Dinusa angulicollis FAUVEL , 1886

Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Israel II, with a revision of some species of Dinusa SAULCY (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1179-1210 : 1205

Dinusa angulicollis FAUVEL, 1886 ( Figs 48-51 )

Dinusa angulicollis FAUVEL 1886: 85 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype, present designation [in poor condition; dissected prior to the present study]: "Dumeir / près hipponensis / angulicollis Fvl. / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Dinusa, R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479 / Dinusa angulicollis Fvl. , det. R. Pace 1986, Lectotypus / Lectotypus Dinusa angulicollis Fauvel , desig. V. Assing 2014 / Dinusa angulicollis Fauvel , det. V. Assing 2014" ( IRSNB) . Paralectotype [in poor condition; dissected prior to present study]: "Jerusal /Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Dinusa angulicollis, R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479 / Dinusa angulicollis Fvl. , det. R. Pace 1986, Paralectotypus / Paralectotypus Dinusa angulicollis Fauvel , desig. V. Assing 2014 / Dinusa angulicollis Fauvel , det. V. Assing 2014" ( IRSNB) .

C o m m e n t: This species has been attributed to ABEILLE DE PERRIN (1896) ( SMETANA 2004). However, in providing a name and distinguishing characters FAUVEL (1886) made the name available. The original type locality is " Palestine ". Two syntypes, a male and a female, were located in the Fauvel collection; both specimens had been dissected prior to the present study and are in poor condition. The male is designated as the lectotype. It already had a lectotype label by R. Pace attached to it, but this designation was never published. The forebody and the median lobe of the aedeagus of the lectotype, as well as the forebody of the paralectotype are illustrated in Figs 48-51 . As in D. hierosolymata , the median lobe is apically incised, but it is much smaller (0.54 mm) and the ventral process is distinctly more slender. The spermatheca of the paralectotype is damaged, so that it was not possible to assess and illustrate the original shape. Aside from the shape of the aedeagus, D. angulicollis is characterized by marked posterior angles of the pronotum. The type locality is situated in Syria (today probably Ad Dumayr; 33°38'N, 36°42'E).

Figures

Figs 48-55: Dinusa angulicollis FAUVEL (48, 50-51: lectotype; 49: paralectotype) and Notothecta hipponensis (FAUVEL), holotype (52-55): (48-49, 53) forebody; (50, 55) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (51) apical portion of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (52) habitus; (54) male tergite VIII. Scale bars: 48-49, 52: 1.0 mm; 53: 0.5 mm; 50-51, 54-55: 0.2 mm.