Cypha tenuicornis ( KRAATZ , 1857)

Assing, V., 2014, Three new species, redescriptions, a new synonymy, and additional records of Cypha from the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1167-1178 : 1169

Cypha tenuicornis ( KRAATZ, 1857) ( Fig. 1 )

Hypocyptus tenuicornis KRAATZ, 1857: 388 (footnote).

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Syntype: "Graecia / v. Ksw. / Holotypus [sic] / tenuicornis mihi / Coll. Kraatz / DEI Müncheberg Col - 04292 / Syntypus Hypocyptus tenuicornis Kraatz , rev. V. Assing 2014 / Cypha tenuicornis (Kraatz) , det. V. Assing 2014" (SDEI).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, probably a single specimen, from " Griechenland " ( KRAATZ 1857). One syntype, unfortunately a female, was located in the Kraatz collection at the SDEI; it is illustrated in Fig. 1 . The species is characterized by its coloration (head and pronotum blackish-brown, the latter with yellowish margins; elytra dark-reddish; abdomen black; legs yellowishbrown; antennae pale-brown, with the basal 5-6 antennomeres yellowish), slender antennae (0.55 mm long; antennomeres VIII-X forming a distinct club; VIII and IX oblong; X elongated, approximately as long as the combined length of VII-IX), rather shiny appearance, and relatively small size (length of forebody 0.8 mm). Based on the external characters, the examined type specimen is conspecific with neither C. graeca nor C. spathulata .

Figures

Figs 1-7: Cypha tenuicornis, syntype (1), C. tarsalis (2-5; 2-3: holotype of C. tarsalis; 4-5: holotype of C. tbilisiensis), and C. truncata, holotype (6-7): (1) habitus; (2-7) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 1: 0.5 mm; 2-7: 0.1 mm.