Review of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini) of Middle Asia, with emphasis on the fauna of Kazakhstan
Author
Enushchenko, Ilya V.
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Zootaxa
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2019-06-05
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Gyrophaena hochhuthi
Bernhauer 1908
(
Figs. 41–50
)
Gyrophaena hochhuthi
Bernhauer 1908
: 324
Type material examined:
Holotype
of
Gyrophaena hochhuthi
Bernhauer 1908
:
♀
: ‘Osch’ <white printed label>, ‘Hochhuthi Brh | Typus.’ <white handwritten label>, ‘Chicago NHMus | M. Bernhauer | Collection’ <white printed label>, ‘
HOLOTYPE
|
Gyrophaena
|
hochhuthi
| Bernhauer. 1908 | S. Glotov des. 2010’ <red printed label>, ‘
Gyrophaena
|
hochhuthi
’ <yellow handwritten label>, ‘Photographed | Kelsey Keaton 2014 | Emu Catalog’ <blue printed label>, ‘FMNH|NS | 0 0 0 0 127 081’ <white printed label> (FMNH) (
Fig. 49
). Labels as in
Fig. 50
.
Material examined
:
KAZAKHSTAN
:
North Kazakhstan
Area
:
Alakolskiy District
:
♀
:
Dzhungarian Alatau
,
Kapal River
,
1620 m
,
4.VIII.1984
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
)
;
2 ♂♂
,
4 ♀♀
:
Dzhungarian Alatau
,
Koksu River
,
Rudnichnyi
,
30.VII.1984
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
Taiynshinskiy District
:
2 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
:
Koktal River
,
Chkalovo
,
1.VI.1984
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
)
;
East Kazakhstan
Area
:
Kokpektinskiy District
:
13 ♂♂
,
6 ♀♀
:
Pikhtovka River
,
Kokzhota
,
9.VIII.1987
, № 538,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
Alma-Ata Area
:
Karatalskiy District
:
♀
:
Balkhash
,
Karatal River
,
1.VI.2004
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg (
ZIN
)
;
Yeskeldinskiy District
:
3 ♂♂
,
♀
:
Dzhungar Alatau
,
Burkhan-Bulak
,
12.VI.2004
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
Talgarskiy District
:
4 ♂♂
,
4 ♀♀
:
SE Kazakhstan
,
Zailiyskiy Alatau Mts.
,
Left Talgar Riv.
,
N 43°06’
62’’;
E 77°09’14’’
, h=
2370 m
,
27-29.VIII.2013
,
Kolov
(cIE);
♂
,
2 ♀♀
: right inflow of
Chilik River
,
12 km
from inflow of
Taldy River
,
6.VII.1987
, № 510,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
111 ♂♂
,
144 ♀♀
: [Kegenskiy distr.]
Taldy River
,
Chilik River
, floodplain for- est,
9.VII.1987
, № 510,
M. K. Childebayev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
50 ♂♂
,
58 ♀♀
:
Taldy River
, floodplain forest, leaf litter,
10.VII.1987
, № 514,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
1062
♂♂
, 1390
♀♀
:
Kungei-Alatau Mountain Ridge
,
Kilbastau Gorge
,
14.VII.1987
, № 521,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
43 ♂♂
,
37 ♀♀
: ibid,
15.VII.1987
, № 516,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
334 ♂♂
,
464 ♀♀
: ibid,
17.VII.1987
, № 517,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
♂
,
2 ♀♀
: ibid,
window trap
,
17.VII.1987
, № 522,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
)
;
5 ♂♂
,
♀
: ibid,
28.VIII.1987
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
3 ♀♀
: ibid,
9.VIII.1988
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
