Ischnopodaulbrichi Lohse, 1994

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 : 34-37

Ischnopodaulbrichi Lohse, 1994 ( Figs. 22–24 )

Ischnopodaulbrichi Lohse, 1994: 1 .

Type material. Holotype: ♂: Waidisch ob Ferlach , Kärnten, 26.VII.1961 ( MHNG) . Allotype: ♀: Eisenkappel, 7.VI.1978 ( MHNG) .

Additional material. Austria: Tirol, Stanzach Lechtal, 900–1300 m, 25.V.1995, Assing , 4 exx ( VAPC) ; Wendbach, Petz, 1 ex ( NMW) . France: Corpe, VII.1957, 1 ex ( MNHN) ; “La Chamnette”, Isen , 1100m, VII.1945, 3 exx ( MNHN) ; “Saint Pière”, Isen , 900m, VII.1945, 1 ex ( MNHN) . Germany: Eilenburg, Prov. Sachsen, 24.VII.1957, Linke , 1 ex ( MTD) . Greece: Fthiotis, 30 km SW Lamia, 470 m, bank of Inachos river, 5.IV.2001, Assing , 1 ex ( VAPC) . Italy: Alpi Liguri, Viozene, 1245 m, IX.1942, Porta , 2 exx ( MSNM) .

Redescription. Body. Length 2.7–3.3 mm, convex, parallel­sided, weakly glossy; body colour pitchy brown to black; elytra brownish red, antennae and legs testaceous to reddish brown, tarsi paler, yellow to reddish yellow, head and pronotum usually with brown reflection, first three tergites often brownish red.

Head circular in outline, convex; eyes large, moderately protruding from lateral contours of head, length of each seen from above subequal to that of postocular region; surface of head with fine isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation fine and very dense, inconspicuous in dense microsculpture. Antennae long, clearly increased in width apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length, antennomeres 4–8 longer than wide, antennomeres 9–10 quadrate, antennomere 11 nearly conical.

Pronotum quadrate, lateral sides gradually narrowed in straight line to obtuse hind angles; before base with small and shallow transverse impression; surface with fine, isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation fine, dense and asperate; pubescence at midline directed entirely anteriorly.

Elytra subquadrate, at suture as long as pronotum at midline; surface with very fine isodiametric mesh microsculpture; puncturation fine, dense and asperate.

Abdomen parallel­sided, bases of tergites 3–5 each with deep transverse impression, impressions coarsely and densely punctuate, tergal puncturation uniformly fine and dense, tergite 8 with fine, transversely stretched isodiametric mesh microsculpture.

Male. Aedeagus as in Figs. 22–23 .

Female. Spermatheca as in Fig. 24 .

Remarks. Ischnopoda ulbrichi is closely related to I. umbratica , from which it can be distinguished by the distinct head microsculpture, the finer head puncturation, inconspicuous in dense microsculpture, the less convex pronotum and by the median lobe of aedeagus less curved in lateral view.

Distribution. The species was recently described by Lohse (1994) from Austria. Due to frequent confusion with I. umbratica , its distribution is poorly known. This apparently rare species is known so far only from Austria, France, Germany, Greece and Italy.

Figures

FIGURES 22–24. Ischnopoda ulbrichi Lohse: 22—aedeagus in lateral view, 23—aedeagus in ventral view, 24—spermatheca.