Bolitochara schusteri BERNHAUER 1908

Assing, V., 2007, Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 761-775 : 765

Bolitochara schusteri BERNHAUER 1908 ( Fig. 32 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype: Tunis, Ain Draham / Pic / Schusteri Brh. Type, ded. Schuster, det. Bernhauer / Schusteri Bh. Typus / Chicago NHMus. M. Bernhauer Collection / Lectotypus Bolitochara schusteri Bernhauer, V. Gusarov des. 1993 / Bolitochara schusteri Bh., V. I. Gusarov det. 1993 (FMNH). 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: 14 exs., Andalucía, Algeciras, Sierra de

Fates, 350 m, 28.III.1994, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Castilla-León, Sierra de la Demanda , N Huerta

de Arriba, 42°08'N, 03°05'W, 1230 m, 16.X.2003, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., Castilla-León ,

Burgos, Tardajos, 1.VI.1995, leg. Starke (cAss, cFel).

C o m m e n t: The species was previously known only from Morocco and Tunisia ( SMETANA 2004). This is the first record from Spain. The lectotype was designated by GUSAROV (1995). The aedeagus of the lectotype is illustrated in Fig. 32 .

Figures

Figs 24-32: Meotica andujari nov.sp. (24-31) and lectotype of Bolitochara schusteri BERNHAUER (32): (24) forebody; (25) antenna; (26, 32) aedeagus in lateral view; (27) ventral process of aedeagus in ventral view; (28) paramere; (29) female tergite VIII; (30) female sternite VIII; (31) spermatheca. Scale bars: 24: 0.5 mm; 25, 29-30, 32: 0.2 mm; 26-28, 31: 0.1 mm.