On some species of Oxypoda MANNERHEIM from Turkey and adjacent regions (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Aleocharinae) Assing, V. Linzer biologische Beiträge 2006 2006-07-21 38 1 277 331 4BHVR Assing, 2006 Assing 2006 [151,510,1151,1173] Insecta Staphylinidae Oxypoda Animalia Coleoptera 20 297 Arthropoda species gladiatoria sp. nov. Thliboptera    Holotype3: TR - Muğla, No.10, 20 km NNE Fethiye, N-exp. oakwood,  970 m, 36°47'28N, 29°11'29E,  27.III.2002, V. Assing/ Holotypus3  Oxypoda gladiatoria sp. n.det. V. Assing 2006(cAss).  Paratypes: 533, 9♀♀: same data as holotype (cAss, cFel, OÖLL);  22 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle(cWun, cAss); 233: TR - Muğla, No.21, SE Fethiye, Baba Dağ, above Ovacik,  680 m, 36°33'23N, 29°09'49E,  30.III.2002, V. Assing(cAss);  1 ex.: same data, but leg. Wunderle(cWun); 233, 1♀: TR - Antalya, No.26, E Kumluca,  385 m,  Laurus,  Platanus, 36°21'50N, 30°22'27E,  3.IV.2002, V. Assing(cAss);  1 ex.: same data, but leg. Wunderle(cWun);  1♀: TR - Antalya, No.27, E Kumluca,  385 m, stream bank, 36°21'50N, 30°22'27E,  3.IV.2002, V. Assing& P. Wunderle(cAss);  1♀: TR - Antalya, No.5, E Kumluca,  385 m,  Laurus,  Platanus, 36°21'50N, 30°22'27E,  25.III.2002, V. Assing(cAss);  3 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle(cWun); 2 exs.: TR - Antalya, No. 4, E Kumluca, 335 m, grassland, under stones, 36°21'12N, 30°22'41E, 25.III.2002, P. Wunderle (cWun); 13: 1.1.-7.1.91, SW-TÜ, Umg. Gündogmus, 850-900 m, leg. P. Wunderle (cAss); 13: Cyprus- NW-Troodos, Kalopanayotis,  600 m, N-Hang, Streugesiebe,  1.IV.1995, Assing(cAss); 13, 3♀♀: Cyprus Troodos-Geb., Marathassa-Pedhoulas, Ayios Joannis,  600 m, 01.04.96, P. Wunderle(cWun, cAss). D e s c r i p t i o n: 4.5-5.5 mm. External characters as in  O. micantoides( Figs 91-93, 100). 3: sternite VIII weakly transverse, its posterior margin broadly convex ( Fig. 101); median lobe of aedeagus very large, with angled ventral process (lateral view) and with two pairs of long flattened sclerotised structures in internal sac ( Figs 94-96); apical lobe of paramere as in Fig. 103.  ♀: sternite VIII transverse, its posterior margin truncate, sometimes indistinctly concave in the middle ( Fig. 102); spermatheca of somewhat variable shape, with relatively large capsule and rather short duct ( Figs 97-99). E t y m o l o g y: The name (Lat., adj.) refers to the sword-like flatted structures in the internal sac of the aedeagus. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Fromthehighlysimilar  O. micantoides,  O. gladiatoriais distinguished only by the morphology of the aedeagus: the somewhat larger and flattened long sclerotised structures and the shape of the flagellum-like ventral structure in the internal sac, the larger crista apicalis, and the more slender and less strongly angled ventral process.  D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Thecurrently known distribution includes southwestern Anatolia ( Muğla, Antalya) and Cyprus( Map 6). Thevast majority of typespecimens were sifted from the leaf litter of deciduous trees (oak, sycamore, laurel) at relatively low altitudes (  335-970 m); some were found by turning stones in a pasture. One of the specimens collected in March is somewhat teneral. 2002-03-27 V Mugla, No. 970 36.79111 19 29.191387 20 297 1 holotype [222,839,1233,1260] 2002-03-27 OOLL Mugla, No. 970 36.79111 19 29.191387 20 297 9 9 paratype 2002-03-27 OOLL Wunderle 970 36.79111 19 29.191387 20 297 22 paratype 2002-03-30 V Mugla & No. & Fethiye & Baba Dag & Ovacik 680 36.55639 Assing 19 29.16361 20 297 1 paratype 2002-03-30 V Wunderle 680 36.55639 Assing 19 29.16361 20 297 1 paratype 2002-04-03 V Antalya & No. & Kumluca & Laurus & Platanus 385 36.363888 Assing 19 30.374166 20 297 1 1 paratype [541,957,1326,1346] 2002-04-03 V Wunderle 385 36.363888 Assing 19 30.374166 20 297 1 paratype 2002-04-03 V Antalya & No. & E Kumluca & P. Wunderle 385 36.363888 Assing 19 30.374166 20 297 1 1 paratype 2002-03-25 V Antalya & No. & Kumluca & Laurus & Platanus 385 36.363888 Assing 19 30.374166 20 297 1 1 paratype [542,953,1394,1414] 2002-03-25 V Wunderle 385 36.363888 Assing 19 30.374166 20 297 3 paratype 1995-04-01 Kalopanayotis & Streugesiebe Cyprus 600 Assing 20 297 1 paratype Troodos-Geb. & Marathassa-Pedhoulas & Ayios Joannis & P. Wunderle Cyprus 600 Cyprus 20 297 3 3 paratype Cyprus 653 The The 21 298 1 Mugla, Antalya