Pronomaea wunderlei, Assing, 2007

Assing, Volker, 2007, A revision of the species of Pronomaea E of the Western Palaearctic region, including Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Pronomaeini), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 57 (2), pp. 367-396 : 381

Pronomaea wunderlei sp. n. ( Figs 26-28 , Map 2 )

Type material:

Holotype ♂:"GR W-Kreta, Deres, 500 m, Bachmoos, Kastanie, 13.10.91, Wunderle / Holotypus ♂ Pronomaea wunderleiwunderlei sp. n. det. V. Assing 2007 " (cAss) . Paratypes: 1 ♂: " Kreta, Paganetti / rostrata det. Bernhauer, Chicago NHMus. M. Bernhauer Collection " ( FMNH) ; 1 ♂: " Crète env. Kerá, 9.VIII.72, S. Vit " ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂: "23.3.73, West-Kreta, Limni Kourna, DrFülscher Meybohm" (cAss) .

Description:

External characters as in P. picea ; distinguished only by the morphology of the aedeagus.

♂: median lobe of aedeagus 0.44-0.45 mm long, similar to that of P. rostrata , but apex of different shape, flagellum slightly longer, and projection at base of ventral process much closer to crista apicalis ( Figs 26-28 ).

♀: unknown.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to my friend and colleague Paul Wunderle, who collected the holotype.

Comparative notes:

From other PronomaeaPronomaea species, P. wunderlei is reliably distinguished only by the distinctive shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus.

Distribution and bionomics:

The known distribution of P. wunderleiwunderlei is confined to three localities in western Crete (plus an unspecified locality), where it is apparently endemic and the only representative of the genus ( Map 2 ). The record of P. rostratarostrata by SCHEERPELTZ (1964) refers to this species. The holotype was collected from moss at a stream at an altitude of 500 m. The type specimens were taken in March, August, and October. Additional bionomic data are not available.

Figures

Map 2: Distributions of Pronomaea picea HEERHEER (filled circles), P. corsicana sp. n. (open circles), and P. wunderleiwunderlei sp. n. (squares), based on examined records. The records of doubtful identity from Malta are omitted.

Figs 26-34: Pronomaea wunderlei sp. n. (26-28), P. sicula sp. n. (29-31), and P. sardoa sp. n. (32-34): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (26-27, 29-30, 32-33) of holotypes (26, 29, 32) and paratypes (27, 30, 33); apical part of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view (28, 31, 34). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.