Dinusa hierosolymata SAULCY, 1865

Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Israel II, with a revision of some species of Dinusa SAULCY (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1179-1210 : 1199

Dinusa hierosolymata SAULCY, 1865 ( Figs 32-39)

Dinusa hierosolymata SAULCY, 1865a: 434 f. Dinusa davidica SAULCY, 1865a: 435 f. Dinusa hierosolymitana SAULCY, 1865b: 660 . Dinusa saulcyi ABEILLE DE PERRIN, 1896: 130 ; nov.syn. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype, present designation: "Jerusalem / Coll. J. Magrini [?] / Lectotypus Dinusa hierosolymata Saulcy , desig. V. Assing 2014 / Dinusa hierosolymata Saulcy , det. V. Assing 2014" (MNHNP). Paralectotypes: 1: same data as lectotype (MNHNP); 1: "Jerusalem" (MNHNP). 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: Jordan: 1, Irbid, Zubia, 32°26'N, 35°46'E,

600-840 m, 22.II.2014, leg. Meybohm (cAss). Israel: 1, Acre [" St. Jean d'Acre "; 32°56'N,

35°05'E] ( IRSNB). Locality not specified or ambiguous: 1: " Damas / Bethel" ( IRSNB) ; 1:

" Jerus / Aïourn Mousa près Mt. Kebó ( Syrie) " ( IRSNB) ; 1 ex. [without labels] ( MNHNP) .

C o m m e n t: The original description of D. hierosolymata is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Jérusalem et Naplouse" ( SAULCY 1865a). Three syntypes, a male and two females, from Jerusalem were located in the Jarrige collection. The male is designated as the lectotype.

According to the original description of D. saulcyi , which is based on an unspecified number of syntypes (probably a single specimen) from " Damas ", and the key provided by ABEILLE DE PERRIN (1896), this species is distinguished from the otherwise similar D. hierosolymata by the erect pubescence of the body. This character condition is most likely an artefact. Other Dinusa material seen from Damascus belongs to either D. hierosolymata or D. jebusaea . It can be concluded, therefore, that D. hierosolymata and D. saulcyi refer to the same species. Hence the synonymy proposed above.

Dinusa hierosolymata is characterized by a large median lobe of the aedeagus (0.75-0.78 mm) with a stout and apically deeply bifid ventral process ( Figs 34-37). The antennae, the forebody, and the spermatheca are illustrated in Figs 32-33, 38-39. The ventral process of the aedeagus of the examined male from Jordan is apically slightly longer, more slender, and more acute ( Fig. 36), but otherwise no convincing characters were found suggesting that it should represent a distinct species. More material is required to assess if these differences are constant. The species was previously unknown from Jordan.