Oxypoda (Deropoda) schminkei ASSING, 2004

Assing, Volker, 2016, On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Karpathos (Insecta Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 235-263 : 246

Oxypoda (Deropoda) schminkei ASSING, 2004 ( Figs 1-10 )

C o m m e n t: Oxypoda schminkei was described from a single male collected in the Baba Dağ in Muğla, southwestern Anatolia ( ASSING 2004c), and had never been recorded since. The two specimens, a male and a female, listed in Tab. 1 are distinguished from the holotype of O. schminkei by a slightly different shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus and by a somewhat narrower head (in relation to pronotum), so that they were first suspected to represent a distinct species. However, a thorough comparison of the material from Karpathos with the holotype revealed no further evidence that would confirm this hypothesis, so that the observed differences are attributed to intra- rather than interspecific variation. The external sexual characters, including the previously unknown spermatheca, of the material from Karpathos are illustrated in Figs 1-9 . Both specimens were collected on a calcareous plateau with scattered grassy patches and low phrygana by turning stones ( Fig. 10 ).

Figures

Figs 1-9: Oxypoda schminkei: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) median portion of head; (4) antenna; (5) right elytron; (6) median portion of abdominal tergites III-IV; (7) median portion of abdominal tergites V-VII; (8) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (9) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2, 4: 0.2 mm; 3, 5-9: 0.1 mm.

Fig. 10: Locality where Oxypoda schminkei was found (sample number 15).