identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A4D5AA70FB7B.text	03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A4D5AA70FB7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius dolabrifer ASSING	<div><p>Sunius dolabrifer ASSING</p> <p>Additional material examined: Antalya: 4 exs., Geyik Dağları, pass ENE Yarpuz, 1500- 1800 m, 2.IV.2004, leg. Donabauer (NHMW, cAss).</p> <p>The above specimens represent the westernmost record of this species in Turkey. For a map illustrating the previously known distribution of this species see ASSING (2005c).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A4D5AA70FB7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A3BEAFE8FA87.text	03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A3BEAFE8FA87.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius phasianus (BORDONI)	<div><p>Sunius phasianus (BORDONI)</p> <p>Additional material examined: Iran: 7 exs., Lorestan province, SE Dorud, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.166668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.383335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.166668/lat 33.383335)">Saravand</a> (Oshtoran Kuh), 2000 m, 33°23N, 49°10E, 26.VI.2004, leg. Frisch (MNHUB, cAss).</p> <p>The species is here recorded from Iran for the first time. Its distribution in Turkey was mapped by ASSING (2005c).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF9BFF8821B1A3BEAFE8FA87	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF9BFF8D21B1A2ABAD9DFBFE.text	03CC2B77FF9BFF8D21B1A2ABAD9DFBFE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius bozdagensis Assing 2006	<div><p>Sunius bozdagensis sp. n. (Figs 1-11, Map 1)</p> <p>Type material:</p> <p>Holotype : TR [1] - Izmir, 1480 m, Boz Dağlar, above <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.094168&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.35722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.094168/lat 38.35722)">Bozdağ</a>, road to ski resort, 38°21'26N, 28°05'39E, 3.IV.2006, V. Assing / Holotypus  Sunius bozdagensis sp. n. det. V. Assing 2006 (cAss). Paratypes: 4 , 4 : same data as holotype (cAss, cWun).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Small species, 2.4-3.1 mm (abdomen extended). Habitus as in Fig. 1. Coloration rather dark (compared to other micropterous species): head dark brown; pronotum bright reddish; elytra brown, darker than pronotum; abdomen blackish; legs pale yellowish; antennae yellowish red.</p> <p>Head very weakly oblong, less than 1.1 times as long as wide; lateral margins subparallel in dorsal view; puncturation coarse and well-defined, in central dorsal area sparse, in lat- eral areas only slightly denser; microsculpture absent (Fig. 2); eyes small (Fig. 3), weakly projecting from lateral outline of head, postocular region in dorsal view approximately 3 times as long as eyes.</p> <p>Pronotum approximately 0.90-0.95 times as wide as head and 1.1 times as long as wide; microsculpture absent; puncturation as coarse as that of head, but much denser (Fig. 2).</p> <p>Elytra approximately as wide as and at suture about 0.70 times as long as pronotum; puncturation ill-defined, much finer and shallower than that of pronotum (Fig. 2); microsculpture shallow; surface less shiny than that of pronotum. Hind wings reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen about 1.15 times as wide as elytra, widest at segments VI-VII; puncturation moderately dense and very fine, barely noticeable; microsculpture shallow, but distinct; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: sternite VII not distinctly modified (Fig. 4); sternite VIII unmodified, except for the posterior incision (Fig. 5); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 6-10, internal sac without spines and without flagellum.</p> <p>Etymology: The name (Lat., adj.) is derived from Boz Dağlar, the name of the mountain range where the type locality is situated.</p> <p>Comparative notes:</p> <p>In the keys in ASSING (2005b, 2005c), S. bozdagensis would key out at couplet 4 together with S. hatayanus ASSING, from which the new species is distinguished by the darker and more distinctly bicoloured body and by the shape of the aedeagus, especially the apex of the ventral process and the internal structures. For illustrations of the male sexual characters of S. hatayanus see Figs 16-20 in ASSING (2005b).