Afropselaphus wolfi, 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 : 551

Afropselaphus wolfi nov.sp. ( Figs 5 , 10 , Map 1 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: "TR - Antalya N/W Alanya Umgeb. Güzelbağ 21.- 26.4.1984 leg. V.u. C. Brachat / Afropselaphus wolfi spec. nov. ♁ det. Brachat 2021 / Holotypus " (cBra) . Paratypes: 1♁, 3♀♀: same data as holotype (cBra) ; 2♁♁, 3♀♀: " N36°56'36 E31°29'47 (41) TR Antalya; Yaylaalan n Side 460 m; 27.IV.2008; leg. Meybohm & Brachat" (cBra) .

E t y m o l o g y: This species is dedicated to Ingo Wolf, Bad Endorf, who joined the first author during a field trip to Turkey in 1984.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 1.60-1.80 mm. Other measurements (in mm): HL: 0.34-0.37; HW: 0.26-0.27; AL♁: 0.80-0.86; AL ♀: 0.78-0.80; PpL: 0.32-0.33 mm; PL: 0.30-0.32; PW: 0.27-0.28; EL: 0.36-0.38; EW: 0.62-0.68; AedL: 0.36-0.39.

Eyes composed of 6-7 ommatidia. Antennae of variable shape, compact to slender. Apical club of maxillary palpomere IV half as long as total length of palpomere IV. Pronotum weakly oblong and slightly broader than head, without median ante-basal fovea. Mesoventrite ( Fig. 5 ) with median carina.

♁: metaventrite ( Fig. 5 ) more distinctly convex than in female; sternite IV with circular to oval medio-basal impression not extending to middle of sternite; aedeagus ( Fig. 10 ) with apex directed ventrad; internal sac with long and stout median spine.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Among the species of the A. clavigeroides group (except A. clavigeroides ), A. wolfi is characterised particularly by the distinctive internal structure of the aedeagus. It differs from A. clavigeroides by a narrower mesoventrite with a median median carina.

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: The specimens were collected in two localities in the east of Antalya province (South Turkey), one to the Northwest of Alanya and one to the north of Manavgat ( Map 1 ). They were sifted from litter beneath bushes.

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of Afropselaphus muglanus (black triangle), A. pisidicus (white triangle), A. tenuispinosus (grey triangles), A. wolfi (black stars), A. frederici (white star), A. cilicicus (grey star), A. longispinosus (white circles), A. spoliatus (black circles), A. bispinosus (grey circles), A. clavigeroides (black diamonds), A. assmanni (white diamond), A. aequalis (black square), and A. meybohmi (white square).

Figs 5-8: Afropselaphus wolfi nov.sp. (5), A. pisidicus nov.sp. (6), A. clavigeroides (7), and A. muglanus nov.sp. (8): (5-6) male thorax in ventral view; (7-8) aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bars: 5-6: 0.5 mm; 7-8: 0.1 mm.

Figs 9-16: Afropselaphus pisidicus nov.sp. (9), A. wolfi nov.sp. (10), A. sinuatus nov.sp. (11-12), A. tenuispinosus nov.sp. (13), A. frederici nov.sp. (14-15), and A. cilicicus nov.sp. (16): (9-11, 13-14, 16) aedeagus in dorsal view; (12) aedeagus in ventral view; (15) internal structures of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.