Oxypoda subnitida MULSANT & REY 1875

Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 365-399 : 388-389

Oxypoda subnitida MULSANT & REY 1875

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Material examined: Spain:Murcia: 1, Jumilla , 38°38'N, 1°25'W, 740 m, XI.- XII.2010, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1, Jumilla , 38°26'N, 1°12'W, 670 m, II.2011, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1, Jumilla, Los Almendros , 38°38'N, 1°25'W, 740 m, pitfall, VIII-XI.2010, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; Yecla , 38°30'N; 1°08'W, 670 m, X.2010, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1, Jumilla, Sierra del Carche, 820 m, flight interception trap, III.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss). Italy: 1, Sicilia, Ficuzza (PA), 19.II.1994, leg. Sabella (cAss). France: 1, Bouches-du-Rhône, La Crau, 6.IV.1989, leg. Poot (cWun). Tunisia: 1, ca. 25 km SW El Fahs, 36°15'N, 09°48'E, 340 m, reservoir, stream valley with poplar etc., moss and litter sifted, 25.XII.2004, leg. Assing (cAss). Cyprus: 1 ex., Troodos , Spilia , 34°58'N, 32°58'E, 1170 m, 26.III.2010, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Troodos, Platres-Prodromos , 1350 m, 1.IV.1996, leg. Wunderle (cAss) ; 1 ex., Troodos, Olympos , 1900 m, pine and alder litter sifted, 10.IV.1996, leg. Wunderle (cWun) ; 1 ex., Paphos forest, Kykkos , 1250 m, sifted, 6.IV.1996, leg. Wunderle (cWun) .

Comment: The distribution of O. subnitida ranges from North Africa ( Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco) to France, Malta, and Sicily ( SMETANA 2004, ZANETTI 1995). TRONQUET (2004) reported it also from Spain and the Greek island Corfu. The above specimens from Cyprus represent new country records. The revised distribution is illustrated in Map 3 .

The species was redescribed and illustrated by TRONQUET (2004). The spermatheca is of extremely variable shape. The proximal portion of the spermathecal capsule may be distinctly longer than any of the spermathecae figured by TRONQUET (2004), even longer than that figured by ZERCHE (1994). The morphology of the aedeagus, however, is rather constant. The species is distinguished from the closely allied O. incurvata ASSING 2008 by somewhat larger size, the broader and shorter apex of the ventral process of the aedeagus (lateral view), and by the shape of the sclerotised structure in the internal sac of the aedeagus.

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Map 3: Distribution of Oxypoda subnitida MULSANT & REY based on revised records (triangles) and records reported by TRONQUET (2004) (circles).