</p> <p>Distribution and bionomics:</p> <p>The type locality is situated in the Boz Dağlar, not far from the ski resort at the highest peak of the range. The type specimens were collected under stones and sifted from grass roots on a grassy north slope at an altitude of almost 1500 m (Fig. 11).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF9BFF8D21B1A2ABAD9DFBFE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF9EFF8F200DA342AF90F995.text	03CC2B77FF9EFF8F200DA342AF90F995.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius pinniger Assing 2006	<div><p>Sunius pinniger sp. n. (Figs 12-24, Map 1)</p> <p>Type material:</p> <p>Holotype : TR [4] - Izmir, 440 m, ca. 80 km NW Izmir, W Karaburun, 38°37'39N, 26°29'26E, 4.IV.2006, V. Assing / Holotypus  Sunius pinniger sp. n. det. V. Assing 2006 (cAss). Paratypes: 3 , 2 : same data as holotype (cAss, cWun); 2 : same data, but leg. S. Anlaş (cAnl).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Small species, 2.6-3.3 mm (abdomen extended). Habitus as in Fig. 12. Coloration: forebody uniformly yellowish red; abdomen dark brown to blackish, with the lateral and posterior tergal margins and the apex more or less extensively rufous; legs pale yellowish; antennae yellowish red.</p> <p>Head weakly oblong, approximately 1.1 times as long as wide; lateral margins subparallel in dorsal view; puncturation coarse, well-defined, and rather dense, in median dorsal area slightly sparser; microsculpture absent (Fig. 13); eyes small (Fig. 14), weakly projecting from lateral outline of head, postocular region in dorsal view approximately 3 times as long as eyes.</p> <p>Pronotum approximately 0.90-0.95 times as wide as head and 1.10-1.15 times as long as wide; microsculpture absent; puncturation very dense (except for the impunctate median line) and almost as coarse as that of head (Fig. 13).</p> <p>Elytra approximately as wide as and at suture about 0.70-0.75 times as long as pronotum; puncturation ill-defined, finer and shallower than that of pronotum; microsculpture shallow (Fig. 13). Hind wings reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen about 1.15-1.20 times as wide as elytra, widest at segments VI-VII; puncturation moderately dense and fine; microsculpture shallow, but distinct; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: sternite VII not distinctly modified (Fig. 15); sternite VIII in the middle with fin-like tubercle or carina (Figs 16-18); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 19-23, internal sac without spines and without flagellum, but with small, weakly sclerotised structure (Fig. 23).</p> <p>Etymology: The name (Lat., adj.: with fins) alludes to the distinctive shape of the tubercle on the male sternite VIII.</p> <p>Comparative notes and phylogenetics:</p> <p>In the keys in ASSING (2005b, 2005c), S. pinniger would key out at couplet 6 together with S. aculeatus ASSING, an endemic from the Boncuk Dağı in Muğla. Based on the similarly derived morphology of the aedeagus and the synapomorphic modifications of the male sternite VIII, both species very close relatives. They are reliably distinguished only by the shape of the process of the male sternite VIII (in S. aculeatus longer, more slender in ventral view, and more erect in lateral view) and by the shape of the aedeagus, especially the ventral process, which is more slender in lateral view and broader in ventral view in S. aculeatus. For illustrations of the male sexual characters of S. aculeatus see Figs 12-19 in ASSING (2005a).</p> <p>Distribution and bionomics:</p> <p>The type locality is situated on the peninsula some 80 km to the northwest of Izmir (Map 1). The specimens were found under stones in a calcareous grassland at an altitude of only 440 m (Fig. 24).