Xantholinus (Helicophallus) luteipennis Coiffait, 1970

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 31-32

Xantholinus (Helicophallus) luteipennis Coiffait, 1970

( Figs. 61–62 , 84 )

Type material examined. Holotype: "ɗ, Anatolia centr., Korge & Heinz leg., Bachufer / Umg. Pinarbasi, ö. Kayseri, 1700 m, 25.VII.1965 / Holotype / X. (Helicophallus) luteipennis Coiff., H. Coiffait det. 1966" (cKor).

Additional material examined. TURKEY: Gaziantep: 6 exs., 25 km WNW Gaziantep, Kartal Daġı, 37°11'N, 37°08'E, 1070 m, 9.IV.2004, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch). Adıyaman: 2 exs., 15 km N Adıyaman, 37°59'N, 38°16'E, 1220 m, 25.III.2005, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1 ex., 50 km NE Adıyaman, S Sincik, 38°01'N, 38°37'E, 1330 m, 23.III.2005, leg. Assing (cAss).

Comment. The original description is based on a single holotype male from "environs de Pinarbasi, 1700 m, Ouest de Kayseri" [38°43'N, 36°23'E] ( Coiffait 1970). The holotype was examined and found to be in good agreement with the additional material listed above. The aedeagus of a male from Gaziantep is illustrated in Figs. 61–62 . For a map illustrating the currently known distribution of the species see Fig. 84 .

Figures

FIGURE 84. Distributions of Xantholinus lividipennis Coiffait (open circle), X. tauricus Bordoni (large filled square), X. brevispinosus sp. n. (open square), X. multispinosus sp. n. (small squares), and X. luteipennis Coiffait (filled circles) in Turkey. The tentative records of female X. tauricus are omitted.

FIGURES 60 – 62. Xantholinus tauricus Bordoni, holotype (60) and X. luteipennis Coiffait from Gaziantep (61 – 62): 60 — aedeagus; 61 — internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation; 62 — distal part of internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.