Sunius puglianus ( 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 : 96-97

4.58. Sunius puglianus ( COIFFAIT 1961) ( Map 21 )

Hypomedon puglianus COIFFAIT 1961: 38 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy: P u g l i a: 1 ex., Taranto, Circ. Mar Piccolo, 5.I.1992, leg. Montemurro (cAss) ; 1 ex., same data, but 27.XII.1992 (cZan) ; 1 ex., same data, but 26.XII.1985 (cZan) ; 1 ex., Taranto env., 8.XII.1993 leg. Montemurro (cZan) ; 14 exs., same data, but 20.I.1996 (cZan, cAss) ; 1 ex., same data, but 13.XII.1998 (cZan) ; 4 exs., Francavilla Fontana ( BR), 5.II.1995, leg. Montemurro (cZan) ; 1 ex., road Noicattaro-Bari (BA), pasture, IV.1997, leg. Angelini (cSch) ; 1 ex., Gioia del Colle , 18.III.1944, leg. Focarile (cZan) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a holotype male and an unspecified number of paratypes from " Italie, Pouilles, Gioia del Colle " ( COIFFAIT 1961).

D i a g n o s i s: Externalmorphology similar to that of other species of the S. tuniseus group.

3: sternite VII not distinctly modified; sternite VIII near posterior excision with rather large and distinctly elevated median tubercle furnished with dense stout pubescence; aedeagus of rather stout shape, with conspicuously broad ventral process in ventral view and with row of distinctly sclerotised spines in internal sac. For illustrations of the male primary and secondary sexual characters see ADORNO & ZANETTI (2003).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The known distribution of this species is confined to Puglia in southern Italy ( Map 21 ; ADORNO & ZANETTI 2003).

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Map 21: Distributions of species of the S. seminiger group in Italy: Sunius puglianus (COIFFAIT) (filled circles) and S. sardus nov.sp. (open circles).