Tychobythinus atlanticus Besuchet, 1963

Sabella, Giorgio, Viglianisi, Fabio Massimo, D’Urso, Vera & Nouira, Said, 2014, A review of the Tychobythinus algiricus species group from North Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 3893 (4), pp. 579-586 : 585

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Tychobythinus atlanticus Besuchet, 1963 View in CoL

( Figs. 1F View FIGURES 1 A – F , 2B View FIGURES 2 A – E , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Tychobythinus atlanticus Besuchet 1963b: 218 View in CoL , fig. 1 (aedeagus); Kocher 1969: 5; Löbl & Besuchet 2004: 314.

Material examined. NORTHERN MOROCCO: Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate region: Djebel Tazzeka , 1.700 m, 1 male (holotype) (R. Mussard) ( MHNG).

Comparative notes. The characters that distinguish this species from T. escalerai and T. algiricus have already been discussed above.

Distribution ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ). The species is known only from the type locality ( Morocco, Djebel Tazzeka) where 1 male was collected.

References

Besuchet, C. (1963 a) Pselaphides recoltes au Maroc par M. R. Mussard (Coleoptera). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 35, 227 - 232.

Besuchet, C. (1963 b) Troisieme contribution a l'etude des pselaphides du Maroc (Coleoptera). Archives des Sciences, 16, 217 - 223.

Kocher, L. (1969) Catalogue commente des coleopteres du Maroc. Feuillet rectificatif n ° 7 (fascicule II, p. 206 a 214) (Fam. Pselaphidae). Travaux de l'Institut scientifique cherifien, Serie zoologique, 34 (1968), 1 - 15.

Lobl, I. & Besuchet, C. (2004) Subfamily Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802, In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea- Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 272 - 329. [942 pp.]

Figures

FIGURE 3. Distribution map of Tychobythinus algiricus species group. • = Tychobythinus algiricus. ★ = Tychobythinus escalerai. ˔ = Tychobythinus atlanticus.

FIGURES 1 A – F. Head of Tychobythinus. Scale: 0, 1 mm. A— Tychobythinus algiricus male, head dorsal view, schematic drawing. B— Tychobythinus algiricus male, head lateral view. C— Tychobythinus algiricus male, head ventral view, schematic drawing. D— Tychobythinus algiricus female, head dorsal view, schematic drawing. E— Tychobythinus escalerai male, head dorsal view, schematic drawing. F— Tychobythinus atlanticus male, head dorsal view, schematic drawing.

FIGURES 2 A – E. Scale: 0, 1 mm. A— Tychobythinus escalerai, paratype male, right antenna. B— Tychobythinus atlanticus, holotype male, right antenna. C— Tychobythinus algiricus male, right antenna. D— Tychobythinus algiricus male, right maxillary palpus. E— Tychobythinus algiricus male, aedeagus, dorsal view.