Anthobium metallicum ( Luze, 1905 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) of Western Palaearctic region, Zootaxa 5537 (4), pp. 451-474 : 461

Anthobium metallicum ( Luze, 1905)

( Figs 16–17 , 20 )

Lathrimaeum metallicum Luze, 1905: 63 .

Lathrimaeum (Lathrimaeum) metallicum : Scheerpeltz 1961: 77.

Anthobium metallicum : Assing 2013: 106, 109.

Type material examined. Holotype ♀ ( Fig. 20 ; right antennomeres 3–11 and hind right leg missing): ‘melanoceph. | Akbes, Syria | Staudinger’ <handwritten>, ‘c. Eppelsh. | Steind. d.’ <printed>, ‘Type. metal - | licum Luze’ <handwritten>, ‘TYPUS’ <red, printed>, ‘ Anthobium | metallicum ( Luze, 1905) | Shavrin A.V. det. 2024’ ( NMW).

Additional material examined. I studied 38 specimens ( NMW) from Turkey, label`s data of which were published by Assing (2013) .

Remarks. Lathrimaeum metallicum was originally described from “ Syrien (Akbes)” based on a single female. Measurements of the holotype: HL: 0.41; HW: 0.79; AL: 1.42; OL: 0.17; PL: 0.65; PW: 1.15; ESL: 2.00; EW: 1.90; AW: 1.18; TL: 3.60. The habitus ( Fig. 20 ) and the aedeagus ( Figs 16–17 ) of A. metallicum are figured for the first time. The species is known from Syria, Lebanon and southern Turkey ( Scheerpeltz 1961, Assing 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 13–17. Aedeagus of Anthobium (Figs 13–14: A. longicorne (Algeria, Tikjida), Fig. 15: L. longicorne (Algeria, Babor Mt.), Figs 16–17: A. metallicum (Turkey, Isparta): 13, 15–16–parameral view, 14, 17–lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 19–23. Habitus of Lathrimaeum (types) and Anthobium: 19–L. moczarskii (holotype), 20–L. metallicum (holotype), 21–L. tenue (lectotype), 22–L. laterale (holotype), 23–A. ganglbaueri (Turkey, Ulu Dað). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.