Xantholinus (Idiolinus) ciliciae BORDONI 1971

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1284

Xantholinus (Idiolinus) ciliciae BORDONI 1971 ( Figs 74-77 )

Xantholinus (Echinophallus) ciliciae BORDONI 1971: 680 ff.

Xantholinus (Calolinus) cypriacus BORDONI 2007b: 64 ; nov.syn.

C o m m e n t: Xantholinus ciliciae was originally described in the subgenus Echinophallus COIFFAIT 1956 (now a synonym of Idiolinus CASEY 1906), based on a male holotype and seven male paratypes from "Cilicia, Adana" ( BORDONI 1971). Recently, the same species was described again as X. cypriacus in the subgenus Calolinus COIFFAIT 1956 , from a single male collected in " Cyprus: Kyrenia " ( BORDONI 2007b). The species is rather common both in southern Turkey and Cyprus ( ASSING 2004 a, 2007a; ASSING & WUNDERLE 2001); for a distribution map see ASSING (2007a). Based on the illustration of the aedeagus and other external characters (coloration, short wings) given in the original description of X. cypriacus , there is no doubt that the holotype is conspecific with the type material of X. ciliciae . A study of hundreds of specimens, including the distinctive internal structures of the aedeagus ( Figs 74-77 ), yielded no evidence whatsoever that the material from Cyprus should be specifically distinct from the populations in southern Turkey, so that X. cypriacus is placed in the synonymy of the senior name X. ciliciae .

Figures

Figs 74-80: Xantholinus ciliciae BORDONI (74-75: males from Turkey; 76-77: males from Cyprus) and Astenus uniformis (JACQUELIN DU VAL), neotype (78-80): aedeagus in dorsal view (74, 76); internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation (75, 77); aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (78-79); apex of aedeagus in lateral view (80). Scale bars: 74-77: 0.5 mm; 78-79: 0.2 mm; 80: 0.1 mm.