A new micropterous species of the genus Sunius Stephens, 1829 from Central Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Abstract

Sunius shavrini sp. n. is described from Ankara province in central Anatolia. While most of the Turkish Sunius species, especially all Turkish endemics are restricted to the mountains of western Anatolia and the Taurus mountains in southern Anatolia, the new species has been found in the northern part of Central Anatolia. Additional records of two species of Sunius are reported from Turkey. The genus is now represented in Turkey by 42 species, 38 of which are endemic to Anatolia.

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Keywords:

• Paederinae
• fauna
• distribution
• endemism
• Ankara
• Turkey

Acknowledgements

I am most grateful to Dr. Semih Örgel, Dr. Ersen A. Yağmur, Serkan Yaman (Manisa) and Doruk Köksal (Aydın) for making their staphylinid material available to me.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest is reported by the author.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK, project no. 215Z080).