identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E94996A4FA9A.text	93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E94996A4FA9A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius melanocephalus (FABRICIUS 1793)	<div><p>Sunius melanocephalus (FABRICIUS 1793)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkey: 2 exs., Isparta, Sultan Dağları, 15 km SSW Akşehir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.4/lat 38.25)">Cankurtaran</a>, 38°15'N, 31°24'E, 1860 m, under stones, 22.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Afyon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.516666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.15/lat 38.516666)">Sultan Dağları</a>, 15 km SE Çay, 38°31'N, 31°09'E, 1810 m, cedar forest, sifted, 18.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss).</p> <p>C o m m e n t: Sunius melanocephalus, the most widespread species of the genus, has a trans-Palaearctic distribution and is adventive in North America. In Turkey, it has been recorded from numerous localities, but was previously unknown from Afyon province (ASSING 2008, 2011a). For maps illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2008).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E94996A4FA9A	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E87697F2F987.text	93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E87697F2F987.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius ovaliceps (FAUVEL 1878)	<div><p>Sunius ovaliceps (FAUVEL 1878)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Spain: 1 ex., S Parcent, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-0.06666667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.716667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -0.06666667/lat 38.716667)">Col de Rates</a>, 38°43'N, 0°04'W, 620 m, 14.IV.2011, leg. Forcke (cAss); 1 ex., S Jalon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-0.06666667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -0.06666667/lat 38.666668)">Sierra de Bernia</a>, 38°40'N, 0°04'W, 11.IV.2011, leg. Forcke (cAss).</p> <p>C o m m e n t: Sunius ovaliceps has an Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution and is widespread and common in the western Mediterranean (ASSING 2011a). For a map illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2008).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFFFFFE6D8F3E87697F2F987	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
93085678FFFCFFE5D8F3ED989632FD9C.text	93085678FFFCFFE5D8F3ED989632FD9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius adanensis (LOKAY 1919)	<div><p>Sunius adanensis (LOKAY 1919)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 3 exs., Konya, 5 km W Yunak, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.683332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.816666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.683332/lat 38.816666)">Bayatkolu Tepe</a>, 38°49'N, 31°41'E, 1420 m, pasture, under stones, 17.IV.2011, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1 ex., Adana, 8 km S Feke, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.9/lat 37.766666)">Akkaya</a>, 37°46'N, 35°54'E, 760 m, 21.IV.2011, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Adana, Feke, 21 km to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.766666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.766666/lat 37.85)">Mansurlu</a>, 37°51'N, 35°46'E, 965 m, 22.IV.2011, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss).</p> <p>C o m m e n t: This species is widespread in Turkey and Iran, with a female-based record from Syria (ASSING 2008, 2011a). In Turkey, most records are from the east, southeast, and central south, but it was recently reported also from the central north and the northwest (Kastamonu, Çankırı, Bolu) (ASSING 2010). The above records from Bayatkolu Tepe represent the first records from Konya province.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFFCFFE5D8F3ED989632FD9C	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
93085678FFFDFFE3D8F3ED98940EFCEC.text	93085678FFFDFFE3D8F3ED98940EFCEC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius sultanicus Assing 2011	<div><p>Sunius sultanicus nov.sp. (Figs 1-7)</p> <p>T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: "TR [2a] - Isparta, Sultan Dağları, SSW Akşehir, 38°15'15''N, 31°24'30''E, 1860 m, under stones, 22.IV.2011, V. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.408333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.254166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.408333/lat 38.254166)">Assing</a> / Holotypus Sunius sultanicus sp.n. det. V. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.408333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.254166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.408333/lat 38.254166)">Assing</a> 2011" (cAss). Paratypes: 54, 89: same data as holotype (cAss, MNHUB, OÖLL); 79 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun, MNHUB); 2, 6: same data as holotype, but "[2]... 17.IV.2011 " (cAss); 5 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1: "N38°15'22 31°24'05 (19), TR Konya; Sultan Dağ; s Cankurtaran; 1800 m; 17.IV.2008, leg. Meybohm &amp; Brachat " (cAss).</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.8-3.3 mm. Coloration: head reddish to dark-brown; pronotum reddish to reddish-brown; elytra reddish; abdomen dark-brown; legs and antennae reddish-yellow.</p> <p>Head approximately as wide as long or weakly oblong (Fig. 1); punctation coarse and moderately dense to moderately sparse, somewhat sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices without microsculpture. Eyes rather small, approximately 1/3 the length of postocular region in dorsal view.