Phloeocharis brachyptera SHARP , 1873

Assing, Volker, 2015, A new species of Phloeocharis MANNERHEIM from Spain, with a note on P. brachyptera SHARP (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 57-62 : 61

Phloeocharis brachyptera SHARP, 1873 ( Figs 14-15 )

Phloeocharis brachyptera SHARP, 1873: 267 f.

Phloeocharis umbratilis EPPELSHEIM, 1880: 288 f.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Spain: N a v a r r a: 13, Puerto de Ibañeta , Orzanzurieta, 43°01'N, 1°17'W, 1550 m, 28.V.1998, leg. Hetzel (cFel). C a n t a b r i a: 233, 3 exs., Picos de Europa, Valle d. Salvoron, Espinama, 43°07'N, 4°45'W, 27.VII.1972, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Picos de Europa , Espinama to Puerto de Aliva, 29.VII.1972, leg. Meybohm (cAss). C a s t i l l a y L e ó n:13, 2♀♀, ca. 50 km WNW Aquilar de Campoo, S Peña Prieta, 42°59'N, 4°45'W, 1500 m, 13.VII.2003, leg. Assing (cAss). A s t u r i a s: 333, 2♀♀, 1 ex., Puerto de Connio, 43°02'N, 6°46'W, 1300 m, 16.IV.2013, leg. Struyve (cStr, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The known distribution of this species is confined to North Spain and ranges from the western Pyrenees across all of the Cordillera Cantabrica eastwards to Asturias. A comparison of the material from Asturias with that from localities in the western Cordillera Cantabrica revealed that the specimens from Asturias are on average slightly larger and have slightly darker legs and antennae, but the aedeagus is practically identical. The aedeagus of a male from Picos de Europa is illustrated in Fig. 14 , that of a male from Asturias in Fig. 15 . Hence, the previously established synonymy of P. umbratilis ERICHSON with P. brachyptera is confirmed.

Figures

Figs 1-15: Phloeocharis microptera (1-7), P. gredosensis (8-13), and P. brachyptera (14-15): (1, 8) habitus; (2, 9) (posterior portion of) male sternite VIII; (3-4, 10, 14-15) aedeagus in lateral view (15 with parameres removed); (5-6, 11-12) (apical portion of) aedeagus in ventral view; (7, 13) apex of ventral process in lateral view. Scale bars: 1, 8: 1.0 mm; 2-7, 9-15: 0.1 mm.