Xantholinus (Calolinus) rufipennis Erichson, 1839

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 19-21

Xantholinus (Calolinus) rufipennis Erichson, 1839 a

( Figs. 28–31 )

Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson, 1839a: 322 f.

Xantholinus (Calolinus) phenicius Coiffait, 1971: 429 ff.; syn. n.

Type material examined. X. rufipennis : Lectotype, present designation: ɗ, "5837 / rufipennis Er. Sicil. Schultz / Syntypus Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson, 1839 , labelled by MNHUB 2006 / Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) Nr. 5837, Xantholinus rufipennis Erichs., Sicil., Schultz, Zool. Mus. Berlin / Lectotypus ɗ Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson desig. V. Assing 2006 / Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson det. V. Assing 2006" ( MNHUB). Paralectotype: Ψ, " Syria Aubé / Syntypus Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson, 1839 , labelled by MNHUB 2006 / Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) Nr. 5837, Xantholinus rufipennis Erichs. , Syria, Aubé, Zool. Mus. Berlin / Paralectotypus Ψ Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson desig. V. Assing 2006 / Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson det. V. Assing 2006" ( MNHUB).

X. phenicius : Paratype: Ψ, " Liban: Kartaba, 1200–1400 m, 116, V.1964 - G. Fagel / G. Fagel det., libanicus Coiff. ? / X. ( Calolinus ) phenicus [sic] Coiff., H. Coiffait det. 1964 / Allotype / Museum Paris" ( MNHNP).

Additional material examined. GREECE: mainland: 1 ex., Séres, Alistrati, 27.IV.1983, leg. Schönmann (cAss); Crete: 4 exs., Ierapetra, 15.IV.–13.V.1971, leg. Malicky (cAss); 7 exs., Rethimni, ca. 1.5 km S Kanevos, Kotsifos cleft, 35°14'N, 24°24'E, 440 m, 20.X.2006, leg. Schülke (cSch, cAss); Karpathos: 1 ex., Avlona, 300 m, 27.IV.1994, leg. Frisch (cAss); 2 exs., between Avlona and Vroukounda, 29.IV.2000, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Olympos, 350 m, 30.IV.2000, leg. Meybohm (cAss); Rhodos: 1 ex., Petaloudes (Butterfly valley), 10.IV.1994, leg. Frisch (cAss); Cyclades: 1 ex., Paros, 10.IV.–1.V.1994, leg. Glück & Steinmetz (cAss); 1 ex., Sérifos, 5 km W Sérifos vill., 37°09'N, 24°28'E, 8.–13.V.1984, leg. Malicky (cAss); 5 exs., Sikinos, 10.IV.1981, leg. Schönmann ( NHMW, cAss); 3 exs., Naxos, Kastraki env., 7.IV.1981, leg. Schönmann ( NHMW); 4 exs., Naxos, Apollon env., 4.–5.IV.1981, leg. Schönmann ( NHMW, cAss); 1 ex., Ios, port, 20.IV.1981, leg. Schönmann ( NHMW); 1 ex., Ios, Miopotamos bay, 11.IV.1981, leg. Schönmann ( NHMW). TURKEY: Zonguldak: 2 exs., Eregli Koca Ali, Amaçlar cave entrance, 10.V.2001, leg. Lohaj (cAss); Çanakkale: 15 exs., 25 km S Kumkale, Beşik Koyu ["Besika Bay", ca. 39°49'N, 26°10'E], leg. Walker ( BMNH); Izmir: 1 ex., Bozdaġ, 38°20'N, 28°06'E, 1300–1560 m, 21.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., "Smyrna" ( BMNH); Mu ğ la: 1 ex., N Milas, Labranda, 37°25'N, 27°49'E, 550–660 m, 18.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); Antalya: 1 ex., E Kumluca, 36°21'N, 30°23'E, 300–500 m, grassland, under stones, 23.III.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 60 km SSW Antalya, Çiralı, 36°25'N, 30°28'E, 40 m, grassland, 4.IV.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 70 km NE Fethiye, Gülübeli Geçik, 36°50'N, 29°46'E, 1525 m, 29.III.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 28 km N Finike, Çatallar, 1000 m, 8.V.1992, leg. Behne ( DEI); 1 ex., Manavgat, 600 m, 31.XII.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); Mersin: 1 ex., road to Arslanköy, 5 km SE Aladaġ, 36°55'N, 34°32'E, 700 m, 10.V.2004, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., N Finike, Arykanda, 36°30'N, 30°03'E, 720 m, 15.IV.2001, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., road from Silifke to Gülnar, 36°23'N, 33°50'E, 475 m, fallow near road margin, 27.XII.2000, leg. Assing (cAss); Antakya: 4 exs., Arsuz, 15.–16.IV.1966 ( NHMW); 11 exs., Belen env., Soġukoluk, 24.V.1987, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer ( NHMW, cAss); 1 ex., Nur Daġları, 24.V.1987, leg. Jäch ( NHMW); Kahramanmara ş: 1Ψ [identification uncertain], 60 km SE Kahramanmaraş, Gani Daġı, 37°30'N, 37°25'E, 950 m, 31.III.2005, leg. Assing (cAss); 1Ψ [identification uncertain], 50 km W Kahramanmaraş, 8 km SE Andırın, 37°33'N, 36°26'E, 1110 m, 19.III.2005, leg. Assing (cAss); Gaziantep: 1Ψ [identification uncertain], 70 km W Gaziantep, 7 km N Islahiye, 500 m, 11.V.1997, leg. Schulz, Vock & Sanetra (cAss); Mardin: 1Ψ [identification uncertain], Mardin, 1300 m, 10.–15.V.1969, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); Diyabakir: 4 exs., Karaçadaġ near Diyabakir, 28.V.1987, leg. Jäch, Schillhammer & Schönmann ( NHMW, cAss). CYPRUS: 1 ex., 3 km W Agia Napa, 9.–14.IV.1999, leg. Pütz (cAss); 2 exs., Akamas, Neochorion, 200 m, fallow, 24.IV.1995, leg. Sprick & Bauer (cAss); 1 ex., N-Troodos, Galata, creek valley, flood debris, 4.IV.1994, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., Limasol, Episcopi, 12.IV.1995, leg. Schmid ( NHMW); 1 ex., Polis, 10 km S Akourdaleia, 300 m, 19.IV.1995, leg. Suppantschitsch ( NHMW); 1 exs., Larnaka (cAss); 1 ex., 5 km N Dhekelia, 20.–22.III.1995, leg. Schröder (cSch). SYRIA: 1Ψ [identification uncertain], 45 km NE Latakia, Zainie, 30.IV.1982, leg. Dvořák (cSch); 1 ex., Idlib, Blyoun env., 700 m, 5.V.2002, leg. Pelletier (cTro). ISRAEL: 1 ex., Galilee, Mt. Meron, 1100 m, 21.IV.1982, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (cAss); 12 exs., Upper Galilee, North District, Meron Mts., Har Meron, Kamin Rom, 32°59'N, 35°25'E, 1100 m, open stony grassland, limestone, 28.IV.2006, leg. Aßmann, Wrase (cFel, cSch, cAss); 6 exs., North district, Upper Galilee, S Ziv'on, 33°01'N, 35°25'E, 750 m, open stony grazing land, dolomite, 28.–29.IV.2006, leg. Aßmann, Wrase (cFel, cSch); 2 exs. [det Feldmann; locality not included in Fig. 31 ], Upper Galilee, Hurfeish, 33°01'N, 35°21'E, 625 m, 13.XI.2005 ( TAU, cFel); 1 ex. [det Feldmann, slightly teneral], same data, but 22.V.2005 (cFel); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], same data, but 27.X.2005 ( TAU); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann; locality not included in Fig. 31 ], same data, but 13.XI.2005 ( TAU); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Matta', 24.III.2006, leg. Shtirberg ( TAU); 2 exs., Khermon Mts., Khermon ridge, Har Khavushit, below lift station, 33°18'N, 35°74'E [sic], 2500 m, stony subalpine slopes, 23.IV.2006, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss); 1 ex., Golan Heights, Bental Reservoir, W Merom Golan, ca. 1000 m, stony wetland near shore, 30.IV.2006, leg. Wrase (cSch); 1 ex., Golan Heights, W env. Har Shifon, 33°05'N, 35°46'E, 852 m, slopes of stony grassland, 30.IV.2006, leg. Wrase (cSch); 1 ex., Golan Heights, Ya'ar Odem, NW Buq'ata, 33°12'N, 35°46'E, 1090 m, open grassland, partly ruderal, 23.IV.2006, leg. Wrase (cSch); 2 exs., Upper Galilee, Ziv’on, 33°01'N 035°25'E, 29.IV.06, leg. Aßmann (cFel).

