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Cephennium (Macroderus) cazorlae Assing 2021, nov.sp.

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Description

Cephennium (Macroderus) cazorlae nov.sp. (Figs 19, 75-77, Map 3)

Cephennium foveolatum BESUCHET i.l.

Type material: Holotype ♂: "E– Andalusia (J), S. da Cazorla 1200 m, 06.10.93 Wunderle / Cazorla, Umg. Gualaquivirquelle [sic], Macchia, Kiefer / Holotypus ♂ Cephennium cazorlae sp. n. det. V. Assing 2020" (cAss).

Additional type material examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.; with type labels " Cephennium foveolatum "): 7♂♂, 6♀♀: " Sierra de Cazorla, Besuchet " (MHNG); 1♂, 3♀♀: " Sierra de Cazorla, 1000m, Franz" (NHMW).

Etymology: The specific epithet is the genitive of Cazorla, the name of the mountain where the type locality is situated.

Description: Body length 1.4 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 19. Colouration reddish. Eyes composed of approximately five ommatidia. Elytra with anterior sulci approximately as long as the combined length of the basal three antennomeres. Other external characters not distinctive.

♂: aedeagus (Figs 75-77) 0.40 mm long; apex of ventral process of triangular shape in ventral view; internal structures large; parameres apically nearly reaching apex of median lobe.

Comparative notes: Cephennium cazorlae is distinguished from other Macroderus species only by the shape and internal structures of the aedeagus.

Distribution and natural history: The type locality is situated near the source of Guadalquivir river in Sierra de Cazorla (Map 3). The holotype was sifted in macchia with pine trees at an altitude of 1200 m.

Notes

Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2021, On the Cephennium fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), pp. 891-931 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 928, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5039032

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG , cAss
Event date
1993-10-06
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Cephennium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Assing
Species
cazorlae
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1993-10-06
Taxonomic concept label
Cephennium (Macroderus) cazorlae Assing, 2021