Anthobium fusculum ( Erichson, 1839 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2013, On The Synonymy Of Anthobium Fusculum Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 13 (2), pp. 137-141 : 138-139

Anthobium fusculum ( Erichson, 1839)

(Figs. 1–6)

Lathrimaeum fusculum Erichson, 1839: 626 Olophrum fusculum : Redtenbacher, 1857: 249 Lathrimaeum (Lathrimaeum) fusculum : Scheerpeltz, 1961: 79

Lathrimaeum cachemiricum Coiffait, 1982: 150 syn. nov.

Deliphrosoma ivanovi Shavrin, 2012: 17 syn. nov.

Deliphrosoma kirgizica Shavrin, 2012: 19 syn. nov.

For other references see Herman, 2001: 232

Type material examined. L. cachemiricum : holotype, female: ‘ Inde, Cachemire, Zagipal | près Pahalgam, 3500-3600 m | Franz leg.’, ‘TYPE’ <red printed label>, ‘ Lathrimaeum [handwritten] | cachemiricum [handwritten] | H. COIFFAIT det. 19 [printed] 79 [handwritten]’ ( NMW).

D. ivanovi : holotype, male: ‘ Kazakhstan, Karatau Mt. | Zhamantas riv. N43º52`05`` | E68º 11`55``, 731 m, | 10.V.2010 Ivanov A. V. leg.’, preparation of aedeagus in Canada balsam, ‘ HOLOTYPUS | Deliphrosoma | ivanovi sp.n. | Shavrin A.V. det. 2012’ <red printed label> ( CS).

D. kirgizica : holotype, male: ‘Kirgizia | Bishkek | 28.10.93 | Ovchinnikov’ <in Cyrillic, handwritten>, preparation of aedeagus [without apex of left paramere] in Canada balsam, ‘ HOLOTYPUS | Deliphrosoma | kirgizica sp.n. | Shavrin A.V. det. 2012’ <red printed label> ( CS).

Additional material. GERMANY: 1 spec.: Fürstenberg ( ZIN) ; 1 male: same data ( NMW) ; 1 spec.: Mecklenburg ( ZIN) ; CZECHREPUBLIC: 1 female: Boh [emia] ( NMPC) ; AUSTRIA: 1 m #: Salzburg ; 1 male: Salzburg, Umgebung ( NMW) ; 1 male: Umgb. Kufstein, Ti [rol]. Strupi ( NMW) ; 1 male: Koschuta Alp., Car [inthia]. Strupi ( NMW) ; ITALY: 1 male: Fenestrelle, Ganglb [auer]. 1908 ( NMW) ; TURKEY: 3 spec.: Turkey, Erzurum, Cop-Gec. 19.5.1989, 2300 m, leg. A. Riedel ( CZ) ; KYRGYZSTAN: 1 spec.: Tyan-Shan, slope of Fergansky Range, vall. riv. Maili Gu , under bark, 22.4.[19]92, leg. [A.Yu.] Solodovnikov ( CZ) .

Remarks. The species was described from Germany (type locality: ‘Mark Brandenburg’) by Erichson (1839). It was recorded from some countries of Europe, European part of Russia and Caucasus ( Armenia) ( Herman, 2001; Smetana, 2004), for several provinces of Turkey ( Assing, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013) and for Uzbekistan, Greater Chimgan ( Zerche, 1991).

A. cachemiricum was described based on a female from Kashmir, India. Recently I studied the type in the collection of the NMW and did not find any morphological differences between them and specimens from the Middle Asia and Europe, suggesting that A. cachemiricum is conspecific with A. fusculum .

D. ivanovi and D. kirgizica were described based on one male each, from Кazakhstan (Karatau Mt.) and Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) respectively. A comparison of the types of these names with material of A. fusculum from various regions revealed that the characters pointed out in the original descriptions, including the aedeagus, fall within the range of intraspecific variation of A. Fig. 1–6. Aedeagus of Anthobium fusculum : 1 – Austria: Koschuta, 2 – Italy: Fenestrelle, 3 – Austria: Kufstein, 4 – Austria: Salzburg, 5 – Kazakhstan: Karatau Mt., 6 – Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek. Scale bar 0.2 mm.

fusculum . Similarly, the female of Deliphrosoma sp. from Hissar Mts. ( Tajikistan), which was reported by Shavrin (2012), also relates to A. fusculum . Additionally, two males of A. fusculum from Osch ( Kyrgyzstan) are deposited in private collection of V. Assing (Assing, pers. comm.).

The description and figure of habitus of A. melanochromum Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1961 which was described in Armenia ( Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1961) is very similar to A. fusculum , however, for the confirmation of synonymy it is necessary to examine the type material.