Meotica ochsi BENICK , 1953

Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen, 2019, The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 731-772 : 761-762

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3738506

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11149977

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scientific name

Meotica ochsi BENICK , 1953
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Meotica ochsi BENICK, 1953 View in CoL

( Figs 60-64 View Figs 60-68 , 74-75)

Meotica ochsi BENICK, 1953: 78 View in CoL .

Meotica punctulata BENICK, 1953: 62 View in CoL ; nov.syn.

Type material examined: M. ochsi View in CoL : Lectotype ♂, present designation: " Berthemont, A.M. b. Nizza, IV.51 Ochs / Meotica ochsi View in CoL ♂ ♀ G. Bck, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL teste J. Vogel / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL , desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL , det. V. Assing 2018" ( MHNG). Paralectotype ♀: on same pin as lectotype ( MHNG).

M. punctulata : Syntypes: 1♀: " In. Loup b. Nizza, A.M. XI.51 Ochs / Meotica punctulata View in CoL ♀ G. Bck, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL corr. J. Vogel / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL , det. V. Assing 2018" ( MHNG); 1♀: "[without locality label] / Meotica punctulata View in CoL ♂ [sic] G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL corr. J. Vogel / Meotica ochsi Benick View in CoL , det. V. Assing 2018" ( MHNG).

Additional material examined: FRANCE: 1♂, 1♀, Haute-Provence, Annot, Iscle, in sand of stream bank, VI.1988, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1♀, Nice env., Var river, 3.VI.1988, leg. Renner (cRen); 5♀♀, Nice env., Vésubie river, VI.1951, XII.1954, IV.1956, II.1958, all leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality data, VI.1975, leg. Curti ( MHNG); 6 exs., Nice env., Loup river, XII.1954, leg. Ochs (MHNG, cVog). SWITZERLAND: 1♂, Genf, La London, 25.III.1965, leg. Comellini (MHNG); 1♀, Vaud, Rossinière , 14.V.1967, leg. Comellini (cVog); 1♂, Valais, Berisal , 1400 m, 29.VI.1962, leg. Besuchet (cVog) .

Comment: The original description of M. ochsi is based on three syntypes, two males and one female, from "Berthemont in der Nähe Nizzas", that of M. punctulata on "Ein Pärchen" from "Nizza In. Versubie", two unsexed specimens from "In. Loupe", and one from "In. Rhone" ( BENICK 1953). The examined male syntype of M. ochsi is designated as the lectotype. Based on the shape of the spermatheca, the type material of both names is undoubtedly conspecific. Both names were made available in the same article. Since all the examined syntypes of M. punctulata are females, M. ochsi is designated as the senior synonym.

Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII ( Fig. 74 View Figs 69-79 ) moderately transverse, posterior margin concave; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.3 mm long and shaped as in Figs 60- 62 View Figs 60-68 ; apical lobe of paramere blackish.

♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex ( Fig. 75 View Figs 69-79 ); spermatheca short and commashaped ( Figs 63-64 View Figs 60-68 ).

Confirmed distribution: France, Switzerland.

MHNG

Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Meotica

Loc

Meotica ochsi BENICK , 1953

Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen 2019
2019
Loc

Meotica ochsi BENICK, 1953: 78

BENICK G 1953: 78
1953
Loc

Meotica punctulata

BENICK G 1953: 62
1953
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