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF9EFF8F200DA342AF90F995	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF9DFF8021B1A286AA69FCF5.text	03CC2B77FF9DFF8021B1A286AA69FCF5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius fortespinosus Assing 2006	<div><p>Sunius fortespinosus sp. n. (Figs 25-37, Map 1)</p> <p>Type material:</p> <p>Holotype : TR [5] - Aydın, 15 km NNE Aydın, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.894444&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.94389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.894444/lat 37.94389)">Imambaba</a> T., 1410 m, 37°56'38N, 27°53'40E, 5.IV.2006, V. Assing / Holotypus  Sunius fortespinosus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2006 (cAss). Paratypes: 4 , 2 : same data as holotype (cAss, cWun); 1 : same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1 , 1 : TR [18] - Izmir, WSW Hamamköy, Murtat Dağı, 1230 m, 38°00'52N, 27°56'56E, 9.IV.2006, V. Assing (cAss).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Small species, 2.7-3.3 mm (abdomen extended). Habitus as in Fig. 25. Coloration: forebody uniformly yellowish red to reddish brown, with the elytra sometimes darker; abdomen dark brown to blackish, with the paratergites mostly paler brown; legs pale yellowish; antennae yellowish red.</p> <p>Head very weakly oblong, less than 1.1 times as long as wide; lateral margins subparallel or indistinctly diverging posteriad in dorsal view; puncturation coarse, well-defined, and relatively sparse, in lateral area slightly denser than in median dorsal area; microsculpture absent (Fig. 26); eyes small (Fig. 27), weakly projecting from lateral outline of head, postocular region in dorsal view approximately 3 times as long as eyes or nearly so.</p> <p>Pronotum approximately 0.90-0.95 times as wide as head and about 1.10 times as long as wide; microsculpture absent; puncturation very dense (except for the impunctate median line) and about as coarse as that of head (Fig. 26).</p> <p>Elytra approximately as wide and at suture about 0.75 times as long as pronotum; puncturation ill-defined, much finer and shallower than that of pronotum; microsculpture shallow (Fig. 26). Hind wings reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen about 1.15 times as wide as elytra, widest at segments VI-VII; puncturation relatively dense and fine; microsculpture shallow; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: sternite VII not distinctly modified (Fig. 28); sternite VIII unmodified, except for posterior incision (Fig. 29); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 30-36, internal sac with series of five stout, long, and distinctly sclerotised spines (Fig. 36).</p> <p>Etymology: The name (Lat., adj.) refers to the series of long and stout spines in the internal sac of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Comparative notes:</p> <p>In the keys in ASSING (2005b, 2005c), S. fortespinosus would key out at couplets 3-3b together with S. longispinosus ASSING, S. brevispinosus ASSING, S. pauli ASSING, and S. amanensis ASSING. From all these species, S. fortespinosus is readily separated by the completely different shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus and by the longer and darker spines in the internal sac. For illustrations of the male sexual characters of these species see the figures in ASSING (2005b, 2005c).</p> <p>Distribution and bionomics:</p> <p>The two localities are situated in the western parts of the Aydın Dağları (Map 1), where the species is probably endemic. The specimens were found under stones and in gravel on a small patch of grassland at the edge of a pine forest (Fig. 37) and on a rocky north slope with scattered oak trees and scanty vegetation at altitudes of 1230 and 1410 m.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF9DFF8021B1A286AA69FCF5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF93FF8321B1A438AAD4F9DC.text	03CC2B77FF93FF8321B1A438AAD4F9DC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius sexspinosus Assing 2006	<div><p>Sunius sexspinosus sp. n. (Figs 38-48, Map 1)</p> <p>Type material:</p> <p>Holotype : TR [20] - Muğla, 15 km ENE Muğla, 1190 m, pasture with stones, 37°14'58N, 28°30'07E, 10.IV.2006, V. Assing / Holotypus  Sunius sexspinosus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2006 (cAss). Paratypes: 3 , 6 : same data as holotype (cAss); 2 , 2 : same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Small species, 2.6-3.2 mm (abdomen extended). Habitus as in Fig. 38. In external morphology highly similar to S. fortespinosus, but distinguished as follows:</p> <p>Coloration on average paler: forebody yellowish, elytra of same colour as head and pronotum; paratergites and apex of abdomen reddish to reddish brown. Puncturation of head on average slightly sparser, especially in median dorsal area. Elytra on average slightly shorter and more slender, approximately 0.70 times as long as pronotum (Fig. 39).