Lithocharis nigriceps KRAATZ 1859

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1248-1249

Lithocharis nigriceps KRAATZ 1859 ( Figs 3-5 )

Lithocharis nigriceps KRAATZ 1859: 159 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Lectotype, present designation: " / Ceylon / Syntypus / coll. Kraatz / coll. DEI Müncheberg / Lectotypus Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz , det. V. Assing 2008" (DEI). Paralectotypes: 5 exs.

[2 without abdomen, 1 without head]: same data as lectotype, one of them with additional labels "160" and "nigriceps" (DEI).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: France: 1ex., Pyrénées-Atlantiques, St.Jean Pied de Port, VIII.1997, leg. Assmann (cFel). Germany: 2 exs., Nordrhein-Westfalen, Münster , 25.III.1990, leg. Feldmann (cFel, cAss) ; 1 ex., N-Münster, compost, VIII.1995, leg. Feldmann (cFel); 1 ex., Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Schellbruch , flood debris, 4.XI.1995, leg. Siede (cAss) ; 1 ex., Niedersachsen, Bad Nenndorf , compost, 22.VII.1984, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., Niedersachsen, Hameln env., Königsförde , compost, 20.III.1983, leg. Sprick (cAss) ; 1 ex., Hessen, Seeheim-Jugenheim , fallow, sifted, 7.II.2003, leg. Hetzel (cFel) ; 3 exs., Sachsen, Leipzig, Cospuden, pond margin, sifted, 18.IV.1959, leg. Dieckmann ( DEI). Austria: 7 exs., Niederösterreich, Tullnerbach , leg. Scheerpeltz ( NHMW, cAss). Turkey: 1 ex., Rize, 25 km SE Rize, 40°54'N, 40°46'E, 860 m, mixed forest, 2.VIII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss). Kazakhstan: 1 ex., Ile river , splav, 21.VIII.1982, leg. Kastcheev (cAss) ; 1 ex., Ile river, Buryndysu, 10.VI.1982, leg. Kastcheev (cKas). Japan: 2 exs., Kanagawa, VIII.1906, leg. Sauter ( DEI). Canada: 1, Québec, Parc du Pic , SW Rimouski, 48°21'N, 68°48'W, 0 m, 11.VIII.2005, leg. Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Ceylan " ( KRAATZ 1859). A male in good condition, which had been dissected prior to the present study, is designated as the lectotype. It is in agreement with the interpretation of LOHSE (1964), but evidently not with that of COIFFAIT (1984). The primary and secondary sexual characters of the lectotype are illustrated in Figs 3-5 . The species is newly reported from Kazakhstan.

Figures

Figs 1-5: Paralectotype of Astenus rutilipennis REITTER (1-2) and Lectotype of Lithocharis vilis KRAATZ (3-5): (1-3) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (4) male sternite VII; (5) male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.