Ochthephilum brevipenne (MULSANT & REY 1861)

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 : 409-412

Ochthephilum brevipenne (MULSANT & REY 1861) (Figs 46-47, 48-51, Map 4)

Cryptobium brevipenne MULSANT & REY 1861: 147 ff.

Cryptobium algiricum FAGEL 1967: 5 f.; nov.syn.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d C. brevipenne : Lectotype 3, present designation [brachypterous morph; aedeagus dissected prior to present study]: "[original black circular label glued on rectangular white label] / Cryptobium brevipenne M. R. 3, Gusarov det. 1995 / Lectotypus 3 Cryptobium brevipenne Mulsant & Rey , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Ochthephilum brevipenne (Mulsant & Rey) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( MHNL). Paralectotype 3 [aedeagus dissected prior to present study]: "[original golden circular label glued on rectangular white label] / Cryptobium fracticorne (Grav.) [sic] 3, Gusarov det. 1995 / Paralectotypus 3 Cryptobium brevipenne Mulsant & Rey , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Ochthephilum fracticorne (Paykull) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( MHNL) .

C. algiricum : Holotype 3: " Algérie: Aine Touta , 25 km S. de Batna, 18-v-1954, G. Fagel / Type / G. Fagel det. algiricum n. sp. / Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Ochthephilum brevipenne (Mulsant & Rey) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( IRSNB) . Paratypes: 13: " Bougie, V.1901, Dr. A. Chobaut / Paratype / G. Fagel det. algiricum n. sp. / Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Ochthephilum brevipenne (Mulsant & Rey) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( IRSNB) ; 13: " Tunisie: Mateur , 2.1937, Ch. Roche / Paratype / G. Fagel det. algiricum n. sp. / Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Ochthephilum brevipenne (Mulsant & Rey) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( IRSNB) ; 1♀: " St. Charles , Algérie, A. Thery / Paratype / G. Fagel det. algiricum n. sp. / Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Ochthephilum brevipenne (Mulsant & Rey) , det. V. Assing 2008" ( IRSNB) .

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 Tunisia: 13, 1♀ [macropterous], Le Kef, IV.1937, leg. Normand (cTro) ; 1♀ [macropterous], Le Kef, VI.1942, leg. Normand (cTro) ; 1♀ [macropterous], 12 km NW Sousse, El Kantaoui, 25.-30.XI.1992, leg. Wrase (cSch). Algeria: 13 [macropterous], Annaba, Forêt de La Calle , swamp, IV.1936, leg. Normand (cTro) ; 5 exs. [macropterous], Annaba, Forêt de La Calle, swamp, V.1938, leg. Normand (cTro, cAss). France: 13 [macropterous], Pyrénées-Orientales, Etang de Leucate, Salses , 8.IV.1992, leg. Starke (cAss) ; 13 [macropterous], Pyrénées-Orientales, Le Canet , pond, 21.IV.2004, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 13 [macropterous], Pyrénées-Orientales, Torreilles, Gora de l'Avquader , 16.XI.2005, leg. Tronquet

