Leptacinus armeniacus COIFFAIT , 1966

Assing, Volker, 2017, Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some West Palaearctic and Middle Asian Xantholinini, with a revalidation and new synonymies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 235-252 : 239

Leptacinus armeniacus COIFFAIT, 1966

Leptacinus armeniacus COIFFAIT, 1966: 196 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀: " Erevan, Dzhrvezh, ASSR - 15-5-52 / Type / Leptacinus armeniacus Coiff., H. Coffait det. 1963" (cKal).

C o m m e n t: According to COIFFAIT (1966), the type material is composed of a male holotype deposited in the Khnzorian collection and a male paratype deposited in the Coiffait collection, both from the type locality in Armenia. An examination of the holotype, however, revealed that it is in fact a female. In external characters, this species is not distinctive. The holotype is characterized by rather small size (similar to L. formicetorum MÄRKEL, 1841 ), brownish coloration, and the absence of microsculpture in the anterior portion of the pronotum.