</p> <p>: sternite VII not distinctly modified (Fig. 40); sternite VIII unmodified, except for posterior incision (Fig. 41); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 42-47, internal sac with series of six stout, long, and distinctly sclerotised spines (Fig. 47).</p> <p>Etymology: The name (Lat., adj.) refers to the presence of six stout spines in the internal sac of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Comparative notes:</p> <p>Based on the male sexual characters, especially the morphology of the aedeagus (shape of apex of ventral process, shape of spines in internal sac), S. sexspinosus is the adelphotaxon of S. fortespinosus. Both species are reliably distinguished only by the male primary sexual characters, particularly the shape of the apex of the ventral process (see Figs 30- 34, 42-45), as well as the number and colour of the spines in the internal sac (darker in S. fortespinosus than in S. sexspinosus).</p> <p>Distribution and bionomics:</p> <p>The type locality is situated some 15 km to the northeast of Muğla (Map 1). The type specimens were found under stones and sifted from grass roots between limestone gravel on a pasture with shrubs, very close to a field, at an altitude of about 1200 m (Fig. 48).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF93FF8321B1A438AAD4F9DC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
03CC2B77FF91FF8421B1A4D5AA04FC65.text	03CC2B77FF91FF8421B1A4D5AA04FC65.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius pinnatus Assing 2006	<div><p>Sunius pinnatus sp. n. (Figs 49-62, Map 1)</p> <p>Type material:</p> <p>Holotype : TR [30] - Manisa, 10 km S Manisa, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.386944&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.55722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.386944/lat 38.55722)">Karadağ</a>, 1200 m, roadside, 38°33'26N, 27°23'13E, 15.IV.2006, P. Wunderle / Holotypus  Sunius pinnatus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2006 (cAss). Paratypes: 2 : same data as holotype (cWun); 1 : same data, but leg. Assing (cAss).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Small species, 2.7-3.3 mm (abdomen extended). Habitus as in Fig. 49. In external morphology extremely similar to S. pinniger and similar species (Figs 50-51). Distinguished only by the male sexual characters:</p> <p>: sternite VII not distinctly modified (Fig. 52); sternite VIII with tubercle of distinctive shape (Figs 53-56); aedeagus shaped as in Figs 57-59, internal sac without spines, with minute subapical and pair of slender apical internal structures (Figs 60-61).</p> <p>Etymology: The name (Lat., adj.: with wings) refers to the shape of the tubercle on the male sternite VIII.</p> <p>Comparative notes:</p> <p>Based on the male sexual characters, this species is most closely related to S. aculeatus from the Boncuk Dağı in Muğla and to S. pinniger from the Ak Dağ on the peninsula to</p> <p>the northwest of Izmir. It is separated from both species reliably only by the shape of the aedeagus and of the tubercle on the male sternite VIII.</p> <p>Distribution and bionomics:</p> <p>Sunius pinnatus was discovered in the Karadağ range (Spil [=Sipil] nature reserve) to the south of Manisa, where it is probably endemic, as is suggested by the restricted distributions of other micropterous Sunius species occurring in Turkey and by the adaptive reductions of eye size, elytra, hind wings, and pigmentation. The type specimens were found under stones on a patch of calcareous grassland very close to the roadside at an altitude of 1200 m, together with an undescribed species of Geostiba THOMSON (Fig. 62).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC2B77FF91FF8421B1A4D5AA04FC65	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, Volker	Assing, Volker (2006): On the Turkish species of Sunius. VII. Five new micropterous species from western Anatolia and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 56 (2): 297-315, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.56.2.297-315, URL: https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1667
