Oxypoda (Mycetodrepa) turcica Zerche, 1999

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Oxypoda species of Turkey and adjacent regions. II. Three new species, additional records, and a checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 1411, pp. 1-24 : 14-15

Oxypoda (Mycetodrepa) turcica Zerche, 1999

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Material examined. TURKEY: Aydın: 1 ex., Dilek Daġı, S Kanyon, 37°40’N, 27°11’E, 670 m, 17.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Dilek Daġı, Kanyon, 37°41’N, 27°10’E, 70–200 m, 29.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Labranda, 37°25’N, 27°49’E, 550–660 m, 18.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Yataġan-Bozdoġan, 37°27’N, 28°18’E, 825 m, 19.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Yataġan-Bozdoġan, 37°38’N, 28°19’E, 590 m, 19.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Imambaba Tepesi, 37°56’N, 27°54’E, 1115 m, 20.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); Mu ğ la: 1 ex., Bafa lake, Yediler monastery, 37°30’N, 27°33’E, 230 m, 24.III.2006, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 3 exs., Boncuk Daġı, ca. 30 km NE Fethiye, 36°51’N, 29°14’E, 1750 m, roots of grass and herbs, 2.X.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); Antalya: 10 exs., ca. 20 km N Kaş, S Karaovabeli pass, 36°23’N, 29°43’E, 830 m, oak forest, leaf litter sifted, 26.III.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., ca. 70 km NE Fethiye, Gülübeli Pass, 36°50’N, 29°46’E, 1650 m, oak leaf litter, 29.III.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., N Kalkan, Dumanlı Daġı, 36°24’N, 29°26’E, 1230 m, Quercus ilex leaf litter near forest margin, 5.X.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); Mersin: 1 ex., 20 km NNW Mut, 36°49’N, 33°19’E, 1320 m, pine forest with Quercus ilex , 25.XII.2000, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 30 km NW Erdemli, S Yaġda, 36°44’N, 34°03’E, 1310 m, Abies forest with Quercus ilex und Juniperus , 29.XII.2000, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., NW Tarsus, road Çamlıyayla-Gözne, 37°06’N, 34°37’E, 570–610 m, 25.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); Kahramanmara ş: 1 ex., 50 km NW Kahramanmaraş, 37°57’N, 36°34’E, 1360 m, NW-slope with old cedar, sifted, 10.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss); Gaziantep: 1 ex., Gaziantep, Kartal Daġı, 25 km WNW Gaziantep, 37°11’N, 37°08’E, 1070 m, N-slope with oak, sifted roots, 9.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss); Adıyaman: 1 ex., ca. 50 km NE Adıyaman, ca. 5 km N Sincik, intersection to Serince, 38°03’N, 38°36’E, 1520 m, N-slope with Quercus , Pinus , Cedrus , sifted, 23.III.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., ca. 50 km NE Adıyaman, ca. 5 km N Sincik, intersection to Serince, 38°03’N, 38°36’E, 1470 m, N-slope with Quercus , sifted, partly near snow, 23.III.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 7 exs., ca. 50 km NE Adıyaman, S Sincik, intersection to Yarpuzlu, 38°01’N, 38°36’E, 1280 m, Quercus , Juniperus , shrubs, sifted, 23.III.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun).

Comment. The above specimens represent the first records since the original description, which is based on a single holotype female from Muġla province. The species is widespread and not uncommon in southern Anatolia from Aydın in the west to Adıyaman in the east ( Fig. 33 ). Remarkably, the specimens from all regions, except Adıyaman, are exclusively females. The material from Adıyaman, in contrast, is composed of both sexes with males even forming the majority. Whether or not they are really conspecific with the other populations can be decided only when males from more western provinces become available; constant differences in external characters and in the shape of the spermatheca were not found. Unlike O. alternans , O. turcica is apparently not fungicolous, but an inhabitant of leaf litter.

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FIGURE 33. Distribution of Oxypoda turcica Zerche in Turkey.