identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039D87D5FFEFC457FF0C4BFB575B9996.text	039D87D5FFEFC457FF0C4BFB575B9996.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dianous ponticus Fagel 1963	<div><p>The redescription of Dianous ponticus based on both male and female specimens is provided here, including diagnostic characters and genital structures.</p><p>Material examined. TURKEY: KASTAMONU, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Araç, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.192562&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.17268" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.192562/lat 41.17268)">Okçular village</a>, near stream (fast-flowing stream), 771 m., 41.172679N, 33.192564E, 16.VI.2023, leg. Y. Turan ; 1 male 1 ♀, Araç, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.18296&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.17267" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.18296/lat 41.17267)">Okçular waterfall</a>, 839 m., 41.172667N, 33.182962E, 16.VI.2023, leg. Y. Turan ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Pýnarbaþý, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.14125&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.65408" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.14125/lat 41.65408)">Ilýca waterfall</a>, 449 m., 41.654079N, 33.141252E, 19.VI.2023,leg. Y.Turan ; 1 ♂, TURKEY: SINOP, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.775616&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.84827" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.775616/lat 41.84827)">Erfelek</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.775616&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.84827" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.775616/lat 41.84827)">waterfall</a>, 455 m., 41.84827N, 34.775615E, 19.VI.2023, leg. Y. Turan.</p><p>Redescription:</p><p>Habitus of male as in Fig. 1A; female in Fig. 1B.</p><p>Head, pronotum, elytra, and abdomen metallic blue; femur and tibia dark brown-black, apical of tibia light brown; I-VIII antennae segments dark brown, XI-XI segments light brown; maxilla palpus black-brown.</p><p>Head transverse, approximately 1.34 times as broad as long; lateral margins behind eyes narrow backward in dorsal view; punctation distinct and dense, diameters broader than interspaces, with reticulated microsculpture. Pubescence dense and forward-directed anteriorly. Eyes large, in dorsal view as long as or slightly longer than postocular region. The anterior margin of the labrum straight.</p><p>Pronotum approximately 1.07–1.10 times as wide as long, distinctly narrower than head. Punctures distinct; anteriorly and posteriorly with diameters larger than the interspaces, punctures in other areas diameters smaller than the interspaces; with reticulated microsculpture; without pubescence.</p><p>Elytra approximately 1.4 times longer than pronotum, 1.6 times as wide as the pronotum; slightly broader than length; punctation shallow, with diameters broader than the interspaces. Dense yellow pubescence, due to the concentration of posteriorly directed pubescence medially, create a spotted appearance. Hind wings fully developed. Protarsomeres I–IV distinctly dilated, without sexual dimorphism. Metatarsus I nearly as long as Metatarsus V.</p><p>Abdomen superficial punctate and diameters narrower than interspaces; with reticular microsculpture; pubescence dense, directed toward the posterior. posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe; posterior margin of tergite VIII straight.</p><p>♂: Sternite VIII (Fig. 1C) approximately as long as broad, posterior border slightly concave; parameres of aedeagus longer than the median lobe; apex of median lobe slightly protruding like a finger (Fig. 1D).</p><p>Sternite IX: Posterior margin slightly serrated and slightly concave medially (Fig. 1E).</p><p>♀: Sternite IX: Posterior corner with one or two slight projections (Fig. 1F).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>The species Dianous ponticus was first described from Hamsiköy, Trabzon, in northeastern Turkey. Subsequent records of the species were reported from Giresun, Adana, and later from Armenia (Fagel 1963; Korge 1964; Puthz 1979, 1981, 2016). In this study, D. ponticus was recorded from Kastamonu ( Western Black Sea) and Sinop (Central Black Sea).</p><p>The distribution of species belonging to the genus Dianous in Turkey is shown in the map below (Fig. 2). Additionally, their distributional localities, elevation ranges and collection periods are summarized in the table below (Table 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87D5FFEFC457FF0C4BFB575B9996	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Turan, Yavuz	Turan, Yavuz (2025): Reassessment of Dianous ponticus Fagel, 1963 (Staphylinidae: Steninae) and the genus Dianous in Turkey: Taxonomic, ecological, and distributional insights. Zootaxa 5696 (3): 437-443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.8
