Alevonota (Alevonota) libanotica ( FAGEL , 1965)

Wunderle, Volker Assing Paul, 2008, On the Alevonota species of the Western Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (5), pp. 145-189 : 158-160

Alevonota (Alevonota) libanotica ( FAGEL, 1965) ( Figs 30-39 , Map 2 )

Aleuonota libanotica FAGEL 1965: 261 ff.

Type material examined:

Holotype : " Liban: Kartaba , 1200-1400 m, 117, V.1964, G. Fagel / G. Fagel det. Aleuonota libanotica n. sp. / Type / R. I. Sc. N. B., I. G. 24885 / Alevonota libanotica (Fagel) det. V. Assing 2007 " ( IRSNB).

Comment:

The original description is based on a single holotype female from " Liban: Kartaba (vallée du Nahr Ibrahim), 1300 m " ( FAGEL 1965).

Additional material examined:

Bulgaria: A , Eminska planina, Vlas, 13.V.1987, leg. Behne & Heinig ( DEI) .

Greece: Lesbos: A , Lepetimnos , 39°22'N, 26°17'E, 300 m, 31.III.2005, leg. Lompe & Meybohm (cAss) .

Turkey: Istanbul: 1  [nanistic specimen with slightly different aedeagus], Belgrat Ormanı [=Belgrader Wald; 41°15'N, 28°45'E], IV.1959, leg. Schubert (cAss) . Izmir: 1 , Nif Dağı , 38°24'N, 27°24'E, 970 m, 24.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) . Antalya: 6 exs., E Kumluca, 36°22'N, 30°22'E, 385 m, litter of sycamore and laurel sifted, 3.IV.2002, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun) ; 1 ex., N Serik, Selge , 500 m, 16.III.1997, leg. Winkelmann (cSch) ; 1 ex., 10 km N Beskonak, Köprülü Kanyon , 37°13'N; 31°13'E, 265 m, dry slope, dry litter sifted, 23.III.2002, leg. Rose (cRos) . Isparta: 1 ex., S Eğridir, Kovada Gölü env., 12.IV.1984, leg. Brachat (cAss) ; 11 exs., Eğridir-Çandır , 950 m, 6.V.1975, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG) .

Konya: 5 exs., 18 km SE Beyşehir, 1200 m, 7.V.1978, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG); 1 ex., Akşehir env., 25.IV.1960, leg. Ressl & Petrowitz ( NHMW) . Mersin: 4 exs., road to Arslanköy , 5 km SE Aladağ, 36°55'N, 34°32'E, 700 m, 2.V.2004, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2 exs., same data, but 36°56'N, 34°30'E, 830 m, leg. Besuchet (cAss) ; 1 ex., Güzeloluk-Erdemli , S Aydinlar, 36°44'N, 34°08'E, 1380 m, 4.V.2004, leg. Besuchet (cAss) ; 3 exs., Çamlıyayla-Gözne , 37°06'N, 34°37'E, 570-610 m, 25.IV.2005, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) . Adana: 1 ex., Kozan-Feke, 27 km from Kozan , 37°41'N, 35°51'E, 775 m, 25.IV.2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Tekir , 1000 m, 30.IV.1978, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG) . Osmaniye: 1 ex., E Osmaniye, Yarpuz , 37°04'N, 36°24'E, 920 m, 30.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss).

Kahramanmaraş: 1 ex., Ahır Dağı, 10 km WNW Kahramanmaraş, 37°39'N, 36°50'E, 815 m, 11.IV.2005, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Cimen Dağı, Büyüksir, 37°29'N, 36°39'E, 1020 m, 1.V.2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 4 exs., 25 km SW Kahramanmaraş, Yeşilyöre, 37°26'N, 36°45'N, 800 m, 23.IV.2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Başkonuş Yaylası, 37°34'N, 36°34'E, 1270 m, 28.IV.2004, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Antakya : 1 ex., 19 km S Antakya, SW Şenköy, 36°02'N, 36°07'E, 880 m, pasture, sifted, 5.IV.2004, leg. Schülke (cSch) . Gaziantep: 1 ex., Kartal Dağı , 37°11'N, 37°08'E, 1070 m, 9.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., Kartal Dağı, W Yamacoba, 37°10'N, 37°05'E, 1200 m, 25.IV.2004, leg. Besuchet, Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) . Bitlis: 3 exs., Tatvan , 1800 m, V.1976, leg. Schubert (cAss); 2 exs., S Tatvan, 1700-2000 m, 21.V.-18.VI.1973, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss) .

Israel: 6 exs., Galilee , Mount Meron, Hurfeish, 33°00'N, 35°22'E, 22.II.2005, leg. Starke (cFel, cAss) ; 2 exs., Golan , Mt. Hermon, 1600 m, 23.IV.1982, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) ; 1 ex., ' En Ya‘aqov [33°00'N, 35°14'E], 23.III.2006, leg. Shtirberg ( TAU) .

Diagnosis:

3.0- 4.2 mm (abdomen extended); RL: 1.4-1.7 mm. In external appearance similar to A. rufotestacea ( Fig. 30 ), also rather variable, but distinguished as follows:

Coloration usually similar to that of A. rufotestacea , but pronotum occasionally darker.

Head transverse, HW/HL: 1.07-1.13; puncturation on average more distinct; surface often (but not always!) with shallower microsculpture and more shine. Eyes larger and clearly more prominent ( Fig. 31 ), usually longer than postocular region in dorsal view; EyL/PoL: 0.75-0.90 ( Fig. 32 ).

Pronotum more transverse, PW/PL: 1.13-1.25; puncturation usually distinct; surface often (but not always!) with shallower microsculpture and more shine; midline with or without fine shallow furrow ( Fig. 31 ).

Elytra slightly longer than pronotum, EL/PL: 1.02-1.08 ( Fig. 30 ).

: median lobe of aedeagus larger, ML: 0.36-0.39 mm; ventral process more strongly curved and with more acute apex in lateral view ( Figs 33-36 ).

: spermatheca of similar shape as in A. rufotestacea ( Figs 37-39 ).

Distribution and bionomics:

The distribution of this Eastern Mediterranean species ranges from Lesbos and Bulgaria in the west and northwest to Israel in the southeast ( Map 2 ).

As far as is known, the material examined was sifted from leaf litter in various biotopes. The fact that the species was collected in larger numbers on various occasions suggests that its ecology may be somewhat different from that of the preceding species. The upper end of the altitude range is at nearly 2000 m. The species was collected during the period from late winter through spring: February (8 specimens /1 record); March (3/3); April (28/16); May (31/10). Two of the specimens from Bitlis may also have been collected in early June, but the date range is rather inexact (21.V.-18.VI.).

Figures

Map 2: Distributions of Alevonota elegantula (BRISOUT DE BARNEVILLE) (open circles;?: tentative record based on female only) and A. libanotica (FAGEL) (filled circles), based on examined records.

Figs 30-39: Alevonota libanotica (FAGEL): forebody (30); head and pronotum (31); head in lateral view (32); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view of males from Antalya (33) Kahramanmaraş (34), Gaziantep (35), and Bitlis (36); spermathecae of females from Bulgaria (37), Lesbos (38), and Antalya (39). Scale bars: 30: 1.0 mm; 31-32: 0.5 mm; 33-39: 0.1 mm.