Aleochara (Rheochara) leptocera EPPELSHEIM , 1889

Assing, V., 2009, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Aleochara species of the subgenera Xenochara M & R and Rheochara M & R (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 59 (1), pp. 33-101 : 97

Aleochara (Rheochara) leptocera EPPELSHEIM, 1889 ( Figs 220-224)

Aleochara (Baryodma) leptocera EPPELSHEIM, 1889: 167 f.

Type material examined:

Neotype ♀: " ♀ / El Ramleh, Nest von Spalax Ehrenbergi / Palästina, Israel / leptocera Epp / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Neotypus Rheochara leptocera Epp. / Aleochara leptocera Eppelsheim det. V. Assing 2007" ( NHMW).

Additional material examined:

Turkey: 2 ♂♂, Kahramanmaraş, Nurhak / Elbistan , 2200-2500 m, VI.1967, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss) .

Iran: 1 ♂, Esfahan, S Fereydun Shahr, Gukan , 32°43'N, 50°05'E, 2260, 2.VII.2004, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) .

Comment:

The neotype was already examined, figured, and its status discussed by ASSING (2007a). According to SMETANA (2004), the species has been reported from Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, but confirmed records other than from the type locality were unknown. The additional specimens above represent the first record from Iran and the first records with specified localities from Turkey. The previously unknown male primary and secondary sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 220-224. The two specimens from Turkey differ from the neotype and the male from Iran by a relatively slightly smaller head and slightly longer elytra, but the aedeagus is identical.