Anaulacaspis seclusa ( FAGEL, 1969 )

Assing, Volker, 2016, Revision of the Anaulacaspis species of the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 201-255 : 237-238

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https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.201-255

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884819

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scientific name

Anaulacaspis seclusa ( FAGEL, 1969 )
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Anaulacaspis seclusa ( FAGEL, 1969) View in CoL

( Figs 108–120 View Figs 91–112 View Figs 113–135 , Map 6 View Map 6 )

Melagria seclusa FAGEL, 1969: 21 View in CoL f.

Falagria (Melagria) klapperichi COIFFAIT, 1982: 88 f.; syn. n.

Type material examined: M. seclusa : Holotype ♂: “ Turkmenistan, Baïram-Ali, 11–24.V.1959 / G. Fagel det., seclusa n. sp. ( Melagria ) / R.I.Sc.N.B., I. G. 24885 / Type / Falagria seclusa Fagel , det. R. Pace 1985 / Anaulacaspis seclusa (Fagel) , det. V. Assing 2016” ( IRSNB) . Paratypes: 1 ♀: same data as holotype ( IRSNB) ; 1 ♂ [teneral]: “ Turkmenistan, Repetek , 8–10.V.1952 / R.I.Sc. N.B., I. G. 248851 / G. Fagel det., seclusa n. sp. ( Melagria ) / Paratype / Falagria seclusa Fagel , det. R. Pace 1985” ( IRSNB) ; 1 ♂: “ Persia merid., 1862–63, Coll. P. Doria / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Falagria naevula Er., R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.4797 / G. Fagel det. 1968, Falagria seclusa n. sp. / Paratype / Falagria seclusa Fagel , det. R. Pace 1985” ( IRSNB) .

F. klapperichi : Holotype ♂: “♂ / 14.1.53, S-Afghanistan / J. Klapperich, Scham - Schir - Ror, 950 m, b. Kandahar / Falagria klapperichi nov. spec. / Typus Falagria klapperichi O. Scheerpeltz / Falagria klapperichi H. Coiffait 1981 / Holotypus / Museum Koenig Bonn / Anaulacaspis seclusa (Fagel) , det. V. Assing 2016” ( ZFMK) . Paratypes: 1 ♀: “ Allotypus / Typus Falagria klapperichi O. Scheerpeltz / ♀ / 14.1.53, S-Afghanistan / J. Klapperich, Scham - Schir - Ror, 950 m, b. Kandahar / H. Coiffait det. 1981 / Museum Koenig Bonn” ( ZFMK); 1 ♀: “♀ / 14.1.53, S-Afghanistan / J. Klapperich, Scham - Schir - Ror, 950 m, b. Kandahar / Cotypus Falagria Klapperichi O. Scheerpeltz / Falagria Klapperichi H. Coiffait 1981 / Museum Koenig Bonn ” ( MNHNP) .

Comment: The original description is based on a male holotype and a male paratype from “ Turkmenistan: Baïram-Ali”, a female paratype from “ Turkmenistan: Repetek”, and a male paratype from “ Persia merid.” ( FAGEL 1969). Falagria klapperichi was described based on a male holotype and two female paratypes from “Sud Afghanistan, Scham-Schir-Ror près Kandahar, 950 m, 14-I-53, J. Klapperich leg.” ( COIFFAIT 1982). An examination of the type specimens of both names revealed that they are conspecific. The aedeagus of the holotype ( Figs 115–116 View Figs 113–135 ) is at the low end of the size range, but otherwise no characters were observed suggesting that A. klapperichi should represent a distinct species. Hence the synonymy proposed above.

Additional material examined: Armenia: 1 ♀ [identification doubtful], Ecmiadzin , 9.III.1916, leg. Eichler ( NHMW) .

Iran: Azarbayjan-e Gharbi: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, N Takab , 3 km NE Takht-e-Soleyman, 36°38'N, 47°14'E, 2270 m, 8.IX.2008, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss) GoogleMaps . Kordestan: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 27 km SW Saqqez, 2 km SW Mir Deh, 36°08'N, 46°03'E, 1600 m, 3.IX.2008, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, road Sanandaj – Divandarreh, 21 km S Divandarreh , 35°46'N, 47°05'E, 1890 m, 6.IX.2008, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss) GoogleMaps . Qazvin: 1 ♀, Ab Garm , 35°48'N, 49°23'E, 1500 m, 21.VI.2004, leg. Frisch ( MNB) GoogleMaps . Golestan: 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ [1 ♂ teneral], Golestan National Park, Tang Rah , 37°24'N, 55°47'E, 490 m, 4.VI.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss) GoogleMaps .

