Sunius nidicola ( KASTCHEEV 1982)

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Palaearctic Sunius. XII. New species, new synonymies, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1045-1061 : 1051-1052

Sunius nidicola ( KASTCHEEV 1982) ( Figs 1-6 )

Medon nidicola KASTCHEEV, 1982: 537 .

Medon splendidulus BOHÁý 1988: 440 f.; nov.syn.

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T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:

M. nidicola : Holotype: "[locality in Cyrillic; see Fig. 1 ], 30.10.1978, V. Kastcheev / Holotypus Medon nidicola Kastcheev / Sunius nidicola (Kastch.) , V.I. Gusarov det. 1993 / Sunius nidicola (Kastcheev) , det. V. Assing 2009" ( ZIN) . Paratypes: 1 [damaged; abdomen partly missing], 1 [heavily damaged; meso-, methathorax, and abdomen missing]: same data as holotype ( ZIN) .

M. splendidulus : see ASSING (2008a).

C o m m e n t: Based on a study of female paratypes ( ASSING 2008b), S. nidicola was previously suspected to be conspecific with S. claviceps (REITTER 1908) . An examination of the aedeagus of the holotype, however, revealed that S. nidicola represents a distinct species and that it is conspecific with S. splendidulus (BOHÁý 1988), which, accordingly, is synonymised with S. nidicola . The forebody and the male sexual characters of the holotype of S. nidicola are illustrated in Figs 2-6 . For comparison see the illustrations of the holotype of S. splendidulus in ASSING (2008a).

Figures

Figs 1-6: Sunius nidicola (KASTCHEEV), holotype: (1) labels; (2) forebody; (3) male sternite VIII; (4) aedeagus in lateral view; (5) ventral process of aedeagus in ventral view; (6) apical portion of aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 2: 1.0 mm; 3: 0.2 mm; 4-6: 0.1 mm.