Xantholinus (Helicophallus) korgei Coiffait, 1965

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

Xantholinus (Helicophallus) korgei Coiffait, 1965

( Figs. 92–93 )

Type material examined. Holotype: "ɗ, 23.V.1964, leg. H. Korge, Anatolia bor. / Umg. Rize, Gesiebe aus Pinus-Krüppeln / Kirklar Daġlari, bei Çamlik, 2000 m / X. (Helicophallus) korgei n. sp. H. Coiffait det. 1964 / Holotype / Xantholinus korgei Coiffait det. V. Assing 2006" (cKor).

Additional material examined. TURKEY: Gümü ş hane: 1 ex., ca. 50 km SW Trabzon, 9–10 km S Dikkaya, ca. 40°36'N, 39°29'E, 2000 m, 9.VI.1998, leg. Solodovnikov (cAss). Trabzon: 57 exs., ca. 50 km S Trabzon, 20 km S Maçka, Altindere Milli Park, 40°40'N, 39°40'E, 1560 m, spruce forest with Rhododendron , sifted, 27.VII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); 6 exs., ca. 50 km S Trabzon, 20 km S Maçka, Altindere Milli Park, 40°41'N, 39°39'E, 1650 m, spruce forest with Rhododendron , sifted, 27.VII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); 3 exs., ca. 50 km S Of, S Uzungöl, 40°36'N, 40°17'E, 2050 m, moss and roots of grass and herbs near rocks, sifted, 4.VIII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., a. 50 km S Of, S Uzungöl, 40°36'N, 40°16'E, 2280 m, roots of grass and herbs near rocks, sifted, 4.VIII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 12 exs., ca. 50 km S Of, S Uzungöl, 40°36'N, 40°18E, 1870 m, spruce forest, 4.VIII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); 2 exs., Of, Soġanlı, 2000–2200 m ( NHMW).

Comment. The original description of this species is based on a single holotype male from " Turquie d'Asie, Kirklar Daġlari [sic; = Soġanlı Daġları] près de Çamlık au sud de Rize, 2000 m " [ca. 40°37'N, 40°13'E] ( Coiffait 1965). Coiffait (1978) later reported the species also from "Drannaz Dag" [= Diranaz Daġı, ca. 41°44'N, 34°54'E], Sinop province, but in view of the zoogeography of other staphylinids with restricted distributions in northern Anatolia, this record is highly doubtful. The currently known distribution is mapped in Fig. 93 . The aedeagus of a specimen from Trabzon is illustrated in Fig. 92 .

Figures

FIGURE 93. Distributions of Xantholinus korgei Coiffait (filled circles;?: doubtful record from Sinop), X. heinzi Coiffait (open circles), X. bitlisicus sp. n. (filled square), and X. ilgazensis Coiffait (open square) in Turkey.

FIGURES 85 – 92. Xantholinus bitlisicus sp. n. (85 – 91) and X. korgei Coiffait (92): 85 — habitus; 86 — forebody; 87 — head in lateral view; 88 — antennomeres II – XI; 89, 92 — aedeagus in dorsal view; 90 — internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation; 91 — median and distal part of internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation. Scale bars: 85 – 87: 1.0 mm; 88 – 90, 92: 0.5 mm; 91: 0.2 mm.