</p> <p>Pronotum weakly oblong, approximately 1.05 times as long as wide and slightly narrower than head (Fig. 1); punctation dense and coarse; midline broadly impunctate.</p> <p>Elytra short and narrow, approximately 0.75 times as long as pronotum; humeral angles weakly marked (Fig. 1); punctation dense, rather fine, and weakly defined; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Hind wings completely reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen broader than elytra; punctation fine and moderately dense; interstices with microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: sternite VII without modified pubescence, posterior margin very weakly concave in the middle (Fig. 2); sternite VIII without modified pubescence and without tubercle, posterior incision small and not very deep (Fig. 3); aedeagus approximately 0.45 mm long, weakly sclerotized, ventral process very slender and acute especially in lateral view, internal sac without sclerotized spines (Figs 4-6).</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from the name of the mountain range where the type locality is situated.</p> <p>C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: In the key to the Sunius species of the Palaearctic region in ASSING (2011a), S. sultanicus would key out at couplet 67. In order to account for the new species, the key is modified as follows:</p> <p>67: aedeagus subapically not dentate. Species from southwestern Anatolia.................... 67a</p> <p>-: aedeagus subapically dentate (best visible in lateral view). Species from western and central southern Anatolia............................................................................................68</p> <p>67a: aedeagus more strongly sclerotised, with much stouter and relatively short ventral process, its apex apically convex in ventral view (ASSING 2005: figures 23-25). Southwest of Antalya province: Dumanlı Dağı................................ S. dumanlianus ASSING</p> <p>-: aedeagus weakly sclerotised, with slender and apically acute (ventral and lateral view) ventral process (Figs 4-6). Isparta / Konya: Sultan Dağları......... S. sultanicus nov.sp.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Thetypelocalityissituatedin the Sultan Dağları, to the south of Akşehir, at the border between Isparta and Konya provinces, southwestern Anatolia. The type specimens were collected in a subalpine stony pasture at an altitude of approximately 1860 m (Fig. 7); for a close-up of the habitat see figure 8 in ASSING (2011b). They were found in large numbers under stones, partly near snow, together with numerous specimens of an undescribed species of Geostiba THOMSON.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFFDFFE3D8F3ED98940EFCEC	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
93085678FFFAFFE0D8F3EEDF9608FD6F.text	93085678FFFAFFE0D8F3EEDF9608FD6F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius aequus Assing 2011	<div><p>Sunius aequus nov.sp. (Figs 8-15, 24-25)</p> <p>T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: "TR [26b] - Isparta, 10 km SE Sütçüler, 1520 m, 37°24'55''N, 31°02'21''E, calcareous slope, stones, 26.IV.2011, V. Assing / Holotypus Sunius aequus sp. n. det. V. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.039165&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.41528" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.039165/lat 37.41528)">Assing</a> 2011" (cAss). Paratypes: 28, 29: same data as holotype (cAss, MNHUB, OÖLL); 34 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun, MNHUB); 1: same data as holotype, but "[26a]... sifted" (cAss); 1 ex., same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun).</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.6-3.3 mm. Coloration: forebody reddish; abdomen dark-brown to blackish-brown, distinctly contrasting with the forebody; legs and antennae yellowish to reddish-yellow.</p> <p>Head weakly oblong, approximately 1.05 times as long as wide (Fig. 8); punctation coarse and moderately dense to moderately sparse, somewhat sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices without microsculpture. Eyes rather small, approximately 1/3 the length of postocular region in dorsal view.</p> <p>Pronotum weakly oblong, approximately 1.1 times as long as wide and slightly narrower than head (Fig. 8); punctation dense and coarse; midline broadly impunctate.</p> <p>Elytra short and narrow, approximately 0.70-0.75 times as long as pronotum; humeral angles weakly marked (Fig. 8); punctation dense, rather fine, and weakly defined; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Hind wings completely reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen broader than elytra; punctation fine and dense; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: sternite VII without modified pubescence, posterior margin very weakly concave in the middle; sternite VIII posteriorly with a median cluster of dense pubescence (Fig. 9), but without distinct protuberance (Fig. 10), posterior incision rather broad, but not very deep (Fig. 9); aedeagus approximately 0.40 mm long, ventral process subapically weakly dentate (lateral view), apical portion of ventral process almost straight (lateral view) and rather slender in ventral view; internal sac with row of approximately 5-7 distinctly sclerotised and moderately long spines (Figs 11-15, 24-25).</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin adjective: level, flat) alludes to the absence of a distinct protuberance on the male sternite VIII, one of the characters separating S. aequus from the similar S. ulcerosus nov.sp.