Aploderus endogaeus Assing, 2003

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Aploderus species of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae), Zootaxa 1411, pp. 33-41 : 39-40

Aploderus endogaeus Assing, 2003

( Figs. 30–34 )

Material examined. TURKEY: Antalya: 4ɗɗ, 10ΨΨ, 25 km ESE Alanya, 36°32'N, 32°16'E, 900 m, litter of deciduous trees and shrubs, 23.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss).

Comments. The original description is based on three female type specimens from the surroundings of Fethiye in Muġla and from the surroundings of Manavgat in Antalya province ( Assing 2003). The above specimens represent the first additional record of this species. The previously unknown male primary sexual characters are illustrated in Figs. 30–34 .

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 31. Parameres of Turkish Aploderus spp. in lateral view: 27 — A. schweigeri (Smetana); 28 — A. magniceps sp. n.; 29 — A. capitulatus sp. n.; 30 – 31 — A. endogaeus Assing. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 32 – 34. Aploderus endogaeus Assing: 32 – 33 — aedeagus in lateral view.; 34 — aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.