Lithocharis, FAUVEL, 1878, 1833

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revison of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1133-1178 : 1175

"Lithocharis" gigantea FAUVEL, 1878 ( Figs 100-101 )

Lithocharis gigantea FAUVEL, 1878: 230 .

Type material examined: Syntype: "Erima, Nlle Guinée / Wokan (J. Arou[?]) / ♀ gigantea Fvl. / Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Ex-Typis" (IRSNB).

Additional material examined: Indonesia: 1♀, Pulau Waigeo ["Waigiou"], leg. Wallace (BMNH).

Comment: The original description is based on two syntypes of unspecified sex, one of them deposited in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova and one in the Fauvel collection at the IRSNB ( FAUVEL 1878). The examined female syntype from the Fauvel collection and the additional female from the BMNH belong to an unidentified genus of Medonina , certainly not to Lithocharis . The head and the forebody of the syntype are illustrated in Figs 100-101 .

Figures

Figs 95-101: Lithocharis inermis nov.sp. (95-99) and "Lithocharis" gigantea FAUVEL, syntype (100-101): (95, 100) forebody; (96) male sternite VII; (97) male sternite VIII; (98-99) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; head (101). Scale bars: 95, 100-101: 1.0 mm; 96-99: 0.2 mm.