Tychus sodalicius Kurbatov, 2011

Sabella, Giorgio, Brachat, Volker & Kurbatov, Serguei A, 2012, New species of Tychus from Greece and Turkey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 195-214 : 208-209

Tychus sodalicius Kurbatov, 2011 Figs 26, 29

MATERIAL EXAMINED: PCVB, 1♀; Turkey, Hatay Prov., Antakya, Ziyaret Dagi, Leylekli

(Bachaue), 510 m, 35°57’47”N 36°02’57”E; 22.04.2004; H. Meybohm & V. Brachat .

DESCRIPTION: Length 1.45 mm. Body dark brown with elytra and antennae reddish and legs and palpi yellowish.

Head wider (0.270 mm) than long (0.250 mm), frontal rostrum 0.135 mm wide and 0.055 mm long. Eyes well developed (24 facets). Antennae (Fig. 26) 0. 700 mm long, club 0.275 mm long; scape longer than wide; antennomere II slightly longer than wide, III distinctly longer than wide; IV slightly longer than wide; V longer than wide; VI, VII and VIII distinctly wider than long, VII slightly wider than VI and VIII. Apical segment of maxillary palpi 0.175 mm long and 0.085 mm wide.

Pronotum wider (0.340 mm) than long (0.290 mm) with lateral antebasal foveae in well marked impressions.

Elytra wider (0.580 mm) than long (0.490 mm) with humeri not very protruding. Discal fovea joined to discal stria, latter reaching less than elytral mid-length.

Abdomen with first tergite 0.175 mm long, basal impression extending on half of tergal width.

Genital plate as in Fig. 29.