Cymindis (s. str.) suturalis Dejean, 1825

Rasool, Iftekhar, Felix, Ron F. F. L., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2017, A review of subtribe Cymindidina Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) in Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4236 (1), pp. 157-171 : 169-170

Cymindis (s. str.) suturalis Dejean, 1825

Cymindis suturalis Dejean, 1825: 206

Type locality. Egypt

Type depository. Holotype in MNHN

Material examined. Total 7 specimens: Al Baha : 1 ♀, “ KSA, Baljurashi, Al-Qamh , I.2009, El-Hawagry ” / “ Cymindis suturalis Dejean, 1825 ; det. M.S. Abdel-Dayem, 2011” [White label]. Riyadh : 1 ♂ 1♀, “ Al Uyanah , 15.III.2008, Al Dhafer H. & Al Aet. H ” / “ Cymindis suturalis Dejean, 1825 ; det. M.S. Abdel-Dayem, 2011” [White label] . 1 ♀, “ Sadoues , 30.I.1989, Salem, Host Mellon” / “ Cymindis suturalis Dejean, 1825 ; det. M.S. Abdel- Dayem, 2011” [White label] . 1 ♀, “ IV.1980 ” / “Alfa Alfa crop”/ “ Cymindis suturalis pseudosuturalis Bedel ; det. R.B. Madge, 1983”. 1 ♂ 1 ♀, “without any data” [KSMA].

Recognition. Body form ( Fig. 25 ), medium to large species TBL 9.5–10.2 mm. Colour: head, clypeus, labrum, pronotum, antennomeres IV–XI and abdomen red testaceous, head darker than pronotum; elytra, antennomeres I– III, epipleurae and legs testaceous, tarsomeres sometimes darker than rest of the leg parts; suture of elytra brunneous and intervals VII brunneous posteriorly. Head. longer than wide and narrower than pronotum ( Fig. 14 ), HL 1.75–2 mm and HW 1.65–1.87 mm; dorsum with fine punctures; clypeus with smooth surface; labrum broad with truncate anterior margin. Pronotum. transverse ( Fig. 14 ), PL 1.6–1.8 mm and PW 1.9–2.3 mm; anterior margin concave with rounded angles; sides of pronotum more or less rounded laterally, concave at the base with very weak angles; surface finely and sparsely punctuate. Elytra. broad, EL 5.8–6.2 mm and EW 3.75–4 mm, striae clear, lateral margins not parallel, apex obliquely truncate and slightly sinuate; all the intervals with fine punctures. Claws denticulate. Abdomen. all visible ventrites with short pubescence; apical margin of last ventrite rounded and 4–setose in males and females. Aedeagus. shape of aedeagus ( Fig. 19 ), in lateral view, aedeagus almost equally broadened from base to just before tip, almost straight in the middle, apical tip very short.

Affinity. This species resembles C. lineata (Quensel in Schonherr, 1806) in body shape and size but can be differentiated from it by: head less strongly punctate, pronotum less cordiform but rounded and concave on lateral sides; posterior angles of pronotum weak ( Dejean 1825). C. lineata is distributed in Azerbaijan, Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Russia, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Ukraine ( Kabak 2003; Anichtchenko 2016). C. suturalis also resembles C. laevistriata Lucas, 1846 but can be separated by: head finely punctured; elytral dark markings covering intervals I-II; temples short, pronotum rather narrow; aedeagus thicker and rather straight in the middle, less narrowed at the apex.

Geographical distribution. This species is recorded from Southwestern Baha Province ( El-Hawagry et al. 2013) and Central (Riyadh Province) Saudi Arabia . It was described from Egypt ( Dejean 1825) and is widely distributed in Canary Island , Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Madeira Arch., Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria ( Mateu 1986; Kabak 2003; Anichtchenko 2016). This species is more Palaearctic and its range exemplifies Turano- Mediterranean chorotype.

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 25. Habitus of Afrotarus and Cymindis: 20 – 21 Males of A. fadli sp. n. 22 male of A. soudaensis sp. n. 23 Paratype of A. scotti (Basilewsky, 1948) 24 C. andreae Menetries, 1832 25 C. suturalis Dejean, 1825.

FIGURES 9 – 14. Head and pronotum of Afrotarus and Cymindis: 9 A. fadli sp. n. 10 A. soudaensis sp. n. 11 A. scotti (Basilewsky, 1948) 12 C. andreae Menetries, 1832 13 C. laevistriata Lucas, 1846 14 C. suturalis Dejean, 1825 (Figures 13 and 14 taken by Jan Muilwijk in RMNH).

FIGURES 15 – 19. Aedeagus of Afrotarus and Cymindis: 15 A. fadli sp. n. 16 A. soudaensis sp. n. 17 A. scotti (Basilewsky, 1948) 18 C. laevistriata Lucas, 1846 19 C. suturalis (Dejean, 1825). (Figure 18 taken by Jan Muilwijk in RMNH).