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New Species and New Faunistic Data of West Palearctic Bisnius STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) 107-114 106 Koleopt ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Koleopterologische Rundschau Jahr/Year: 2019 Band/Volume: 89_2019 Autor(en)/Author(s): Schillhammer Harald Artikel/Article: New species and new faunistic data of West Palearctic Bisnius STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) 107-114 106 Koleopt. Rdsch. 89 (2019) Koleopterologische Rundschau 89 107–114 Wien, September 2019 PACE, R. 1992: Aleocharinae nepalesi del Museo di Ginevra Parte VII (conclusione): Oxypodini e Aleocharini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (115° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleochrinae). – Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99 (2): 263–342. New species and new faunistic data of PACE, R. 1999a: Aleocharinae dell Cina: Parte V (conclusione) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – Revue West Palearctic Bisnius STEPHENS, 1829 Suisse de Zoologie 106 (1): 107–164. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) PACE, R. 1999b: Aleocharinae del Cile (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 23: 119–210. H. SCHILLHAMMER PACE, R. 2005: Aleocharinae of the Australian Region collected by Dr. P. M. Giachino and Dr. M. Daccordi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – Monografie di Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali, Torino 42: 371–434. Abstract PACE, R. 2012: Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Hygronomini e Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Two new species of West Palearctic Bisnius STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylin- Staphylinidae). – Beiträge zur Entomologie, Keltern 62 (1): 125–163. inae, Philonthina) are described and illustrated: B. karkarensis (Armenia) and B. iranicus (Iran). Additional faunistic data are provided for Bisnius microphthalmus SCHILLHAMMER, 2011, B. schill- PAŚNIK, G. 2001: The North Korean Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): diversity and biogeo- hammeri HROMADKA, 2001 and B. zhuk (GUSAROV, 1995). Bisnius microphthalmus SCHILLHAMMER, graphy. – Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 44 (3): 185–234. 2011 is recorded from Kazakhstan for the first time. QUEDENFELDT, M. 1881: Diagnose einer neuen europäischen Art der Staphylinen-Gattung Echidnoglossa Wollast. – Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25 (1–2): 293. Key words: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Philonthina, Bisnius, new species, new data, West Palearctic. SAINTE-CLAIRE DEVILLE, J. 1913: Nouvelle capture du Blepharrhynemus [sic] mirandus Fauv. [Col. Staphylindae]. – Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1913 (1): 48–49. Introduction SCHEERPELTZ, O. 1954: Die paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Blepharrhymenus Solier. (Col. Staphyl.). – Koleopterologische Rundschau 32 [1951–1954]: 132–143. The genus Bisnius STEPHENS, 1829 is a moderately speciose (current knowledge) genus in the subtribe Philonthina with an almost strictly Holarctic distribution. SCHÜLKE, M. & SMETANA, A. 2015: Staphylinidae, pp. 304–1134. – In Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Revised and There is quite a number of potential Bisnius species still residing in the genus Philonthus which updated edition. – Leiden: Brill, xxvi + 1702 pp. have not yet been studied for correct generic assignment. In addition, the monophyly of the SKALITZKY, C. 1884: Zwei neue europäische Staphylinenarten aus Portugal. – Wiener Entomologische genus is doubtful and the systematic position of the fimetarius group, outside of Bisnius s.str. in Zeitung 3 (4): 97–99. CHANI-POSSE et al. (2018), should be assessed in detail. SOLIER, A.J.J. 1849: Orden III. Coleopteros; pp. 105–380, 414–511. – In Gay, C. (ed.): Historia fisica y In this paper, two new species of Bisnius are described: B. karkarensis (Armenia) and B. iranicus politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia (Iran), and new or additional faunistic data are provided for Bisnius microphthalmus SCHILL- en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Zoologia. Tomo Cuarto. – Paris: C. HAMMER, 2011, B. schillhammeri HROMADKA, 2001 and B. zhuk (GUSAROV, 1995). Gay, 511 pp. SONG, J.-H. & AHN, K.