Sunius orgeli, Anlaş, Sinan, 2019

Anlaş, Sinan, 2019, On The Genus Sunius Stephens, 1829 Of Turkey Vii. Two New Micropterous Species From Southern Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 65 (3), pp. 235-242 : 236-238

Sunius orgeli sp. n.

( Figs 1–8, 17)

Typematerial – Holotype: TURKEY: m, ‘‘TR. Niğde, Bor, Halaç 8 kmNE, Poz Dağı , 37°51’28”N, 34°48’01”E, 1960 m, 12.IV.2018, leg. Örgel & Yaman / Holotypus m, nius orgeli sp. n. det. S. Anlaş 2019” ( AZMM). Paratypes: 3 m, 2 f, same data as holotype m, 1 f, by MSS traps) ( AZMM, NHMO) .

Description – HabitusasinFig. 1. Smallspecies, bodylength 2.6–2.8 mm. Col tion: forebodyuniformlyreddishorreddishyellow; elytraslightlydarker, abdomen brown, withtheparatergitespalerbrown; legsyellowish-brown; antennaereddish-brow

Headweaklyoblong ( Figs 1–2), approximately 1.05–1.10 timesaslongaswide; la marginsindorsalviewstraightandslightlydivergingposteriad; punctationcoarse, i lar, andsparse, inlateralareaslightlydenserthaninmedio-dorsalarea; pubescen andbrownishbutnotdense; microsculptureabsent, eyesverysmall ( Fig. 2), slightl jectingfromlateraloutlineofhead, postocularregionindorsalviewapproximately 2.5 timesaslongaseyes. Antennaemoderatelyslender, approximately 0.70–0.75 mmlong

Pronotumapproximately 0.90 timesaswideashead ( Figs 1–2), andabout 1.05 ti aslongaswide; lateralmarginssubparallelanddivergingposteriadindorsalview; mi sculptureabsent; punctationsomewhatcoarser, mediallineimpunctate, slightlysm anddenserthanthatofhead; pubescencesimilartothatofhead, butslightlydenser well- definedthanthat; lateralmarginofpronotumwithseveralbrownblackishsetae.

Elytraapproximatelyaswideaspronotum ( Figs 1–2) andatsutureabout 0.75– timesaslongaspronotum; punctationweaklygranulose, andfineranddenserthan ofpronotumandhead; microsculptureinvisible; pubescenceblackordarkbrown, distinctthanthatofheadandpronotum. Hindwingscompletelyreduced.

Abdomenwiderthanelytra ( Fig. 1), approximately 1.05–1.10 timesaswideasel widestatsegmentsVI–VII; punctationdenseandfine; microsculptureshallow; pubesce brownandsparse; posteriormarginoftergiteVIIwithoutpalisadefringe.

m: sterniteVIIinposteriormedianareaslightlyconcaveandwithoutmodifiedset ( Fig. 3); posteriormarginofsterniteVIIIwithrelativelywideemargination, posteri withmedianclusterofveryweakpubescence, withsmallertubercule ( Fig. 4); aedea approximately 0.34–0.37 mmlong, shapedasinFigs 5–8, withapicalportionofven processdentate, slenderandlongerinlateralview; internalsacwithaseriesoffourm largeandsmallspines.

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0.5 mm (1–2); 0.2 mm (3–8)

238 ANLAŞ, S.

Etymology – ThespeciesisdedicatedtoSemihÖrgel, Manisa, whocollectedsomeof thetypespecimensofthisnewspecies.

Comparativenotes – Thespeciesisdistinguishedfromallitscongen bythemalesexualcharacters, especiallybytheventralprocessoftheaede gus, whichisofdifferentshape, particularlyinlateralview. Basedon similarmorphologyofthemaleprimaryandsecondarysexualcharacters, newspeciesiscloselyrelatedto S. tauricus Anlaş, 2018 (Karaman, Yüğ Hill), S. tuberiventris Assing, 2001 (Mersin, Sertavulpass) S. wunderlei Ass 2001 (Mersin, Gülnar) and S. balkarensis Assing, 2001 (Mersin, Çamlıyay Thenewspeciesisreadilyseparatedfromthesespeciesasfollows:

From S. tauricus by the presence of a tubercule on abdominal sternite

(in S. tauricus : sternite VIII in posterior median area without tubercle), by slenderventralprocessoftheaedeagusinlateralview, bythedifferentsh andtheseriesoffourspinesintheinternalsac (in S. tauricus : internalsacw aseriesofsixmixedlargeandsmallspines).

From S. tuberiventris by the slender and more flat ventral process of aedeagusinlateralview, bythemoredistinctdentateapicalportion ventral process in lateral view; by the narrower and shorter ventral process theaedeagusinventralview, bythedifferentlyshapedspinesintheinter sac (in S. tuberiventris : internalsacwithrowoffourrelativelysmallspines

From S. wunderlei by the more flat ventral process of the aedeagus in eralview, bythemoredistinctdentateapicalportionoftheventralprocess lateralview; bythenarrowerventralprocessoftheaedeagusinventralvi by the shorter pubescence on the posterior median tubercle in sternite VIII

From S. balkarensis by the slender and longer ventral process of the deagusinlateralview; bythemoredistinctdentateapicalportionoftheve tral process in lateral view; by the narrower and longer ventral process of aedeagusinventralview.

Fordescriptions, illustrationsanddistributionsofthesespeciesseeA INg (2001), ANLAŞ (2018 a) andFigure 17.

Distributionandbionomics – Thenewspecieswascollectedon PozantıMountain, inNiğdeprovince. Thespecimenswerefoundun stonesandsomeofthemwerecollectedwithasubterraneanpitfalltrap calcareousgrasslandatanaltitudeof 1960 m.