Sunius claviceps
Creators: name: Assing, V.
name: A, North
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sunius
Sunius claviceps

description: 4.63. Sunius claviceps (REITTER 1908) (Figs 163-172, Map 22)   
 Medon claviceps REITTER 1908: 17.   
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀: "Turkestan, Aulie Ata [= Dzhambul] / Aulie / coll. Reitter / Monotypus [sic] Medon claviceps Reitter 1908 / Medon claviceps m. 1907 / Holotypus Medon claviceps Reitter, V. Gusarov des., 1992 / Sunius claviceps (Reitter), Gusarov det. 1992 / Sunius claviceps (Reitter) det. V. Assing " (HNHM).  
C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a single specimens (ein einziges Exemplar") from "Turkestan: Aulie-Ata" (REITTER 1908). The holotype is a female.  
A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkmenistan: 1♀, Tejen ["Tedschen"; 37°23N, 60°30E], leg. Aris (MNHUB). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ex., Bishkek env., 24.IV.1996, leg. Ovchinnikov (cSch). Uzbekistan: 3 exs., Tienshan, Galvassol, 20 km W Chimgan ["Tshimgan"], 700 m, 12.V.1989, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss); 1 ex., Tienshan, "Grosser Tshimgan", 1500 m, 12.V.1989, leg. Heinig (cAss); 1 ex., Chodshikent near Tasakent, 12.V.1989, leg. Wrase (cSch).  
 D i a g n o s i s Of similar size and appearance as S. viator; 4.3-5.3 mm. Coloration: forebody reddish; abdomen blackish, posterior 1/3-2/3 of segment VII and segments VIII-X reddish; legs and antennae yellowish red. Head weakly oblong, 1.02-1.08 times as long as wide; puncturation coarse, dense in lateral and sparser in median dorsal area; microsculpture absent. Eyes of moderate size, 0.3-0.4 times as long as postocular region in dorsal view (Fig. 163). Antenna slender; antennomere III distinctly longer than II and approximately 2.5 times as long as wide; IV-VI oblong, of gradually decreasing length and decreasingly oblong; X as wide as long or weakly transverse.   
Pronotum approximately 1.05 times as long as wide and 0.9 times as wide as head; puncturation very dense and coarse, though somewhat less coarse than that of head (Fig. 163); interstices distinctly narrower than diameter of punctures and without microsculpture; impunctate midline very narrow, sometimes not reaching anterior and posterior margins.  
Elytra 0.98-1.05 times as long and approximately 1.1 times as wide as pronotum; puncturation very dense, much less defined than that of head and pronotum (Fig. 163). Legs long and slender.  
Abdomen slightly wider than elytra; puncturation fine and dense; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VIII with palisade fringe.  
3: sternite VII not distinctly modified, posterior margin weakly concave; sternite VIII with rather small posterior excision, pubescence unmodified (Fig. 164); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 165-172, internal sac with long rows of numerous distinctly sclerotised long spines.  
D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Previous records from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (COIFFAIT 1984; SMETANA 2004) are here confirmed. The species is here reported from Turkmenistan for the first time (Map 22). The examined specimens with labels specifying dates and additional data were collected at altitudes of 700 and 1500 m in April and May.
description: Published as part of Assing, V. & A, North, 2008, A revision of the Sunius species of the Western Palaearctic region and Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 5-135 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on pages 102-105, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13133503