-J. 2013: Blepharhymenus koreanus Paśnik and Tachyusa wei Pace new to South Korea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). – Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 52 Abbreviations and acknowledgements (4): 311–314. The material treated in this paper is deposited in the following institutional and private SUN, X. (ed.) 1989: Atlas of the People’s Republic of China. – Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, China collections: Cartographic Publishing House, 113 pp., 51 pls. CAH coll. Volker Assing, Hannover, Germany VÍT, S. & HOZMAN, P. 1980: Coléoptères intéressants et nouvaux pour la faune suisse. – Mitteilungen der CGO coll. Vladimir Gusarov, Oslo, Norway Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 53: 285–295. CSB coll. Michael Schülke, Berlin, Germany WOLLASTON, T.V. 1864: Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of the Canaries in the collection of the HUB Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany British Museum. – London: Order of the Trustees, 648 pp. (J. Frisch) NMP Národní muzeum (National Museum), Praha, Czechia (J. Hájek) ZANETTI, A., SETTE, A., POGGI, R. & TAGLIAPIETRA, A. 2016: Biodiversity of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) NMW Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria in the Province of Verona (Veneto, Northern Italy). – Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 93 (1–2): 3–237. The curators mentioned above are thanked for providing specimens and help in various ways. In addition, I am grateful to Adam J. Brunke (Ottawa, Canada) for valuable comments to im- Dr. Volker ASSING prove the manuscript. Gabelsbergerstr. 2, D – 30163 Hannover, Germany ([email protected]) 108 Koleopt. Rdsch. 89 (2019) Bisnius zhuk (GUSAROV, 1995) Philonthus zhuk GUSAROV 1995: 93. TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Holotype : “Krim, nad Massandroj, Gusarov, 31.V.1990 [handwritten, in Russian] \ na excrementakh korovy” (CGO). REDESCRIPTION: 6.2–7.3 mm long (3.1–3.5 mm, abdomen excluded). Black, moderately shining; elytra brown to dark reddish brown, distinctly darkened in basal depression, deflexed anterior portion between shoulders and neck sometimes reddish; abdominal tergites with posterior margins obscurely reddish, tergite X pale brown; legs reddish, medial faces of tibiae, especially metatibiae, infuscate. Head rounded quadrangular, about as long as wide, eyes moderately large, tempora 1.35–1.60 times as long as eyes; medial interocular punctures widely separated, as large as lateral inter- ocular punctures, situated in front of level of lateral interocular punctures, vertex impunctate; antennae with segments 4–5 inconspicuously oblong, segments 6–10 about as long as wide; pronotum subparallel-sided, 1.10–1.15 times as long as wide, dorsal rows each with four more or less equidistant punctures; head and pronotum with very short-meshed microsculpture; elytra rather densely and coarsely punctate, distance between individual punctures variable, generally about a puncture diameter, but also in places slightly less or slightly more; scutellum very finely, sparsely punctate, surface with very fine transverse microsculpture; abdominal tergites III–VI with two basal lines, elevated area between basal lines impunctate on tergites III–V, that on tergite VI with a sparse row of fine setiferous punctures; remaining surface of tergites finely, moderately densely punctate, punctures almost forming indistinct transverse rows. Aedeagus (Figs. 1–2) short, broad, with rounded apex; in lateral view broad, but apical portion rather flat; paramere (Figs. 1c, 2c) broad, slightly broader than median lobe (the holotype is slightly teneral with a partly collapsed median lobe, therefore the paramere appears much broader than the median lobe), apical margin deeply emarginate with additional small notch medially, with dense row of peg setae but without peg setae at medial notch. Generally, the aedeagus is similar to that of Bisnius fimetarius GRAVENHORST, 1802, but in the paramere of B. fimetarius the apical margin is only weakly emarginate, distinctly sinuate and with a much deeper medial notch. DIAGNOSIS: Externally, the species is very similar to B. fimetarius except for the smaller eyes (tempora less than 1.2 times as long as eyes in B. fimetarius). From the former as well as from B. schillhammeri HROMADKA, 2001 and B. karkarensis it is distinguished mainly by the brownish elytra. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: T U R K M E N I S T A N: 2 : “USSR – Turkmenia, goldener Bach, westl. Aschchabad, 7.V.89, Wrase” (CSB, NMW); 1 : “Turkm., Aschchabad, 7.V.[19]89, Wrase” (CSB). DISTRIBUTION: The species has been recorded from southern Russia, Azerbaijan and Turk- menistan. BIONOMICS: The specimens of the type series have been collected from excrements of various animals, but also from decaying mushrooms. Bisnius schillhammeri HROMADKA, 2001 Bisnius schillhammeri HROMADKA 2001: 139. TYPE MATERIAL: Holotype (not studied for this paper): “S Iran, 29 km Yasui, 2300 m, 16.-17.6.1973, Loc. No. 245, Exp. Mus. Nat. Praha” (NMP), cited from the original description. 108 Koleopt. Rdsch. 89 (2019) SCHILLHAMMER: New species and new faunistic data of West Palearctic Bisnius (STAPHYLINIDAE) 109 Bisnius zhuk (GUSAROV, 1995) Philonthus zhuk GUSAROV 1995: 93. TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Holotype : “Krim, nad Massandroj, Gusarov, 31.V.1990 [handwritten, in Russian] \ na excrementakh korovy” (CGO). REDESCRIPTION: 6.2–7.3 mm long (3.1–3.5 mm, abdomen excluded).
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