Uigurskiy District
:
4 ♂♂
,
7 ♀♀
:
Ketmen-Tau
,
Malyi Kirgisai Gorge
,
26.VII.1987
, № 528,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
3 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
: ibid,
28.VII.1987
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
11 ♂♂
,
10 ♀♀
: ibid,
28.VII.1987
, № 529,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
11 ♂♂
,
22 ♀♀
:
Ketmen-Tau
,
Bolshoi Kirgisai Gorge
,
29.VII.1987
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
6 ♀♀
: ibid,
30.VII.1987
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
30 ♂♂
,
48 ♀♀
: ibid,
31.VII.1987
, № 533,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
2 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
: ibid,
13.VII.2009
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
2 ♂♂
,
5 ♀♀
:
Ketmen-Tau
,
Temirlik River
,
19.VIII.1988
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg (
ZIN
, cIE)
;
Raiymbekskiy District
:
23 ♂♂
,
25 ♀♀
: [Kechenskiy District]
Kungei-Alatau Mountain Ridge
,
Saty
,
Taldy River
,
10.VII.1987
, № 513,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZMM
,
ZIN
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
♂
2 ♀♀
:
Kungei Alatau
,
Chilik River
,
Taldy River
,
6.VII.1987
,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
)
;
3 ♂♂
,
13 ♀♀
: [Kechenskiy District] floodplain of
Chilik River
, behind
Saty
,
9.VII.1987
, № 511,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
, cIE)
;
2 ♂♂
,
♀
:
Kungei-Alatau Mountain Ridge
,
Kurmetty
, floodplain forest, leaf litter,
12.VII.1987
, № 514,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
)
;
100 ♂♂
,
79 ♀♀
:
Chilik River
basin,
Kurmetty
,
5.VII.1987
, № 509,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZMM
,
ZIN
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
72 ♂♂
,
79 ♀♀
:
Kungei-Alatau Mountain Ridge
,
Kurmetty Gorge
, spruce belt, h=
2400 m
,
9.VII.1987
, № 511,
V.A. Kashcheev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
21 ♂♂
,
64 ♀♀
:
NW Tian-Shan
,
Trans-Ili Alatau
, mixed forest belt,
8.VI.1986
, № 499,
M. K. Childebayev
leg. (
ZIN
,
ZMM
,
NHMW
,
FMNH
, cIE)
;
KYRGYZSTAN
:
Talas Area
:
Talasskiy District
:
8 ♂♂
,
5 ♀♀
: valley of
Oshibulag River
(right inflow of
Chychkan River
), vicinities of
Oshibulag
,
42°05,765’ N
;
72°48,192’ E
, H=
1629 m
,
2.VI.2016
,
D.M. Palatov
leg. (cIE,
ZMM
,
ZIN
)
;
Dzhalal-Abad Area
:
Chatkalskiy District
:
672 ♂♂
,
838 ♀♀
:
Dzhany-Bazar
,
41°40,262’ N
;
70°49,053’ E
,
8.VI.2016
,
D.M. Palatov
leg. (cIE,
ZMM
,
ZIN
)
;
Suzakskiy District
:
14 ♂♂
,
9 ♀♀
:
Kara-Alma River
basin, inflow
Kugartsu
,
Ferg.
[anskiy Mountain Ridge],
6.V.
[19]25,
Dobrzhansk
[iy leg.] (
ZIN
,
ZMM
)
;
Issyk-Kul Area
:
Dzhen-Aguzskiy District
:
3 ♂♂
:
Terskei-Alatau Ridge
, gorge of Chon-Kyzyl-Su
River
,
2450 m
,
27.VIII.1988
,
V.V. Yanushev
leg. (
ZMM
)
.
Addition
material examined
:
CHINA
:
Sintszyan-Uigursky Autonomous Region
:
Chantszi-Khueyskiy Autonomous District
:
37 ♂♂
,
33 ♀♀
:
Bogdo-Ula
Mountain
Ridge
,
Daong River
,
Picea tianschanica
forest,
43°51’22.88”N
,
88°09’39.58”E
,
on
Lactarius
sp., 0 8.07.2017,
D.M. Palatov
leg. (
ZIN
, cIE)
.
