Ptiliola brevicollis ( Matthews, 1860 )

Vorst, Oscar, 2007, Ptiliola flammifera (Młynarski) reinstated as a species distinct from P. kunzei (Heer) (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), Zootaxa 1546, pp. 63-68 : 66

Ptiliola brevicollis ( Matthews, 1860)

( Figs. 3 , 9, 12 )

Material studied. THE NETHERLANDS: Prov. of Groningen: ɗ [ Figs. 3 , 9, 12 ], 4 ΨΨ, Overschild, Schildmeer, UTM LE5506, 18.ix.2004, heap of decaying grass, Vorst (cOV); Prov. of Overijssel: Ψ, Fortmond, Duursche Waarden, UTM LD0306, 24.iv-14.v.1998, window trap at river meadow, Vorst (cOV); Ψ, Weerribben, Woldakkers, UTM GU0153, 31.viii.2001, heap of old hay and reeds, edge of Alnus forest, Vorst (cOV); Prov. of Limburg: Ψ, Urmond, UTM FS9552, 22.viii.2000, heap of horse manure, forest edge, Vorst (cOV). GERMANY: Saarland: 2 ΨΨ, Nennig, 8.vi.1996, heap of decaying hay, Vorst (cOV). LATVIA: Krāslava Distr.: 1 ex, Šķeltiņi, 1.viii.1995, A. Barševskis (cOV). POLAND: Śląsk Voivodship: Ψ, "Silesia, Teschen" [= Cieszyn], Th. von Wanka ( RMNH). SWEDEN: Uppland: ɗ, Storvreta, 30.x.1993, A. Lindelöw (cMS).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Scanning electron micrographs of Ptiliola flammifera (1, 4, 5), P. kunzei (2, 6) and P. brevicollis (3). 1 – 3. Pronotum, scale bar 50 μm; 4. Male metaventrite, scale bar 20 μm; 5, 6. Apical fringe of elytra, scale bar 10 μm.

FIGURES 7 – 12. Aedeagi of Ptiliola flammifera (7, 10), P. kunzei (8, 11) and P. brevicollis (9, 12) in ventral (7 – 9) and lateral (10 – 12) view. Scale bar 50 μm.