Comment. The original description of X. rufipennis is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from Sicily and " Syria " ("habitat in Sicilia, Dom. Dr. Schultz, in Syria, Dom. Dr. Aubé") ( Erichson 1839a). Two syntypes, a male and a female, were found in the historical collection of MNHUB. In order to define the identity of this species, the male is here designated as the lectotype. The original description of X. phenicius is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from "Kartaba, Liban ". The male holotype is apparently deposited in the Fagel collection in Brussels, but, according to the chief curator in charge, a loan of material from this institution is currently not possible, owing to a lack of staff (Desender, pers. comm.). However, based on an examination of the paratype from the Coiffait collection and of numerous additional specimens from the Eastern Mediterranen, as well as on the illustration of the aedeagus by Coiffait (1971), there is no doubt that the type material of X. rufipennis and X. phenicius is conspecific and that, consequently, X. phenicius is a junior synonym of X. rufipennis . The habitus and the aedeagus of the lectotype and the aedeagus of a male from Cyprus are illustrated in Figs. 28–30 .

Distribution and bionomics. The species is widespread in the Eastern Mediterranean from Italy to Israel ( Bordoni 1972a, 1975b, Coiffait 1972, Smetana 2004). It seems worth noting that it has been recorded especially from localities close to the Mediterranean coast and from various islands (Sicily, Crete, Karpathos, Cyclades, Cyprus) ( Fig. 31 ).

Most of the material listed above was collected at low to intermediate altitudes in various types of grassland and in fallows. One specimen collected in April is teneral.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Distribution of Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson (open circles: records based on females only), based on examined material.

FIGURES 23 – 30. Xantholinus reitteri Coiffait (23 – 26), X. sidonensis Coiffait, holotype (27), and X. rufipennis Erichson (28 – 30; 28 – 29: lectotype, 30: male from Cyprus): 23, 27, 29 – 30 — aedeagus in dorsal view; 24 — aedeagus in lateral view; 25 — distal internal structures of aedeagus; 26 — distal internal structures of aedeagus in lateral view; 28 — habitus. Scale bars: 28: 1.0 mm; 23 – 25, 27, 29 – 30: 0.5 mm; 26: 0.2 mm.