Luzea caucasica ( LUZE 1912)

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1259

Luzea caucasica ( LUZE 1912) ( Figs 35-36 )

Medon (Micromedon) caucasicus LUZE 1912: 396 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype, present designation: " [sic] / Caucasus / Medon caucasicus Luze / Type. Subg. Micromedon Luze / ex coll. Luze / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Micromedon caucasicus Luze / Lectotypus Medon caucasicus Luze , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Luzea caucasica (Luze) det. V. Assing 2008" ( NHMW).

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: Armenia: 1ex., VerinDzhrashen ["Aresch", 40°03'N, 44°30'E], leg. Schelkownikov ( NHMW). Turkmenistan: 3 exs., Imambaba [36°45'N, 62°28'E] ( NHMW, cAss) ; 3 exs., Repetek, V.1900, leg. Hauser ( NHMW). Kazakhstan: 3 exs., Syrdarja region, Dzhuvek ["Dshulek"; 44°17'N, 66°26'E] env., Dzhuven mt. [" Dshuven-tjube "] ( NHMW, cAss) ; 9 exs., Ile river, Karagach , 6.VII.1981, leg. Kastcheev (cAss, cKas) ; 1 ex., Ile river , splav, 9B6, 30.VIII.1982, leg. Kastcheev (cAss) ; 2 exs., Syrdaria river, Shaulder , 28.V.1985, leg. Kastcheev (cAss). Tajikistan: 1 ex., "Saramsakli" ( NHMW). Afghanistan: 1 ex., Kabul env. ( NHMW) ; 1 ex., Kabul, 1740 m, 21.VI.1953, leg. Klapperich ( NHMW) ; 1 ex., Kandahar-Kuna , 950 m, 2.II.1953, leg. Klapperich (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on several syntypes ("die Typen") from "Kaukasus (Näheres unbekannt)" ( LUZE 1912 ). A male syntype was located in the collections of the NHMW ; it is designated as the lectotype.

The male sternite VIII and the aedeagus are illustrated in Figs 35-36 . This evidently widespread species is herein reported from Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan for the first time.

Figures

Figs 29-36: Pseudomedon afghanicus nov.sp. (29-31), P. kazakhstanicus nov.sp. (32-34), and Luzea caucasica (LUZE) (35-36): (29) forebody; (30) antenna; (31, 33-34, 36) aedeagus in lateral view; (32, 35): male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 29: 0.5 mm; 30, 32, 35: 0.2 mm; 31, 33-34, 36: 0.1 mm.