Ischnopodaassingi Pa, 2006

PA – NIK, GRZEGORZ, 2006, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 1179 (1), pp. 1-96 : 48-49

Ischnopodaassingi Pa ś nik, sp. n. ( Figs. 42–43 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂: Northern Tajikistan, Pendzhikent district , Zeravshan River valley near Kolkhozchion village, 23.V.1984, V. Mikhaylov ( VAPC) . Paratype: ♂: Ghissarskiy ridge, Southern slope, Kharangon River basin near Verkhniy, Kharangon village, 2.V.1984, V. Mikhaylov ( ISEA) .

Description. Body. Length 2.9–3.0 mm, convex, parallel­sided, glossy; body colour red; head black, pronotum and elytra red, elytra infuscate at midline, abdomen black with tergites 1–3 red, legs yellow, antennae red, infuscate towards apex.

Head circular in outline, moderately convex, widest across eyes; eyes moderately large, moderately protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above subequal to that of postocular region; surface of head without microsculpture; puncturation fine and relatively sparse; pubescence short and dense, directed inward. Antennae short, clearly increased in width apically, antennomere 3 shorter than 2, antennomeres 4–7 longer than wide, antennomeres 8–10 quadrate, antennomere 11 nearly conical.

Pronotum quadrate, moderately convex, widest in apical third, lateral sides rounded in front, gradually narrowed in straight line to obtuse hind angles; before base with small and shallow transverse impression; surface without microsculpture; puncturation fine and moderately dense; pubescence at midline directed entirely anteriorly.

Elytra quadrate, wider than pronotum, at suture as long as pronotum at midline; surface without microsculpture; puncturation fine and moderately dense.

Abdomen parallel­sided, bases of tergites 3–5 each with deep transverse impression, impressions coarsely and densely punctuate, tergal puncturation fine and dense, surface without microsculpture.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs. 42–43 .

Female unknown.

Remarks. Ischnopoda assingi is similar to I. lingshani , from which it differs by the paler colouration of the forebody (red pronotum and elytra), the larger eyes and by the shape of the aedeagus.

Etymology. The species is dedicated to Volker Assing (Hannover), a specialist in Staphylinidae , who made this material available for study.

Distribution. The species is known so far only from Tajikistan.

Figures

FIGURES 42–43. Ischnopoda assingi Paśnik, sp. n.: 42—aedeagus in lateral view, 43—aedeagus in ventral view.