Sunius renouardi ( COIFFAIT 1955)

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 : 70-71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13133503
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sunius renouardi ( COIFFAIT 1955)
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4.34. Sunius renouardi ( COIFFAIT 1955) View in CoL ( Figs. 76-78 View Figs 76-82 , Map 14 View Map 14 )

Hypomedon renouardi COIFFAIT 1955: 431 View in CoL f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Paratypes: 1♀: " Liban, Jabal Jage, H. Coiffait, 14.XI.51 / Allotype / Renouardi mihi Coiffait det. 1953 / Sunius renouardi (Coiffait) View in CoL det. V. Assing 2007" ( MNHNP) ; 1♀: " Liban, Tannourine F., H. Coiffait, 13.XI.51 / Paratype / Renouardi mihi Coiffait det. 1953 / Sunius renouardi (Coiffait) View in CoL det. V. Assing 2007" ( MNHNP) ; 13. " Liban, Jabal Jage, H. Coiffait, 14.XI.51 / Paratype / Renouardi mihi Coiffait det. 1953" ( MHNG) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a holotype male from "Jabal Jage" and an unspecified number of paratypes of both sexes from "Jabal Jage, Tannourine Faouka, Dahr el Baidart" ( COIFFAIT 1955).

D i a g n o s i s: 2.7-3.3 mm. Whole body of uniformly reddish yellow coloration, abdomen not appreciably darker than forebody. Based on external characters, the species is indistinguishable from other small brachypterous species distributed in the eastern Mediterranean.

3: sternite VIII with rather broad and deep posterior excision, anterior to this excision with weakly elevated, oblong, non-pubescent carina extending approximately to anterior third of sternite, at apex of excision with cluster of short setae ( Fig. 78 View Figs 76-82 ); aedeagus as in Figs 76-77. View Figs 76-82

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species has become known only from Lebanon ( Map 14 View Map 14 ).