Sunius basalis (REITTER 1899)

Assing, V., 2011, The Sunius species of the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 151-193 : 154-155

Sunius basalis (REITTER 1899) ( Figs 6-8 , 15 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran:1, 2, Kerman province, Bardsir-Baft, 10 km SE Qal-eh Askar, Mt. Lalehzar, 29°26'01''N, 56°44'31''E, 3360 m, 22.V.2010, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB, cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, probably only a single female, from Azerbaijan (REITTER 1899). Additional material and the male sexual characters were previously unknown ( ASSING 2008a). In external characters, the above specimens are in good agreement with the syntype in the Reitter collection. They represent the first record from Iran. The male sexual characters are as follows:

Sternite VII with broadly concave posterior margin ( Fig. 6 ); sternite VIII with broadly U-shaped posterior excision, its depth approximately 1/6 the length of sternite, pubescence unmodified ( Fig. 15 ); aedeagus 0.63 mm long; ventral process long and acute in lateral view, apically abruptly narrowed and somewhat asymmetric in ventral view; internal sac with stout and strongly sclerotized structures ( Figs 7-8 ).

Figures

Figs 6-14: Sunius basalis (REITTER) (6-8) and S. extensissimus nov.sp. (9-14): (6) male sternite VII; (7, 12) aedeagus in lateral view; (8) ventral process of aedeagus in ventral view; (9) habitus; (10) forebody; (11) median dorsal portion of head; (13) aedeagus in ventral view; (14) internal structures of aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 9: 1.0 mm; 10: 0.5 mm; 6-8, 11-13: 0.2 mm; 14: 0.1 mm.

Figs 15-17: Sunius basalis (REITTER) (15) and S. extensissimus nov.sp. (16-17): (15, 17) male sternite VIII; (16) male sternite VII. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.