Meotica parasita MULSANT & REY, 1873

Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen, 2019, The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 731-772 : 755-756

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Meotica parasita MULSANT & REY, 1873
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Meotica parasita MULSANT & REY, 1873 View in CoL

( Figs 40-47 View Figs 39-52 )

Meotica parasita MULSANT & REY, 1873: 174 View in CoL f.; lectotype designation by MUONA (1979).

Meotica winkleri BENICK, 1953: 59 View in CoL f.; nov.syn.

Meotica bosnica SCHEERPELTZ, 1954a: 151 ; nov.syn.

Meotica albanica SCHEERPELTZ, 1967: 549 View in CoL ff.; preoccupied.

Meotica albanicola SCHEERPELTZ, 1969: 107 View in CoL ; replacement name; nov.syn.

Meotica aegyptia PACE, 1983: 32 View in CoL ff.; nov.syn.

Meotica szeli ÁDÁM, 1987: 162 View in CoL ; synonymy with M. winkleri View in CoL by VOGEL (2015).

Type material examined: M. parasita View in CoL : Lectotype ♀ [dissected by J. Muona; antennae and posterior abdominal segments damaged]: " ♀ / Meotica parasita View in CoL M. & R., Lectotype ♀, Muona des. 1979 / Muona det. Meotica parasita View in CoL M. & R." ( MHNL).

M. winkleri : Holotype ♀ [dissected prior to present study; spermatheca missing; abdominal segments VIII-X strongly damaged]: " ♀ / Neusiedler-See / Meotica winkleri ♀, G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey , det. V. Assing 2018 " ( MHNG).

M. bosnica : Lectotype ♂, present designation: "♂ / Majevica-pl., Bosnia bor. / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica bosnica O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica bosnica Scheerpeltz , desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey , det. V. Assing 2018 " ( NHMW).

M. albanica and M. albanicola : Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Albania bor., Shkodër, Smetana 1958 / 15.V. B [overleaf] / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica albanica O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica albanica Scheerpeltz , desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey , det. V. Assing 2018" ( NHMW). Paralectotype ♀: same data as lectotype ( NHMW).

M. aegyptia : Holotype ♀: Meadi, Egypt, 26.6.33 D, Dr. H. Priesner / Meotica libanica Fauvel / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Holotypus Meotica aegyptia m., det. R. Pace 1972, Meotica aegyptia sp. n. det. R. Pace 1982 / Meotica marchica Benick [sic] det. V. Assing 2003 ( NHMW).

Additional material examined: FRANCE: 1♂, Nice env., Loup river, X.1953, leg. Ochs (cVog). ITALY: 1♂, Roma env., leg. Winkler (cVog). HUNGARY: 1♂, 1♀, Bugac National Park , grassland, 11.XI.1980 & 23.IX.1983, leg. Galle (cVog) . CROATI A: 1♂, 1♀ Josipdol-Karlovac, car-net, 9.V.1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun); 2♂♂, 5♀♀, Plitvice-Josipdol , car-net, 9.V.1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun). BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: 1♂, 2♀♀ Kraljeva-Sutesca-Mostre, arable land, car-net, 5.V.1990, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1♀, Kraljeva-Sutesca-Zadoici , car-net, 5.V.1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun). GREECE: CRETE: 1♂, Damnoni, 35°10'28''N, 24°24'55''E, VII.1978, leg. Tronquet (cTro); GoogleMaps 1♀, Zakros , 28.III.1973, leg. Fülscher et Meybohm (cVog); see also ASSING (2019). GoogleMaps C o r f u: see ASSING et al. (2018). TURKEY: 1♀, Erzincan, Tercan , 1400 m, 6.VI.1986, leg. Besuchet et Löbl (cVog).

Comment: The original description of M. parasita is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "le Bugey" (East France: Ain) (MULSANT & REY 1873). MUONA (1979) designated the sole syntype in the Rey collection as the lectotype. The lectotype, a somewhat damaged macropterous female, had been dissected by J. Muona.

In the description of M. winkleri , which is based on a unique specimen from "Neusiedler-See", BENICK (1953) sexed the holotype as a male. An examination of the specimen, however, revealed that it is in fact a female, whose abdominal apex is severely damaged and whose spermatheca is missing. Based on external characters and on notes of the second author, this specimen is conspecific with M. parasita .

The original description of M. bosnica is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "Bosnien-Herzegowina" ( SCHEERPELTZ 1954a). The sole syntype in the Scheerpeltz collection, a male, is designated as the lectotype. An examination of the aedeagus revealed that the specimen is conspecific with M. parasita .

Meotica albanica View in CoL was described based on "1♂, 1♀, Typen" from " Albania bor., Shkodër " ( SCHEERPELTZ 1967). The name is preoccupied by Meotica albanica View in CoL BENICK, 1953 and was subsequently replaced with the nomen novum M. albanicola by SCHEERPELTZ (1969). Since a holotype is not specified in the description, the male syntype is designated as the lectotype. The specimen is conspecific with M. parasita View in CoL .

Meotica View in CoL szeli, whose description is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from "Dömsöd" in Hungary ( ÁDÁM 1987), was synonymized with M. winkleri View in CoL by VOGEL (2015).

Meotica aegyptia View in CoL was described based on a unique female from " Egypt, Meadi" ( PACE 1983). The spermatheca illustrated by PACE (1983) is identical to that of M. parasita View in CoL . This, in combination with the dark coloration and the long elytra, suggests that the holotype of M. aegyptia View in CoL is in fact conspecific with that species. When examining the specimen in 2003, the first author identified it as M. marchica (now a synonym of M. moczarskii View in CoL ) based on the shape of the spermatheca. The identity of M. parasita View in CoL was clarified only very recently.

Diagnosis: Winged and usually dark-coloured species.

♂: sternite VIII strongly transverse, posterior margin broadly truncate ( Fig. 39 View Figs 39-52 ); median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.25 mm long and shaped as in Figs 40-43 View Figs 39-52 , with apical internal structure of distinctive shape (lateral view); apical lobe of paramere blackish.

♀: tergite VIII with distinctly concave posterior margin; sternite VIII ( Fig. 44 View Figs 39-52 ) much longer than that of male, posterior margin broadly and weakly convex; spermatheca of simple shape, similar to that of M. moczarskii ( Figs 45-47 View Figs 39-52 ).

Confirmed distribution: France, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Egypt.

MHNL

Musee Guimet d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Meotica

Loc

Meotica parasita MULSANT & REY, 1873

Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen 2019
2019
Loc

Meotica szeli ÁDÁM, 1987: 162

ADAM L 1987: 162
1987
Loc

Meotica aegyptia PACE, 1983: 32

PACE R 1983: 32
1983
Loc

Meotica albanicola

SCHEERPELTZ O 1969: 107
1969
Loc

Meotica albanica SCHEERPELTZ, 1967: 549

SCHEERPELTZ O 1967: 549
1967
Loc

Meotica bosnica SCHEERPELTZ, 1954a: 151

SCHEERPELTZ O 1954: 151
1954
Loc

Meotica winkleri BENICK, 1953: 59

BENICK G 1953: 59
1953
Loc

Meotica parasita

MULSANT & REY, 1873: 174
Loc

M. winkleri

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