</p> <p>C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Based on the similarly derived morphology of the male primary and secondary sexual characters, S. aequus is closely related to S. ulcerosus nov.sp. (see below). In the key in ASSING (2011a), the species would key out at couplets 69-70, together with S. ulcerosus. For a supplement to the key see the comparative notes in the following section.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Thetypelocalityissituatedto the southeast of Sütçüler in the Kuyucak Dağı. The specimens were collected on a calcareous, grassy slope at an altitude of 1520 m, together with an undescribed species of Geostiba; for a photo of the habitat see ASSING (2011b: figure 20). The vast majority of specimens was found under stones, some were sifted from grass roots.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFFAFFE0D8F3EEDF9608FD6F	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
93085678FFF9FFEFD8F3EE419687FAA1.text	93085678FFF9FFEFD8F3EE419687FAA1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunius ulcerosus Assing 2011	<div><p>Sunius ulcerosus nov.sp. (Figs 16-23, 26)</p> <p>T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: "TR [25] - Isparta, 23 km ESE <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.310833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.724724" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.310833/lat 37.724724)">Eğirdir</a>, 1820 m, 37°43'29''N, 31°18'39''E, pasture, under stones, 25.IV.2011, V. Assing / Holotypus Sunius ulcerosus sp.n. det. V. Assing 2011" (cAss). Paratypes: 3, 7: same data as holotype (cAss, MNHUB, OÖLL); 6 exs.: same data, but leg. Wunderle (cWun).</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n: In external morphology highly similar to S. aequus, distinguished only by the male primary and secondary sexual characters:</p> <p>: sternite VIII posteriorly with a median subcircular protuberance, this protuberance with a cluster of denser pubescence (Figs 16-17), posterior incision not very deep (Fig. 16); aedeagus approximately 0.40 mm long, ventral process subapically not dentate (lateral view), apical portion of ventral process shorter and weakly curved (lateral view), subapically broader in ventral view; internal sac with row of slightly longer spines (Figs 18-23).</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin adjective: with ulcers, with bumps) alludes to the presence of a distinct protuberance on the male sternite VIII.</p> <p>C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The similarly derived morphology of the male sexual characters suggests that S. ulcerosus is most closely related to S. aequus. In the key in ASSING (2011a), both species would key out at couplets 69-70. In order to account for them, the key is modified as follows:</p> <p>69 Abdomen darker, distinctly contrasting with the rufous forebody. Species from the western Taurus and western Anatolia (Antalya, Isparta, Muğla)....................................69a</p> <p>- Abdomen more weakly infuscate, less distinctly contrasting with rufous forebody. Species from the eastern Taurus (Mersin and eastwards)..................................................73</p> <p>69a: sternite VIII posteriorly with median cluster of dense setae or with densely pubescent subcircular tubercle. Southwestern Antalya and Isparta.................................69b</p> <p>-: sternite VIII with median process or fin-like tubercle. Species with more western distributions.......................................................................................................................71</p> <p>69b: aedeagus without sclerotized spines in internal sac (ASSING 2003: figures 19-20). Southwestern Antalya: Ak Dağlar........................................................... S. brachati ASSING</p> <p>-: aedeagus with approximately 5-7 strongly sclerotised spines in internal sac. Distribution different.........................................................................................................70</p> <p>70: sternite VIII posteriorly with distinct, densely pubescent protuberance (Figs 16-17); ventral process of aedeagus subapically broader in ventral view, apical portion of ventral process shorter and slightly curved in lateral view (Figs 18-21); internal sac of aedeagus with slightly longer spines (Figs 22-23). Isparta: Dedegöl Dağları..................................................................................................................................... S. ulcerosus nov.sp.</p> <p>-: sternite VIII posteriorly only with very indistinctly elevated cluster of dense pubescence (Figs 9-10); apical portion of ventral process more slender in ventral view, longer and straight in lateral view; internal spines of aedeagus slightly shorter (Figs 11- 15, 24-25). Isparta: Kuyucak Dağı............................................................ S. aequus nov.sp.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Thetypelocalityissituatedin the Dedegöl Dağları, approximately 5 km to the west of Yenişarbademli, in Isparta, southwestern Anatolia. The specimens were found under stones on a stony calcareous slope with scattered grass vegetation and shrubs at an altitude of 1820 m (Fig. 26).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/93085678FFF9FFEFD8F3EE419687FAA1	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, V.	Assing, V. (2011): A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2): 1159-1168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995
