Sunius plasoni ( EPPELSHEIM 1875)

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 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13133503
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scientific name	Sunius plasoni ( EPPELSHEIM 1875)
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4.31. Sunius plasoni ( EPPELSHEIM 1875) View in CoL

Lithocharis plasoni EPPELSHEIM 1875: 366 View in CoL f.

Sunius pinnatus ASSING 2006a: 308 View in CoL View Cited Treatment ff.; nov.syn. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Lithocharis plasoni View in CoL : Lectotype 3 [without head and prothorax]: "3 / Smyrna, 13.3.71, Dr. Plason / Lithocharis Plasoni Eppelsh. View in CoL / Typus / c. Epplsh. Steind. d. / Lectotypus 3 Lithocharis plasoni Eppelsheim View in CoL , desig. V. Assing 2007 / Sunius plasoni (Eppelsheim) View in CoL det. V. Assing 2007" ( NHMW). Paralectotype ♀: "Typus / c. Epplsh. Steind. d." ( NHMW) .

Sunius pinnatus View in CoL : see ASSING (2006a).

C o m m e n t: The original description of Lithocharis plasoni is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, among them at least one male, from " Smyrna ", today Izmir in western Anatolia ( EPPELSHEIM 1875). Two syntypes were found in the Eppelsheim collection at the NHMW, a heavily damaged male and a female ; the male is here designated as the lectotype.

Lithocharis plasoni was listed as a nomen dubium by SMETANA (2004). An examination of the male primary and secondary sexual characters of the lectotype revealed that it is conspecific with the recently described Sunius pinnatus , which is consequently placed in the synonymy of the senior name.

Sunius pinnatus was described from the Karadağ range ( ASSING 2006a), which is situated some 30 km to the northeast of Izmir. Considering the restricted distributions of related species, it seems likely that the types of S. plasoni originated from the same mountain range.