Kladotyphlus ariesensis ariesensis ssp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A0204C5D-53BB-41E7-B302-69E3F1677A7A Figs 4 C, J, 5 B, 6 C, D, 7 E, G TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Brăzeşti, 25.V.2015, 46.409°N 23.334°E: 1 male deposited in HNHM. PARATYPES. ROMANIA: Brăzeşti, 25.V.2015, 46.409°N 23.334°E: 3 females (cStr). ETYMOLOGY. The type material was found in the valley of the river Arieş (Valea Arieşului). DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.1400; HW: 0.1675; PL: 0.1700; PW: 0.1675; EL: 0.1450; EW: 0.1575; AL: 0.2325; TL: 1.2. Antennae with 11 articles, club three-segmented, fifth article not bigger than the sixth. Maxillary palps with 4 articles, articles II and III enlarged, article III bigger than article II, article IV long and very slim. Labial palps with four articles, article III slender, article IV very small. Ligula divided in two membranous branches. Mandibles with a simple tooth. Gular sutures complete and united in the center of the head. Tarsi three-segmented. Male sternite VII shallow impressed in the central third from the posterior edge more vague towards the base. Sternite VIII in the central third flattened, posterior margin of almost straight. Male genital segment with two pleurites that partially cover the base ventrally and a longer urosternite. Urosternite slightly asymmetric, only very little overlapping with the pleurites, with a membrane at its right side and a bifid tip. Aedeagus: parameres absent. Ventral lamina strong and long, slightly asymmetric. Copulatory piece well developed, shorter than the ventral lamina asymmetric. COMMENTS. Kladotyphlus was described by PACE (1999) for K. kahleni Pace from Slovenia and is so far the only other species within this genus.

Published as part of Struyve, Tim, 2022, On the soil dwelling Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Romania, pp. 1-22 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 127 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11583639