Sunius montanellus (BORDONI 1980)

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 : 89-91

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13133503
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13133677
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scientific name	Sunius montanellus (BORDONI 1980)
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4.52. Sunius montanellus (BORDONI 1980) View in CoL ( Figs 125-127 View Figs 117-127 , Map 19)

Hypomedon montanellus BORDONI 1980c: 216 View in CoL .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype 3: " Maroc - Ht. Atlas, Tizi-n-Tichka (1600 m), 1.V.60, Cl. Besuchet / Holotypus / Hypomedon montanellus View in CoL n. sp. det. Bordoni 1980 / Sunius montanellus (Bordoni) View in CoL det. V. Assing 2007" ( MHNG).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a single holotype specimen from " Marocco, M.te [sic; recte: H.te] Atlas , Tizi-m-Tichka " ( BORDONI 1980c) .

D i a g n o s i s: External morphology as in S. tuniseus , but whole body of uniformly yellowish coloration, abdomen not distinctly darker than forebody, and eyes very small, only about 1/4 the length of postocular region in dorsal view.

3: sternite VII with weakly concave posterior margin, pubescence unmodified; sternite VIII as in Fig. 127 View Figs 117-127 , with pubescent tubercle, posterior excision very shallow; aedeagus of highly distinctive morphology with long, slender, and straight ventral process, without sclerotised internal structures ( Figs 125-126 View Figs 117-127 ).

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

Figs 128-131: Sunius berberus (COIFFAIT) (128-129) and S. seminiger (FAIRMAIRE) (130-131): (128, 130) aedeagus in lateral view; (129, 131) male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.