Sunius catalonicus ( COIFFAIT 1961)

Assing, V. & A, North, 2008, A revision of the Sunius species of the Western Palaearctic region and Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 5-135 : 77-78

4.40. Sunius catalonicus ( COIFFAIT 1961) ( Figs 83-85 , Map 15)

Hypomedon catalonicus COIFFAIT 1961: 37 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype 3: "Terrassa (prov. Barcelona), II.34, Español leg. / Holotype / Hypomedon catalonicus Coiff. det. H. Coiffait 1961 " ( MNHNP).

Map 15: Distributions of species of the S. seminiger group in southern France and Spain, based on examined records: Sunius brachypterus (GEMMINGER & HAROLD) (filled circles), S. seminiger (FAIRMAIRE) (open circles), S. catalonicus (COIFFAIT) (filled squares), and S. calatravae nov.sp. (open square). 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: C a t a l u ñ a: 1 ex., Sierra de Montseny, 1400 m, 25.X.1974, leg. Curti (MHNG); 2 exs., Tiana, 1935 (MHNG, cAss); 1 ex., Barcelona, Montjuich, 5.III.1954, leg. González (MHNG); 2 exs., Barcelona, Tibidabo, 17.II.1952, leg. González (MHNG, cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on the holotype male from " Catalogne, province de Barcelone Terrassa" and an unspecified number of paratypes from various localities in Barcelona and Gerona provinces ( COIFFAIT 1961).

D i a g n o s i s: Inexternalappearancehighlysimilarto S. brachypterus .

3: sternite VIII with pubescent tubercle, posterior excision shallow ( Fig. 85 ); aedeagus with short row of about 4 spines in internal sac ( Figs 83-84 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: The known distribution is confined to northeastern Spain (Map 15). The examined specimens were collected in February, March, and October.

Figures

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.