(cTro); 5 exs. [macropterous], Provence, Camargue , 8.IV.1985, leg. Renner (cWun, cAss) ; 1♀ [macropterous], Camargue , 8.IV.1985 (cAss) ; 2♀♀ [macropterous], Provence, Var, Roquebrune , Argens inundation, leg. Ochs, XII.1960 (cTro) ; 233, 5♀♀, Corsica, Etang de Biguglia , rotting reed, 11.IV.1990, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss) ; 1♀ [macropterous], Corsica, Lecci , 26.VII.1980, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 13, locality not specified, Rey collection ( MHNL). Italy: L o m b a r d i a: 3 exs., Brescia, Lago di Garda , Sirmione , Lugana , 23.III.1974, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Brescia, Provaglio d'Iseo , peat bog, 28.III.1982, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Marmirolo ( MN), Bosco Fontana , 27.I.1980, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Milano, Cesate , 10.III.1974, leg. Ferri (cZan) ; 13, Brianza, Case Bracchi, VII.1959, leg. Brivio ( NHMW). V e n e t o: 13, Verona , stadio, Salix litter, 23.I.1975, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Cavaion ( VR), Palude di Canova (cZan) ; 13, Lazise ( VR), Pacengo , 19.IV.1974, leg. Sette (cZan) ; 5 exs., Montecchia di Crosara ( VR), 22.II.1976, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 6 exs., Custoza ( VR), swamp, 22.I.1972, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 1♀, Custoza, Salix litter, 10.II.1974, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, 1♀, Cerea ( VR), Palude Brusa, base of Salix , 21.III.2004, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 1♀, Cerea ( VR), Palude Brusa , 17.I.1988, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Legnago ( VR), Torretta , 14.IV.1996, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Padova , 30.I.1970, leg. Dioli (cZan) ; 233, Colli Euganei , 16.-19.IV.1921, leg. Moczarski & Scheerpeltz ( NHMW, cAss) ; 3 exs., Rosolina , 15.V.1973, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Mira ( VE), Cambararo , 6.III.1973, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 13, Bibione , 14.V.1989, leg. Assmann (cFel) ; 13, Venezia , 4.XI.1955, leg. Cadamuro ( NHMW) ; 13, " Venet.", leg. Maghera ( NHMW). F r i u l i - V e n e z i a G i u l i a: 5exs., Grado ( NHMW).E m i l i a - R o m a g n a:13, 1♀, Roncobiacco , leg. Castellini (cTro) ; 233, Bologna ( NHMW). T o s c a n a: 233, 1♀, Grosseto, Principe a Mare , 25.X.2005, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♀, Laguna di Orbetello (GR), 27.XII.1974, leg. Rossi (cZan). L a z i o: 13, Roma, Colle del Forno, Montelibretti , 1.VII.1975, leg. Rossi (cZan) ; 13, 3♀♀, same data, but 14.XI.1974 (cZan, cAss) ; 1♀, same data, but 21.IV.1975 (cZan) ; 1♀, Latina, Appia , km 83, 9.IV.1975, leg. Rossi (cZan). P u g l i a: 333, 1♀ Lato river , 10 km from estuary ( TA), 2.I.1977, leg. Angelini (cZan, cZan) ; 13, S. Pietro ( Manduria : TA), 18.VII.1976, leg. de Marzo (cZan) ; 13, 1♀, Manduria ( TA), V.1969, leg. de Marzo (cZan). B a s i l i c a t a:13, Policoro ( MT), 18.V.1970 (cZan). S a r d e g n a: 6 exs., Porto Torres (SS), Stagno di Pilo , 24.V.1995, leg. Angelini (cZan,cAss).S i c i l i a:13, Lago di Lentini , 28.III.1972, leg. Wolfrum (cZan) ; 533, 3♀♀, Lago di Lentini , 28.III.1942 ( NHMW) ; 4 exs., Vendicari (SR), 7.VIII.1990, leg. Sabella (cZan, cAss) ; 13 [teneral], 1♀, Vendicari , 5.VIII.1990, leg. Sabella (cZan) ; 1♀, Vendicari , 17.VII.1990, leg. Zanetti (cZan) ; 1♀, Vendicari, salicornietum, 8.VI.1992, leg. Sabella (cZan). Macedonia: 533, 7♀♀, Vardar plain, leg. Schatzmayr ( NHMW, cAss). Bulgaria: 333, 1♀ [macropterous], Burgas, Pomorie env., 9.-18.V.1985, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss) ; 4♀♀, Pomorie , 25.V.1985, leg. Wrase (cSch) ; 1♀, N Nesebâr, Vlas, 19.-26.V.1984, leg. Wrase (cSch). Greece: 233 [macropterous], Makedhonia, Pieria, Katerini env., 0-300 m, VII.1992, leg. Eichler (cAss) ; 233, Thessalia, Lárissa, laguna near Stómio, 4.IV.1998, leg. Schülke & Wunderle (cSch, cWun). Ukraine: 13, Odessa oblast, Kiliya district , Primorske , coast, flood debris, 29.IV.2003, leg. Gontarenko (cAss) ; 13, Nikolaiev [= Mykolayiv], 8.VI.1983, leg. Beresovski (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Cryptobium brevipenne was described from an unspecified number of syntypes from "Montagnes de l'Auvergne", " Bourgogne ", and "Provence" (MULSANT & REY 1861). Three specimens were found in the Rey collection at the MHNL, two of them are evidently syntypes and one is of uncertain status; the two syntypes, both males, are not conspecific. According to the curator in charge, the black circular label attached to one of the syntypes signifies "Provence" (LABRIQUE pers. comm.). This specimen is in agreement with the previous interpretation of O. brevipenne and designated as the lectotype. The golden circular label attached to the other syntype (now a paralectotype), which is conspecific with O. fracticorne , signifies " Auvergne (Mont Dore)" (LABRIQUE pers. comm.). According to FAGEL (1967), a male syntype (locality unknown) is in the Fauvel collection at the IRSNB. Since he only refers to the external characters of this specimen, it is uncertain if he examined the aedeagus.

