Revision of the Anaulacaspis species of the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
2
201
255
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1904
journal article
2489
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.201-255
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Anaulacaspis caucasica
(
FAGEL, 1969
)
(
Figs 31–34
,
Map 2
)
Melagria caucasica
FAGEL, 1969:
11
f.
Type material examined
:
Holotype
♂:
“Caucase /
nigra
/
nigra
Hochh.
/ R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479,
Falagria
, Coll.
et det.
A. Fauvel
/
G. Fagel
det. 1969,
Melagria caucasica
n. sp.
/ Type /
Anaulacaspis caucasica
(Fagel)
, det.
V. Assing
2016” (
IRSNB
)
.
Paratypes
: 1 ♂: “
Caucasus
,
Araxesthal
,
Leder
.
Reitter
/
Falagria nigra
Grav
.,
Coll
.
Reitter
/
G. Fagel
det. 1969,
Melagria
caucasica
n.
sp.
/
Paratype
/
Anaulacaspis
caucasica
(
Fagel
)
, det.
V. Assing
2016” (
IRSNB
); 1 ♀: “
Caucasus
,
Araxesthal
,
Leder
Reitter
/
G. Fagel
det. 1969,
caucasica
n.
sp.
/
Paratype
/
Anaulacaspis
caucasica
(
Fagel
)
, det.
V. Assing
2016” (
IRSNB
)
.
Comment
: The original description is based on a male
holotype
from “Caucase”,
two male
and
one female
paratypes
from “Caucasus, Araxesthal” and
one female
paratype
from “Caspi-M. Gebiet, Resano” (
FAGEL 1969
).
Additional material examined
:
Azerbaijan
: 1 ♂, Xanlar [“Helenendorf ”], leg. Reitter (NHMW).
Iran
:
Azarbayjan-e Gharbi
: 9 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, road
Khoy – Siyah Chesmeh
,
9 km
W Zar Abad
,
38°47'N
,
44°32'E
,
1970 m
,
30.VIII.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(
MNB
, cAss);
2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, road Khoy – Siyah Chesmeh,
17 km
W Zar Abad
,
38°46'N
,
44°29'E
,
2640 m
,
30.VIII.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(
MNB
, cAss);
3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, road
Maku
–
Bazargan
,
7 km
road to
Avajiq
,
39°21'N
,
44°19'E
1520 m
,
27.VIII.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(
MNB
, cAss);
10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ [partly slightly teneral], road
Shot – Siyah Chesmeh
, pass
SW Shot
,
39°09'N
.
44°41'E
,
1420 m
,
28.VIII.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(
MNB
, cAss);
1 ♂, 1 ♀,
Shot – Siyah Chesmeh
road,
Qarah Kelisa
,
39°06'N
,
44°33'E
,
1860 m
,
28.VIII.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(
MNB
, cAss);
1 ♂,
NW Piranshah
,
7 km
road to
Hashkan
,
36°48'N
,
45°05'E
,
1600 m
,
2.IX.2008
, leg.
Frisch
&
Serri
(cAss).
Ardabil
: 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀,
15 km
S Germi
,
Beldashi
,
38°58'N
,
48°00'E
,
1270 m
,
12.X.2011
, leg.
Frisch
(
MNB
, cAss)
.
Redescription
: External characters as in
A. nigra
, except as follows:
Elytra often extensively brown; legs reddish to reddishbrown; antennae reddish to dark-brown.
Eyes slightly longer than postocular region in dorsal view. Elytra approximately 1.1 times as long as pronotum. Abdomen narrower than elytra; posterior margin of tergite VIII convex, in the middle broadly truncate and with moderately long marginal setae (
Fig. 31
).
♂: head without depression in postero-median portion and with variable, fine and sparse to distinct and moderately dense punctation; pronotum with more or less distinct impression along middle and more or less extensively impressed in postero-median portion, punctation very dense and somewhat asperate; sternite VIII (
Fig. 32
) as in
A. nigra
; median lobe of aedeagus (
Figs 33–34
) approximately
0.28 mm
long, ventral process in ventral view with a pair of conspicuous lateral projections in the middle, at base of ventral process with very weakly pronounced membranous median projection (lateral view).
♀: head with very fine and sparse punctation; pronotum with weakly pronounced impression along middle, punctation moderately dense and fine, not asperate.
Distribution and natural history
: Confirmed records are known only from
Azerbaijan
and North
Iran
(
Map 2
). The material from
Iran
was collected at altitudes of
1270–2640 m
. Several specimens found in August are teneral.