Amarochara caeca ASSING, 2002

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Amarochara THOMSON of the Holarctic region V. A new species from China, a new combination, the male of A. caeca ASSING, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 63-71 : 64

Amarochara caeca ASSING, 2002 ( Figs 1-4 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Tunisia: 13, Tunisia, Béja, mountain pass 11 km WNW Teboursuk, 36°30'N, 9°10'E, 700 m, under stone, 1.III.2012, leg. Hetzel (cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on two females from Tunisia, one from Aïn Draham and one from Le Kef ( ASSING 2002a). The previously unknown male sexual characters are as follows: sternite VIII strongly convex posteriorly, not pointed ; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 1-2 ) 0.5 mm long, base of ventral process with conspicuous short median lamella, crista proximalis pronounced; paramere ( Figs 3-4 ) with short and apically somewhat truncate apical lobe.

Figures

Figs 1-4: Amarochara caeca ASSING: (1-2) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (3) paramere; (4) apical lobe of paramere. Scale bars: 1-3: 0.2 mm; 4: 0.1 mm.