Afropselaphus sinuatus, Brachat & Assing, 2021

Brachat, Volker & Assing, Volker, 2021, The Afropselaphus fauna of South Turkey and the Middle East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 545-568 : 557-558

Afropselaphus sinuatus nov.sp. ( Figs 11-12 , Map 2 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "Türkei-Südküste Umg. Alanya Str. Küste → Güzelbağ nördl. Payllar 24.3.97 lg. Brachat / Afropselaphus sinuatus spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra). Paratypes: 4♁♁, 1♀: same data as holotype (cBra).

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective) alludes to the sinuate internal structure of the aedeagus.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.75-1.85 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.36-0.38; HW: 0.25-0.27; AL: 0.80-0.87; PpL: 0.38 mm; PL: 0.30-0.32; PW: 0.26-0.28; EL: 0.38-0.42; EW: 0.62-0.68; AedL: 0.38-0.39.

Eyes composed of 6-7 ommatidia. Antennae slender; all antennomeres longer than broad. Apical club of maxillary palpomere IV half as long as total length of palpomere IV. Pronotum weakly oblong and slightly broader than head, median ante-basal fovea missing or indistinct.

♁: metaventrite more distinctly convex than in female; sternite IV with circular medio-basal impression not reaching middle of sternite; aedeagus ( Figs 11-12 ) with curved internal spine.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Afropselaphus sinuatus is reliably distinguished from other species of the A. clavigeroides group only by the shape of the internal structure of the aedeagus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The type locality is situated in the east of Antalya province, South Turkey ( Map 2 ). The specimens were sifted from litter beneath bushes.

Figures

Map 2: Distributions of Afropselaphus sinuatus (black triangle), A. adanicus (white circle), A. latibasalis (black star), A. trispinosus (black circles), A. kizilicus (white diamonds), and A. inaequalis (black diamond).

Figs 9-16: Afropselaphus pisidicus nov.sp. (9), A. wolfi nov.sp. (10), A. sinuatus nov.sp. (11-12), A. tenuispinosus nov.sp. (13), A. frederici nov.sp. (14-15), and A. cilicicus nov.sp. (16): (9-11, 13-14, 16) aedeagus in dorsal view; (12) aedeagus in ventral view; (15) internal structures of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.