Metrotyphlus (Agnatotyphlus) banati, Struyve, 2022

Struyve, Tim, 2022, On the soil dwelling Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Romania, Belgian Journal of Entomology 127, pp. 1-22 : 13-14

Metrotyphlus (Agnatotyphlus) banati sp. nov.

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Figs 4 D , 8 A-B.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Eibenthal , 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 1 male deposited in the HNHM. PARATYPES. Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 3 males and 5 females (cStr) + 1 ex. ( HNHM) , Eibenthal , 29.V.2015, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 3 exs. (cStr) ; Cozia , 25.III.2019, 44.628°N 22.039°E: 1 ex. ( HNHM).

ETYMOLOGY. The type material was found on the southern border of the Banat mountains.

DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.1050; HW: 0.1300; PL: 0.1250; PW: 0.1300; EL: 0.1025; EW: 0.1250; AL: 0.175; TL: 0.9-1.

Typical Metrotyphlus can be identified by the aedeagus that is like in the figures 8 A-B. Dorsal and ventral sides of the aedeagus almost symmetric, dorsal tip membranous, parameres with four setae.

Figures

Fig. 4. A-G, labrum. A, Cyrtotyphlus carpathica sp. nov. B, Romanotyphlus metaliferensis sp. nov. C, Kladotyphlus ariesensis ariesensis ssp. nov. D, Metrotyphlus banati sp. nov. E, Banatotyphlus orsovae sp. nov. F, Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov. G, Banatotyphlus albensis sp. nov. H-J, antenna. H, Cyrtotyphlus carpathica sp. nov. I, Romanotyphlus metaliferensis sp. nov. J, Kladotyphlus ariesensis ariesensis. Scale bar: 0,05 mm.

Fig. 8. Aedeagus in lateral (A, C and E), ventral (B, D and F) and dorsal views (G). A-B Metrotyphlus banati sp. nov. C-D, Banatotyphlus racovitzai Decu. E-G, Banatotyphlus orsovae sp. nov. Scale bar: 0,05 mm.