Sunius ignatii ADORNO & ZANETTI 2003

Assing, V. & A, North, 2008, A revision of the Sunius species of the Western Palaearctic region and Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 5-135 : 32-33

4.5. Sunius ignatii ADORNO & ZANETTI 2003

Sunius ignatii ADORNO & ZANETTI 2003: 35 ff.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Paratype: 13: "Sicilia- 26.12.1995, Ficuzza, paese vaglio querceta (PA), I. Sparacio / Sunius ignatii Adorno & Zanetti / Paratypus " (cZan).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy: S i c i l i a 2 exs., Ficuzza, 1906, leg. Leonhard (DEI, cAss).

D i a g n o s i s: External morphology highly similar to that of S. ovaliceps , distinguished only by the absence of a palisade fringe at the posterior margin of the abdominal tergite VII and by the male sexual characters:

3: sternite VII not distinctly modified; sternite VIII with broad and not very deep posterior incision, otherwise unmodified; aedeagus with short and stout ventral process, internal sac with short and stout flagellum; for illustrations see ADORNO & ZANETTI (2003).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The known distribution is confined to the surroundings of Ficuzza, Sicily (ADORNO & ZANETTI 2003).