Pinophilinus schatzmayri ( KOCH 1934)

Assing, V., Schülke, M., M. R & A. S, 2013, On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 141-154 : 149

Pinophilinus schatzmayri ( KOCH 1934)

( Figs 6-8 , Map 1 )

Pinophilus (Pinophilinus) schatzmayri KOCH 1934: 75 f.

Type material examined: Syntype ♀: " Sinai W. Isla, 28.2.1933, A. Schatzmayr / Syntypus ♀ Pinophilus schatzmayri Koch , rev. V. Assing 2012 / Pinophilinus schatzmayri (Koch) , det. V. Assing 2012" ( NHMB).

Comment: The original description is based on two female syntypes from "Wadi Isla, 28.2.1933 (Süd-Sinai)" ( KOCH 1934 ). One of the type specimens was located in the Frey collection, which is currently housed in the NHMB. This species is characterized particularly by its large size (total length 7.5 mm; length of forebody 3.4 mm), palereddish coloration, long and slender antennae (2.1 mm) with distinctly oblong antennomeres I-IX, and by the dense and coarse punctation of the whole body, particularly of the abdomen. The habitus, the forebody, and the abdomen of the examined syntype are illustrated in Figs 6-8 .

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of Arabian Pinophilinus species: P. schatzmayri (KOCH) (triangle); P. spinosus nov.sp. (circles); P. socotranus ASSING (diamond).

Figs 1-8: Pinophilinus spinosus nov.sp. (1-5) and P. schatzmayri (KOCH) (6-8): (1, 6) habitus; (2, 7) forebody; (3, 8) abdomen; (4) male sternite VIII; (5) aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 1-3, 6-8: 1.0 mm; 4-5: 0.2 mm.