Astenus melanurus
Creators: name: Anlaş, Sinan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Astenus
Astenus melanurus

description: Astenus melanurus (Küster, 1853) (Figs. 42–47)
Sunius melanurus Küster, 1853: 76
Astenus adonis Coiffait, 1960: 96, syn. n. (Figs. 48–54) Type material examined: Astenus adonis Coiffait, 1960: ♂: “ Liban, Rayak, 29.X.51, H. Coiffait ”, “ adonis Coiff. ” (MNHNP), with red handwriting label reading “ Holotype ” (MNHNP); 1♀, “ Liban, Saida ”, with red handwriting label reading “ Allotype ” (MNHNP); 1♀, “ Nahr Ibrahim ”, with red handwriting label reading “ Paratype ” (MNHNP); 1♂, “ Grece, Thrace, Rentina, 24-4-55, H. Coiffait ”, with red handwriting label reading “ Paratype ” (MNHNP).
Additional material examined: ARMENIA: 1♂, Yerevan, Armenia, Zanga River, 20.III.1930, leg. Rikhter (MNHNP). EGYPT: 1♂, Beni Suef, 12.VI.1995, (MHNG). GREECE: 1♀, “Argostoli, M.C.” “M. Cameron, Bequest, B. M. 1955-147, Astenus adonis det. Coiffait (MNHNP). ITALY: 1♂, 1♀, Basicilata (MT), Valsinni strada per Colobraro, 11.I.1998, leg. Montemurro (cMon). 1♂, 1♀, Calabria (KR), Isola Capo Rizzuto, 26.X.2003, leg. Montemurro (cMon). LEBANON: 1♂, Hedjar, Astenus adonis det. Coiffait (MNHNP). SPAIN: 1♂, Espagne, Castellon, 07.IX.1971, (MHNG). TURKEY: 1♂, 1♀, “ Akbes, Mt. Amanus ”, Astenus adonis det. Coiffait (MNHNP). 1♂, 1♀, Ankara, Beypazarı, Üreğil, 40°17’24”N, 32°03’00”E, 1338 m, 23.IX.2017, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♀, Ankara, Kızılcahamam-Çerkeş road, 40°36’19”N, 32°39’50”E, 1150 m, 26.IX.2017, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♀, Ankara, Mamak, Kutludüğün Yaylası, 39°52’27”N, 33°06’52”E, 1510 m, 29.VI.2019, leg. Örgel & Köksal (AZMM). 4♂♂, 2♀♀, Eskişehir, Sündiken Dağları, 40°00’57”N, 30°57’14”E, 980 m, 12.III.2018, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♀, Karaman, Sarıveliler, Göktepe, Saçaktepe, 36°38’22”N, 32°32’09”E, 1847 m, 25.V.2016, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♂, Kayseri, Tuzla Gölü, 39°00’55”N, 35°47’12”E, 1170 m, 08.IV.2018, leg. Yağmur, Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♂, Kayseri-Avanos road, 38˚43’21’’N, 35˚04’50’’E, 25.V.2013, leg. Koç (AZMM). 1♂, Kayseri, Yahyalı, Aladağlar, 2430 m, 37°55’57”N, 35°17’38”E, 06.V.2018, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♂, 2♀♀, Kırşehir, Akçakent, Yetikli 5 km NW, 39°40’09”N, 34°08’16”E, 988 m, 01.V.2019, leg. Örgel & Köksal (AZMM). 2♂♂, 1♀, Konya, Seydişehir, Erenler Dağı, 37°34’40”N, 32°00’21”E, 1954 m, 20.V.2016, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♀, Niğde, Çamardı, Demirkazık, Aladağlar, 37°49’18”N, 35°07’09”E, 2211 m, 03.VI.2016, leg. Örgel & Yaman (AZMM). 1♂, 1♀, Antalya, Gazipaşa, Beyrebucağı, 36°13’10’’N, 32°24’17’’E, 03.I.2010, leg. Kunt (AZMM). 1♂, Gaziantep, Burç Forest, 22.V.2010, leg. Yağmur (AZMM). 2♂♂, Malatya, Hekimhan, Ipekyolu, Yukarı Girmana, 25.VII.2007, leg. Yağmur (AZMM). For additional material examined see also in Anlaş (2017).
Distribution: A. melanurus is known from North Africa, southern Europe, Cyprus, Syria, Iran, Turkey and also it occurs in Afrotropical and Oriental Regions (Schülke & Smetana, 2015).
Comments: Coiffait (1960) described A. adonis based on a male holotype, a male and two females paratypes from Lebanon and Greece. This species is known from Lebanon, Greece, Saudi Arabia and Turkey (Schülke & Smetana, 2015). Accoding to Coiffait (1960), the species is distinguished from A. melanurus by the more rounded head, much more distinct punctation on the head and by the different shape of the aedeagus. The type specimens of A. adonis (Figs. 48–54) from the collection of H. Coiffait were studied. However, during the study of types of A. adonis and the additional material of A. melanurus (see above and in Anlaş, 2017), I did not find morphologial differences between these two species. Consequently, A. adonis is placed in synonymy with A. melanurus.
description: Published as part of Anlaş, Sinan, 2020, Notes on the genus Astenus Dejean, 1833 in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions. A new species from Turkey, seven new synonyms, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 251-263 in Zootaxa 4869 (2) on pages 256-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4418579