Sunius atlasicus ( COIFFAIT 1970)

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 : 89

4.51. Sunius atlasicus ( COIFFAIT 1970) ( Figs 122-124 , Map 19)

Hypomedon atlasicum [sic] COIFFAIT 1970: 725.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3: " Maroc, 22.3.68, Col du Zad, H. Coiffait / Holotype / Hypomedon atlasicus Coiff. , det. H. Coiffait 1968 / Sunius atlasicus (Coiffait) det. V. Assing 2007" (MNHNP). Paratypes: 2♀♀ [1 labelled as allotype, 1 labelled as paratype]: same data as holotype (MNHNP).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a holotype male and 15 paratypes from "Col du Zad, Moyen Atlas Marocain" and one paratype from "Aguelmane Sidi Ali" [33°04'N, 05°00'W] ( COIFFAIT 1970).

D i a g n o s i s: External morphology as in S. tuniseus , except for the slightly larger eyes.

3: sternite VII with weakly concave posterior margin, pubescence not modified; sternite VIII as in Fig. 124 , with distinct pubescent tubercle; aedeagus as in Figs 122-123.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species has become known only from two localities in the Moyen Atlas, Morocco (Map 19).

Figures

Figs 117-127: Sunius gourvesi (COIFFAIT), holotype (117-121), S. atlasicus (COIFFAIT), holotype (122-124), and S. montanellus (BORDONI), holotype (125-127): (117-118, 122-123, 125) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (119) internal structures of aedeagus in lateral view; (120, 124, 127) male sternite VIII in ventral view; (121) male sternite VIII in lateral view; (126) ventral process of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.