Anillinus turneri Jeannel, 1963

Sokolov, Igor M., Carlton, Christopher & Cornell, James F., 2004, Review of Anillinus, with Descriptions of 17 New Species and a Key to Soil and Litter Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (2), pp. 185-233 : 205-206

Anillinus turneri Jeannel

(Map fig. 41)

Anillinus turneri Jeannel, 1963 a:77 . Holotype female glued on rectangle and labeled / Peach Co., Ga., 15 Nov 1941, in soil peach orch. 18951 W.F.Turner / TYPE/ TYPE No 69543 USNM/ Anillinus Turneri n.sp. R. Jeannel det., 19 /. Deposited USNM.

Holotype examined. Specimen is in good condition, not damaged or dissected.

Description. Small-sized for genus (ABL, 1.58 mm). Habitus subconvex, elongate (WE/ABL, 0.36), head of moderate size (WH/WPm, 0.77), pronotum and elytra relatively narrow (WPm/WE, 0.85). Color of body brunneorufous, appendages testaceous. Dorsal microsculpture effaced to different degrees on head and pronotum. Head with distinct microsculpture throughout except area with indistinct microsculpture on clypeus and central part of head between the supraorbital punctures. Microsculpture indistinct on disc of pronotum.

Pronotum moderately convex and transverse (WPm/LP, 1.35), margins markedly constricted posteriad (WPm/WPp, 1.34) and slightly sinuate before posterior angles. Anterior angles evident, slightly prominent. Posterior angles nearly rectangular. Width between posterior angles slightly less than between anterior angles (WPa/WPp, 1.04).

Elytra markedly convex, slightly depressed along suture, relatively short (LE/ABL, 0.56), with traces of at least 5 interneurs. Humeri prominent, slightly rounded. Vestiture of elytra short.

Genitalia not examined.

Distribution. Known only from type locality in Peach County, Georgia ( Fig. 41).

Habitat. Holotype specimen bears the label ‘‘in soil peach. orch.’’

Differential Diagnosis. Anillinus turneri is a single member of parallel-sided species with patches of effaced microsculpture on the head ( Table 2, group VI of endogean species). Additional specimens and aedeagal examination are required for further diagnosis.

Comments. J.F. Cornell tried to collect A. turneri in Peach Co. Georgia during 1972–73 using Berlese techniques, but was unsuccessful. Soil washing, as mentioned under A. elongatus , may prove more effective. The 1932 collection by Turner was probably made during a USDA project sampling uncultivated areas between fields and orchards in search of overwintering peach and boll weevils. These collections also recovered the eyeless histerid Geocolus caesus Wentzel , which, like A. turneri , apparently has not been collected since.