Afropselaphus adanicus, Brachat & Assing, 2021

Brachat, Volker & Assing, Volker, 2021, The Afropselaphus fauna of South Turkey and the Middle East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 545-568 : 560

Afropselaphus adanicus nov.sp. ( Fig. 20 , Map 2 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "TR - Adana (19) 36 km n Kozan; Akkaya ; 760 m; 21.IV.2011 N37°45'50; E35°53'40 leg. Meybohm & Brachat / Afropselaphus adanicus spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra) . Paratypes: 1♁, 2♀♀: same data as holotype (cBra) ; 1♁: "TR Adana (39) Str. Kozan → Mansurlu 7 km vor Seyhan-Brücke ; 508 m N37°35'25,3'' E35°39'9,0'' 29.IV.2005 leg. Meybohm & Brachat " (cBra); 1♁: "TR - Adana (21) Str. Kozan → Mansurlu vor Salmanlɪ 500 m 18.IV.2009 N37°35'´25,7'' E35°39'10,8'' leg. Meybohm & Brachat " (cBra) .

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Adana, the name of the province where the species was discovered.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.65-1.75 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.34-0.35; HW: 0.25-0.26; AL: 0.90-0.92; PpL: 0.38 mm; PL: 0.28-0.30; PW: 0.26-0.28; EL: 0.38-0.40; EW: 0.58-0.62; AedL: 0.36-0.38.

Head approximately 1.3 times as long as broad. Eyes composed of 6-7 ommatidia. Antennae slender; all antennomeres oblong. Apical club of maxillary palpomere IV 0.21 mm long, more than half as long as total length of palpomere IV. Pronotum weakly oblong and slightly broader than head, with medially weakly pronounced ante-basal sulcus.

♁: metaventrite more distinctly convex than in female; sternite IV with circular medio-basal impression not reaching middle of sternite; aedeagus ( Fig. 20 ) apically curved ventrad; middle of apex produced in ventral view; internal structure of distinctive shape.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Afropselaphus adanicus is distinguished from other species of the A. clavigeroides group particularly by the shapes of the apex and the internal structure of the aedeagus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Thetypematerialwascollected in three close localities in Adana province, central southern Turkey ( Map 2 ). In one of these localities, the specimens were sifted from litter on a moist north slope with large rocks. The altitudes range from 500 to 760 m.

Figures

Map 2: Distributions of Afropselaphus sinuatus (black triangle), A. adanicus (white circle), A. latibasalis (black star), A. trispinosus (black circles), A. kizilicus (white diamonds), and A. inaequalis (black diamond).

Figs 17-22: Afropselaphus longispinosus nov.sp. (17-19) from Kahramanmaraş (17) and Osmaniye (18-19), A. adanicus nov.sp. (20), A. spoliatus nov.sp. (21), and A. latibasalis nov.sp. (22): aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.