Redescription
. Body red-brown to dark-brown; body length 1.50–2.30 mm. Habitus as in
Figs. 41
,
49
. Head and antennomeres 4-11 dark-brown; pronotum slightly paler than head, red-brown; disc of elytra golden-brown, with posterolateral angles dark-brown; abdomen red-brown except of segments V–VI dark-brown; antennomeres 1-3 yellow-brown; mouthparts brown; legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Body with distinct reticulate microsculpture. Head 1,4 times as wide as long, with distinct reticulate microsculpture and more than 8 rather large (about 0,0
1 mm
diam.), distinct punctures forming rows behind eyes; median portion of head impunctate. Antennomeres 1–3 elongate, antennomere 4 subquadrate to slightly elongate, antennomeres 5–10 subequal in length, subquadrate to slightly transverse; apical antennomere conical, 1.4 times as long as wide. Pronotum somewhat flat, 1.4 times as wide as long and 1.3 times as wide as head; microsculpture as that on head, with two median rows consisting of small, irregular punctures and with similar punctures on sides of each row near margins of pronotum; median portion impunctate; basal portion with slightly defined punctation. Elytra 1.6 times as wide as long and 1.4 times as wide as pronotum, with distinct reticulate microsculpture; each elytron with indistinct, sparse, small punctation and few weakly defined tubercles on posterior angles. Abdomen wedge-shaped, with microsculpture as that on head and pronotum.
Male. Abdominal tergite VII with two elliptic median tubercles obliquely turned towards each other, and with two pairs of longer lateral elevations from each of median tubercle. Apical margin of abdominal tergite VIII with four teeth: two widely separated, moderately wide and markedly elongate, slightly curved toward rounded apices and two very short and narrow medial teeth (
Figs. 43–44
,
48
). Ventral plate of aedeagus narrowly elongate, arcshaped (if see laterally), ventral margin even in outline (without bulging on the middle part and not angled bent near the base), acute apically (lower edge of the ventral plate even); apical projection short (
Figs. 42
,
47
); dorsal projection of internal sac equal to ventral plate, inclined to it, twisted into narrow tube, rather regularly elongate in shape.
Female. Surface of abdominal tergite VII somewhat flat, with a number of small round tubercles on apical margin; tergite VIII widely trapezoid, truncate apically (
Fig. 45
); sternite VIII rounded apically, blunt-pointed (
Fig. 46
).
Comparative notes
. Based on the punctation, microsculpture, and coloration of the body,
G
.
hochhuthi
is similar to
G. congrua
, which is distributed in Europe, the European part of
Russia
, Caucasus, Siberia and the Russian Far East (
Schülke & Smetana 2015
). It can be distinguished by the shape of middle teeth on the apical margin of male abdominal tergite VIII (these teeth are significantly longer in
G. congrua
), and the morphology of the aedeagus (lower margin of the ventral process of
G. congrua
slightly angled; dorsal projection of the internal sac of the aedeagus narrowly elongate and sinuate).
Remarks
.
Bernhauer (1908)
described
G. hochhuthi
(
Figs. 49–50
) based on the single female from Margilan, south-eastern part of Fergana Valley (
Uzbekistan
). It is noteworthy that the author compared this species with
G. fasciata
, which I interpret as
G. congrua
, because these species (
G. fasciata
and
G. congrua
), as well as
G. laevipennis
Kraatz 1856
were confused with each other in nineteenth and twentieth centuries (
Bruge 2005
,
Enushchenko & Semenov 2016
).
Among large series of
G. hochhuthi
from
Kazakhstan
and
Kyrgyzstan
, I found several specimens that are slightly different from other specimens in the shape of aedeagus and the male abdominal tergite VIII (
Figs. 47–48
). Lateral teeth on apical margin of its abdominal tergite VIII rather long, thin and weak, slightly acute and curved inwards (medial teeth of abdominal tergite VIII of
G. hochhuthi
often shorter, rather stout and obtuse); median teeth short, blunt and weak as that in
G. hochhuthi
. Ventral plate of aedeagus narrowly elongate, with distinct convex ventral margin, acute apically; apical projection rather long and curved, blunt; dorsal projection of the internal sac equal to the ventral plate, inclined to it, twisted into a rather wide tube, slightly broadened apically, irregularly elongate in the shape. Based on the characters of the body, it corresponds with other studied specimens of
G. hochhuthi
. I suppose, that is an example of aberrant variability of this species.