The original description of Cryptobium algiricum is based on a male holotype from " Algérie: Aïne Touta, 25 km S. de Batna ", a male paratype from " Tunisie: Mateur", a female paratype from " Algérie: Saint-Charles", five paratypes from " Bougie ", and one from "Tétouan" ( FAGEL 1967). An examination of the holotype and three paratypes revealed that they are conspecific with O. brevipenne ; hence the synonymy proposed above. The illustrations of the aedeagi of O. brevipenne and O. algiricum in FAGEL (1967: figures 2-3) are highly inaccurate. They are evidently based on dried and consequently more or less deformed aedeagi; the aedeagal characters of the types of O. algiricum are illustrated in Figs 48-51 .

Most of the specimens examined have a uniformly blackish forebody. Beetles with a brownish pronotum or – very rarely – with a more or less completely brownish forebody were observed particularly in material from North Africa and Sicily. In contrast to what the specific epithet suggests, the species is wing-dimorphic and many of the examined specimens have rather long elytra and fully developed hind wings. Ochthephilum brevipenne is readily distinguished from its congeners based on the shape of the apex of the aedeagus (Figs 46, 48-51) and its internal structures (Fig. 47). For illustrations of the aedeagus see Figs 48-51 , as well as ZANETTI (1980) and HOZMAN (1985).

Map 4: Distribution of Ochthephilum brevipenne (MULSANT & REY) , based on revised records.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Ochthephilum brevipenne appears to have a Holo-Mediterranean distribution (Map 4). It is widespread in Europe, from southwestern France and northwestern Africa to Greece and Ukraine. The above specimens from Macedonia represent the first record from this country. For additional records from France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece see FAGEL (1967), ZANETTI (1980), and HOZMAN (1985). Ochthephilum brevipenne has also been reported from Iberian peninsula, but these records require confirmation.

Figs 36-47: Ochthephilum fracticorne (PAYKULL) (36-39; 36, 38: Germany; 37, 39: Vladivostok), O. jacquelinii (BOIELDIEU) (40-41), O. turkestanicum (KORGE) (42-45; 42, 44: Kazakhstan; 43, 45: Turkey), and O. brevipenne (MULSANT & REY) (46-47): (36-37, 42, 46) ventral aspect of aedeagus; (38-39, 41, 44, 47) internal structures of aedeagus; apical structure(s) (left), dorso-apical lamellate structure (middle; absent in 41), and long basal structure (right); (40, 43) aedeagus in lateral view; (45) apical internal structure of aedeagus. Scale bars: 36-37, 40, 42-43, 46: 0.5 mm; 38-39, 41, 44-45, 47: 0.2 mm.

Figures

Figs 48-51: Ochthephilum brevipenne (MULSANT & REY) (holotype (48) and paratype (49-51) of Cryptobium algiricum FAGEL): (48-50) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (51) apex of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 48-50: 0.5 mm; 51: 0.1 mm.