Oxypoda flavicornis KRAATZ 1856

Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 365-399 : 394

Oxypoda flavicornis KRAATZ 1856

( Figs 46-50 )

Comment: The widespread O. flavicornis is one of the most variable species of the genus, particularly regarding the shape of the antennae and the coloration, also regarding the shape of the spermatheca. However, the species is always readily identified by the shape and internal structures of the aedeagus ( Figs 46-50 ). The spermatheca is illustrated in Fig. 50 .

Figures

Figs 42-50: Oxypoda determinata SCRIBA (42-43; 42: neotype of O. determinata and lectotype of O. incerta EPPELSHEIM; 43: paralectotype of O. incerta), O. hispanica BERNHAUER (44-45; 44: lectotype; 45: paralectotype), and O. flavicornis KRAATZ (46-50) from Sicily (46-47), northern Anatolia (48), and Albania (49-50): (42, 44, 46-49) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (43, 45, 50) spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.