North Khorasan: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ [partly teneral], road Shirvan – Quchan , 24 km SSW Faruj, Garmab, 37°03'N, 58°07'E, 1710 m, 1.VI.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss) GoogleMaps . Razavi Khorasan: 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ [1 ♂, 1 ♀ teneral], 20 km NW Torbat-e, Heydariyeh, Senobar , 35°26'N, 59°06'E, 1730 m, 29.V.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss) GoogleMaps . Semnan: 1 ♂, Firuzkuh–Semnan , 27 km NW Semnan, Aftar, 35°34'N, 53°09'E, 1580 m, 21.V.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB) GoogleMaps . Ilam: 1 ♀, Sarableh – Kuhdasht road, NW Sarneh , 33°41'N, 47°04'E, 890 m, 17.X.2011, leg. Frisch (cAss) GoogleMaps . Lorestan: 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 35 km E Kuhdasht, Kashkan , 33°35'N, 47°53'E, 1010 m, 17.X.2011, leg. Frisch ( MNB, cAss). Chahar Mahal-oBakhtiyari: GoogleMaps 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, Izeh–Lordegan , 7 km SW Manj, 31°34'N, 50°34'E, 1250 m, 20.X.2011, leg. Frisch ( MNB, cAss) GoogleMaps . Kerman: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Rayen–Darb Behesht, 2 km W Goruh, 29°21'N, 57°21'E, 2700 m, 28.V.2010, leg. Frisch ( MNB, cAss); GoogleMaps 1 ♀ [teneral], Darb Behesht– Jiroft, 50 km N Jiroft, 10 km N Delfard Goruh, 29°04'N, 57°33'E, 2650 m, 28.V.2010, leg. Frisch ( MNB); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Banan mountains , pass Mahan–Sirch, 30°12'N, 57°24'E, 2800 m, 20.V.2010, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB); GoogleMaps 30 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀ [partly teneral], Kuhpaye, 30°29'N, 57°19'E, 1800 m, 29.IV.2007, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, Keyber mountains , Khabr, 28°49'N, 56°20'E, 2060 m, 21.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss); 1 ♂, GoogleMaps 1 ♀, Anar – Shahr-e-Babak road, Javazm, 30°31'N, 55°02'E, 2180 m, 18.V.2010, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB, cAss); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, pass Mahan – Sirch, 30°12'N, 57°24'E, 2800 m, 20.V.2010, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss); GoogleMaps 1 ♀, Darb Behesht – Jiroft , 50 km N Jiroft, 10 km N Delfard Goruh, 29°04'N, 57°33'E, 2650 m, 28.V.2010, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss) GoogleMaps . Fars: 1 ♀, road Estahban–Darab , 23 km NW Darab, 28°53'N, 54°24'E, 24.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB) GoogleMaps . Hormozgan: 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, W Hajiabad, Dar Agah , 28°22'N, 55°43'E, 1110 m, 22.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB); GoogleMaps 1 ♀ [slightly teneral], 9 km SW Hajiabad, 28°15'N, 55°51'E, 840 m, 22.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNB) GoogleMaps . Sistan va Baluchestan: 1 ♀, Iranshar [27°12'N, 60°41'E], 800 m, 11.–21.V.1954, leg. Richter & Schäuffele ( NHMW). Locality not specified or not identified:1 ♀, “ Persien ” ( NHMW) GoogleMaps .

Afghanistan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kandahar, W Kandahar, 31°37'N, 65°36'E [sic], 31.VII.1975, leg. Senglet (cAss) GoogleMaps .

Turkmenistan: 1 ♂, Kov-Ata , 110 km NW Ashchabad, 10.V.1989, leg. Wrase (cAss) .

Redescription: Body length 2.1–2.9 mm; length of forebody 1.1–1.4 mm. Tergite VIII as in Figs 108 View Figs 91–112 , 113, 119 View Figs 113–135 . Highly similar to A. desertorum , except as follows: Pronotum on average more slender and with less pronounced sexual dimorphism; infuscate mediolateral spot of elytra on average less extensive.

♂: pronotum with shallower and less extensive median impression; posterior margin of sternite VIII ( Figs 109 View Figs 91–112 , 114 View Figs 113–135 ) obtusely pointed in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 110–111 View Figs 91–112 , 115–118 View Figs 113–135 ) 0.32–0.38 mm long; ventral process apically more slender in lateral view.

♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII ( Figs 112 View Figs 91–112 , 120 View Figs 113–135 ) distinctly concave in the middle.

Intraspecific variation: The coloration is subject to pronounced intraspecific variation. In dark-coloured specimens, the body is practically completely black, except for the yellowish posterior margin of the elytra and the brownish humeral angles and suture, and the legs and the basal antennomeres are brown to darkbrown. Moreover, the aedeagus is quite variable in size and shape: the ventral process may be more or less strongly curved and more or less slender in lateral view ( Figs 110–111 View Figs 91–112 , 115–118 View Figs 113–135 ).

Distribution and natural history: Male-based records are currently known from Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan ( Map 6 View Map 6 ). The altitudes range from 490 to 2800 m. Teneral specimens were collected in April, May, and June.

IRSNB

Belgium, Brussels, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

ZFMK

Germany, Bonn, Zoologische Forschungsinstitut und Museum "Alexander Koenig"

MNHNP

MNHNP

NHMW

Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

MNHNP

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Anaulacaspis

Loc

Anaulacaspis seclusa ( FAGEL, 1969 )

Assing, Volker 2016
2016
Loc

Falagria (Melagria) klapperichi

COIFFAIT, H. 1982: 88
1982
Loc

Melagria seclusa

FAGEL, G. 1969: 21
1969
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