Ochthephilum turkestanicum (KORGE 1968)

Assing, V., 2009, On the Western Palaearctic and Middle Asian species of Ochthephilum STEPHENS, with notes on Cryptobium koltzei EPPELSHEIM (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Cryptobiina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 397-426 : 404

Ochthephilum turkestanicum (KORGE 1968) (Figs 42-45, Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Macedonia: 533, 1♀, Vardar plain, leg. Schatzmayr (NHMW, cAss). Greece: 13, Nestos, 7 km from estuary, 17.III.1993, leg. Sabella (cZan); 13, Aitolia kai Akarnanía, locality not specified (NHMW); 13, Chalkidiki, Athos, leg. Schatzmayr (NHMW); 13, 3♀♀, Pelopónnisos, Kandhila, 12.VIII.1970, leg. Senglet (MHNG); 13, Pelopónnisos, Kalogria, 23.VI.1998, leg. Angelini (cWun); 13, Zakinthos, Skopos, 24.III.1936, leg. Eiselt (NHMW); 13, Kéa island, leg. v. Oertzen (cAss); 13, 1♀, Crete, Dhamnóni, VII.1978, leg. Tronquet (cTro). Turkey [see also ASSING (2008b)]: 13, 9♀♀ [partly teneral], Muğla, Akyaka, Gökova, 30.IV.1975, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (MHNG); 333, 1♀, Muğla, SE Köyceğiz, 36°57'N, 28°44'E, 10 m, flood plain forest, 28.III.2002, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 233, 1♀, Antalya, Side, 5.VI.1989, leg. Gillerfors (cWun); 1♀, Antalya, Side, 3.VI.1989, leg. Lundberg (cWun); 13, Antalya, Side, at light, 12.VI.1991, leg. Lundberg (cWun); 13, Antalya, Side, V.-VI.1989, leg. Rydh (cWun); 233, Antalya, 26 km NW Alanya, Incekum, 16.IV.-2.V.1984, leg. Pütz (cSch); 16 exs., Kayseri, Sultansazliği, 1000 m, 6.V.1978, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (MHNG); 13, 1♀, Birecik, Halfeti, bank of Euphrat river, 27.V.1987, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer (NHMW); 13, Kars, Kağizman, Aras river, 1200 m, 18.VI.1986, leg. Besuchet, Löbl & Burckhardt (MHNG); 13 [teneral], "Lyciae Taurus", IX.1903, leg. Hauser (NHMW). Israel [see also ASSING (2008b)]: 2 exs., Haifa, leg. Simon (NHMW). Georgia: 233, Tbilisi, Ozero Lisi [41°45'N, 44°44'E, 19.VI.- 13.VII.1988, leg. Wrase (cSch). Azerbaijan [see also paralectotypes of O. egregium ]: 13, Ordubad ["Araxesthal"], leg. Leder & Reitter (HNHM). Iran [see also ASSING (2007)]: S e m n a n: 1 ex., 17 km N Shahmirzad, 5 km S Chashm, 35°51'N, 53°18'E, 2040 m, 22.V.2004, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB). G o l e s t a n: 1 ex., Tang Rah, Golestan National Park, 37°24'N, 55°47'E, 490 m, 4.VI.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB). H o r m o z g a n: 2 exs., 9 km SW Hajiabad, 28°15'N, 55°51'E, 840 m, 22.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB); 1 ex., W Hajiabad, Dar Agah, 28°22'N, 55°43'E, 1110 m, 22.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss). R a z a v i K h o r a s a n: 3 exs., 20 km NW Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Senobar, 35°26'N, 59°06'E, 1730 m, 28.V.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB, cAss); 1 ex., 27 km SW Chanaran, Abghad, 36°31'N, 59°04'E, 1380 m, 29.V.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB). Uzbekistan: 333, Marg'ilon, leg. Staudinger (NHMW). Tajikistan: 13, 1♀, Vorukh env., Chichantau mts. ["Ost-Buchara, Tschitschantan", 39°51'N, 70°53'E], 1898, leg. Hauser (NHMW); 233, 1♀, Karateghin mts., Saripul ["Sary-pul", 38°25'N, 70°08'E], 1482 m, 1898, leg. Hauser (NHMW, cAss); 233, 2♀♀, Karateghin mts., "Baldschuan" [38°18'N, 69°40'E], 924m, 1898, leg. Hauser (NHMW). Locality not specified: 233: "Caucasus", leg. Leder & Reitter (HNHM, NHMW).

C o m m e n t: The morphology of the aedeagus (Figs 42-45) is highly distinctive in that only one apical sclerotised structure is present. This structure is of characteristic shape and usually visible in lateral view, even without dissecting it from the aedeagus. Specimens with a uniformly blackish forebody are rare. In the majority of specimens, at least the pronotum is of brownish or reddish-brown coloration.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The vast distribution of this species ( Map 3 ) ranges from southern Italy across Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, the Middle East, and the Caucasus region to Middle Asia ( ASSING 2007, 2008b; ASSING & WUNDERLE 2001; HOZMAN 1985; material examined). HOZMAN (1985) reported the species from Turkey, but did not specify any localities. The species was recorded from southern Italy by CICERONI & ZANETTI (1995); the record is based on a male with the data "Torre Colimena (TA), salina, 20.VII.1989, L. De Marzo leg." (ZANETTI pers. comm.). The above specimens from Macedonia and Uzbekistan represent the first records from these countries.

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Map 3: Distribution of Ochthephilum turkestanicum (KORGE), based on revised (filled circles) and unrevised (open circle) records.