Sunius nevadensis ( COIFFAIT 1970)

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4.42. Sunius nevadensis ( COIFFAIT 1970) ( Figs 86-90 , Map 16 )

Hypomedon nevadensis COIFFAIT 1970: 722 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3: "Sierra Nevada, lg. H. Franz / Sp 677 [overleaf] / Holotype / Hypomedon nevadensis Coiff. , det. H. Coiffait 1966 / Sunius nevadensis (Coiffait) det. V. Assing 2007" (MNHNP). Paratype 3: same data as holotype (MNHNP).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a holotype male and a female paratype from " Sierra Nevada , Espagne " ( COIFFAIT 1970) ; the paratype, however, is in fact a male. The two females in the Franz collection ( NHMW) have labels with the same data as the holotype and were labelled by Coiffait as paratypes. However , since they are not mentioned in the original description, they do not have type status ; the paratype labels were removed. A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Spain: 2 exs., Andalucía, Granada, Sierra

Nevada, VI.[year illegible], leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 2 exs., Sierra Nevada, leg. Franz ( NHMW) ; 4

exs., Granada, Sierra Nevada , 2100-2300 m, 27.IV.1991, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 1 ex., Sierra

Nevada, 4.IV.1983, leg. Tronquet (cTro); 19 exs., Almeria, Sierra Nevada, 2100-2550 m, under stones, 18.IV.2000, leg. Tronquet (cTro, cAss); 8 exs., Almeria, Sierra Nevada, Laguna Seca, 2250

m, 19.IV.2000, leg. Tronquet (cTro); 1 ex., Granada, Sierra Nevada , 10.IV.1959, leg. Besuchet

(MHNG).

D i a g n o s i s: Externalmorphology as in S. brachypterus ( Fig. 86 ).

3: sternite VII with weakly concave posterior margin, pubescence unmodified; sternite VIII with relatively deep posterior incision, otherwise unmodified ( Fig. 90 ); aedeagus with slender ventral process and with row of distinctly sclerotised slender spines in internal sac ( Figs 87-89 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Sunius nevadensis has become known only from the Sierra Nevada (Andalucía), where the species is apparently endemic ( Map 16 ).

Figures

Map 16: Distributions of species of the S. seminiger group in southern Spain, based on examined records: Sunius nevadensis (COIFFAIT) (filled circles), S. segurae ASSING (open circle), S. cazorlae ASSING (filled square), and S. behnei nov.sp. (open square).

Figs 83-90: Sunius catalonicus (COIFFAIT) (83-85) and S. nevadensis (COIFFAIT), paratype (86-90): (83, 87) aedeagus in lateral view; (84, 89) internal structures of aedeagus in lateral view; (85, 90) male sternite VIII; (86) forebody; (88) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 86: 0.5 mm; 83-85, 87- 90: 0.1 mm.