (Hannover), specialist of Staphylinidae , who sifted in Turkey not only the holotype of this species but also several other specimens of Laena .

Published locality: Goek Dagh ( Schuster 1916 under Laena weisei ).

Distribution: Southern Turkey.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of Laena species from Turkey (and few from Greece and Bulgaria). 1 L. ganglbaueri, Istanbul, SMNS. 2 L. apfelbecki, Greece Évia, SMNS. 3 L. weisei, Greece Sapka, SMNS. 4 L. kraatzi, Sinop, SMNS. 5 L. osmanlis, Bursa, SMNS. 6 L. assingi sp. nov., paratype SMNS. 7 L. quadricollis, Trabzon, SMNS. 8 L. theana, Isparta, SMNS. Scale line: 3.0 mm.

FIGURES 22–46. Right posterior male tibia of Laena species from Turkey and Greece (Figs. 22–25), and apicale of aedeagus of Laena species from Turkey and few from Greece (Figs. 26–46). 22 L. apfelbecki, Greece Évia, SMNS. 23 L. bozdagica sp. nov., holotype Izmir, SMNS. 24 L. kraatzi, Greece Chios, SMNS. 25 L. lindbergi, Bingöl, SMNS. 26 L. deplanata, Izmir, SMNS. 27 L. ferruginea, Greece Corfu, SMNS. 28 L. ferruginea, Antalya, SMNS (det. Kaszab as L. liliputana syn. nov.). 29 L. wanensis, Nur Daglari, SMNS. 30 L. bozdagica sp. nov., paratype Izmir, SMNS. 31 L. merkli, Hakkari, CPE. 32 L. obscuricornis, Meselik, SMNS. 33 L. byzantina, Artvin, SMNS. 34 L. korbi, Konya, SMNS. 35 L. lindbergi, Bitlis, SMNS. 36 L. apfelbecki, Greece Evia, SMNS. 37 L. pici, Antakya, SMNS. 38 L. ganglbaueri, Alem Dagh, SMNS. 39 L. weisei, Greece Sapka, SMNS. 40 L. theana, Erfelek, SMNS. 41 L. assingi sp. nov., holotype Fethiye, CPE. 42 L. graeca, Bolu, SMNS. 43 L. osmanlis, Bursa, SMNS. 44 L. quadricollis, Rize, SMNS. 45 L. quadricollis, Krasnodar Maikop, SMNS. 46 L. kraatzi, Alem Dagh, SMNS. Scale line: 1 mm.