Lithocharis mauretanica COIFFAIT , 1966

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revison of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1133-1178 : 1140

Lithocharis mauretanica COIFFAIT, 1966 ( Figs 14-16 )

Lithocharis mauretanicus [sic] COIFFAIT, 1966: 347 ff.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; aedeagus missing]: "1 / Mauritanie, Rgueibat Temba, Mateu, 5.2.58 Préparation microscopique / Holotype / Lithocharis mauretanicus Coiff., H. Coiffait det. 1966" ( MNHNP) . Paratype ♀: same data as holotype, but "7.3.58" ( MNHNP) .

Comment: The original description is based on a male holotype and three paratypes (one male and two females) from " Mauritania: Rgueïbat Temba" ( COIFFAIT 1966). The secondary sexual characters of the holotype are illustrated in Figs 14-16 .

Figures

Figs 8-16: Lithocharis subochracea COIFFAIT (8-13; 8-11: holotype; 12-13: male from Yemen) and L. mauretanica COIFFAIT, holotype (14-16): (8) habitus; (9, 14) male sternite VII; (10, 15) posteromedian portion of male sternite VII; (11, 16) male sternite VIII; (12-13) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 8: 1.0 mm; 9, 11-14, 16: 0.2 mm; 10, 15: 0.1 mm.