Ochthephilum besucheti ( BORDONI 1980)

Assing, V., 2009, On the Western Palaearctic and Middle Asian species of Ochthephilum STEPHENS, with notes on Cryptobium koltzei EPPELSHEIM (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Cryptobiina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 397-426 : 407-408

Ochthephilum besucheti ( BORDONI 1980) (Fig. 23, Map 2 )

Cryptobium egregium: HOZMAN (1985) ; partim.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype 3: " Turquie Samsun, Samsun-Bafra ,

19.V.67, Cl. Besuchet / Holotypus Cryptobium besucheti n. sp., Det. A. Bordoni 1977 /

Ochthephilum besucheti (Bordoni) det. V. Assing 2008" (MHNG).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkey: O r d u 13, 15 km S Ordu, S Kabaduz, 40°49'N, 37°54'E, 990 m, grassy road margin, 30.VII.2006, leg Assing (cAss). E r z u r u m:13, ca. 35 km NW Tortum, Mescit Dağları, ca. 40°30'N, 41°25'E, 1700-2000 m, 17.VI.1998, leg. Solodovnikov (cAss). E r z i n c a n: 233, Tercan, Euphrat, 1400 m, 6.VI.1986, leg. Besuchet, Löbl & Burckhardt (MHNG, cAss). Georgia: 13, Tbilisi env., Mzcheta [41°51'N, 44°43'E], 26.VI.1988, leg. Wrase & Schülke (cSch). Iran: 13 [" Cryptobium egregium Reitter, Hozman det. 1983"], Mazanderan, Baladeh, 36°13'N, 51°49'E, 2200 m, 12.VII.1974, leg. Senglet (MHNG).

C o m m e n t: The original description of O. besucheti is based on a male holotype from " Samsun, Bafra" and two female paratypes from Erzurum and Istanbul ( BORDONI 1980). The holotype was examined and its aedeagus figured by HOZMAN (1985). Since the species can be reliably distinguished from similar congeners only based on the male primary sexual characters, the identity of the two paratypes, particularly that from Istanbul, is doubtful. For illustrations of the internal structures of the aedeagus see Fig. 23. Almost all the examined specimens have a uniformly blackish forebody.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is currently known from several localities in northeastern Turkey, one locality in Georgia, and one locality in northern Iran, suggesting that it is a Caspian element ( Map 2 ). The specimens from Georgia and Iran represent the first records from these countries.

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Map 2: Distributions of Ochthephilum besuchti (BORDONI) (open circles), O. permutatum nov.sp. (filled circles), O. egregium (REITTER) (open squares), and O. hamatum ASSING (filled squares), based on revised records.