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Tóth, L.: Medon croaticus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Yugoslavia

Figs. 1-5. Medon croaticus sp n.: 1 = çf 5th ventral segment, ventral view, 2 = çf 6th ventral segment, ventral view, 3 = aedoeagus, ventral view, 4 = aedoeagus, dorsal view, 5 = aedoeagus, lateral view closer and less fine at base, with coriaceous groundsculpture. çf : 5th ventral segment feebly, triangularly produced in the middle of posterior margin, apex with two black errect setae, slightly emarginate on each sides of the middle, emarginations furnished with 4 black spines externally Fig. 1. çf 6th ventral segment deeply, rather broadly excised, apex of excision rounded Fig. 2. Legs rather stout, anterior femora thickened, apically emarginated, tibiae moderately curved, ciliate, tarsi a little thickened. Middle and posterior femora simple, tibiae straight, tarsi short, 1st to 4th segments gradually decreasing in length, last segment longer than 1st. Aedoeagus Fig. 3, 4, 5. Holotype çf: Croatia, Gospics (= Gospic), collected by Padewieth. —• Holotype deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. References COFFAIT, H. (1970): Un nouveau Medon cavernicole du Pélopponnése. — Ann. de Spéléologie, 25 (1): 231-233 GANGLBAUER, L (1895): Die Käfer von Mitteleuropa, IL — Wien, p. 1-880. LOHSE, G. A. (1964): Staphylinidae I. — In: FREUDE, H., HARDE, K. W., LOHSE G. A.: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. — Krefeld, 4: 1-264. Author's address: DR. LÁSZLÓ TÓTH Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13 Hungary