16.1. Platyderus (Eremoderus) insignitus insignitus Bedel, 1902

Figs 4A, 9E, 11D, 15C, 18

Platyderus insignitus Bedel, 1902: 211 (type locality: “Mogador” [= Essaouira], Morocco).

References.

Platyderus insignitus: Bedel 1902: 214; Csiki 1931: 769; Antoine 1957: 235-236; Jeanne 1996: 398; Lorenz 1998: 375; Hovorka and Sciaky 2003: 521; Lorenz 2005: 395; Machard 2017: 102; Machard 2019: 199. Platyderus insignitus insignitus: Hovorka 2017: 756.

Type material.

Five syntypes should be present in MNHN, according to original description. Not examined.

Other material examined.

Morocco: Casablanca-Settat Region: 1♀, ' Marokko (region Doukkala-Abda) / Bir Jdid between El Jadida / and Casablanca / 4.2.2003, leg. M. Egger’ (cWR). Marrakesh-Safi Region: 1♀, 'SW-Morocco, 31.28 N / 09.46W, DIABAT (4 km / S Essaouira), 60 m // J. Kaláb leg., 17.XI.2003 / bushes, sandy dunes, / steppe’ (cASL). Sous-Massa Region: 1♂, 'MAROKKO, s. w. TIZNIT / umg. TIZNIT, 50 m / Strand-AGLOU / I. Puchner, 2.III.2000 ' (cDOS); 1♀, 'SW-Morocco, 29.48N / 09.50W / AGLOU PLAGE, 30 m, / J. Kaláb leg., 26-28.xi.2004 / sandy/grassy places, / half-desert’ (cWR); 1♀, ' MOROCCO, Plage Aglou / NW Tiznit / 29°45'N, 9°54'W / 6 m, 6.V.2011 / lgt. P. Kabátek’ (cWR) .

TME: 5 specimens. TGE: 1♂, 1♀.

Diagnosis.

See “Diagnosis” of P. insignitus presaharensis .

Habitat.

Nothing is known about the bionomics of this species.

Distribution.

According to the available data, P. insignitus insignitus is endemic to Morocco (Fig. 18). Antoine (1957: 236) stated that it is a sublittoral species living in the area between Oum er Rbia River to the north and the Anti-Atlas Mountain Range to the south. Machard (2017, 2019) noted that it inhabits the "Littoral atlantique de Casablanca à Agadir". The new data from the environs of Tiznit show that the species occurs south of the city of Agadir as well.