Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934

Mertlik, Josef, Németh, Tamás & Kundrata, Robin, 2017, Revision of the flightless click-beetle genus Dima Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini) in the Balkan Peninsula, Zootaxa 4220 (1), pp. 1-63 : 24

Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934

Figs 75–76 , 147 , 169 , 202 , 234 , 244 .

Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934: 67 ; Chassain 1984: 92; Schimmel 1996: 147; Wurst 1997: 4; Cate 2007: 184; Schimmel & Platia 2008: 583; Platia & Gudenzi 2009: 119; Platia 2011: 49; Platia 2012: 201.

Type depository. Type material and type depository unknown ( Schimmel 1996).

Type locality. Greece: Thessaly, Mt. Olympus , 2200 m.

New material. GREECE: Olympos – Litochoro, 26.–28. V.1989, 1 ex., J. Turna leg. ( PCGP); Olympus Mts. , chata A, cca 2000 m, 9.–10 . VII.1996, 1 ♂, R. Chodura leg. ( PCJM); Litochoro – Mt. Olympus , 2000 m, 3 . VI.2008, 1 ♂, R. Reitmaier leg. ( PCRU); distr. Pieriá , Olimbos Mts., Spilios Agapitos refuge env., 2000 m (40°4'57.01"N, 22°22'21.24"E), 12 . VI.2015, 21 ♂♂, J. Mertlik leg. (PCJM); dtto, 16 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, B. Zbuzek leg. (PCBZ); dtto, 22 ♂♂, P. Brůha leg. (PCPB); dtto, 2 ♂♂, T. Németh leg. (HNHM); dtto, 8 ♂♂ (PCRK).

Description of female. Like male, but with more robust body, shorter antennae surpassing the hind pronotal angles about one segment (about three segments in males), and slightly wider pronotum ( Fig. 76 ). The sclerotized spines of bursa copulatrix as in Fig. 234 .

Diagnosis. Dima olympica is easily recognizable by its small body (body length: 8.0– 10.3 mm), very long, erect pubescence of head and pronotum, and hairs of two types on elytra: long erect ones and short decumbent ones ( Figs 75–76 , 147 , 169 ). Dima hirtipennis from southern Peloponnese, which has also long erect setae all over its body, is larger and lacks the short decumbent pubescence on elytra ( Fig. 167 ).

Distribution. Greece (Mt. Olympus; Fig. 244 ).

Figures

FIGURE 244. The distribution of Dima species in Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and in the northern Greece.

FIGURES 75 – 89. Habitus images of Dima species. Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934, 75 — non-type specimen, male, 76 — non-type specimen, female; D. orientalis sp. nov., 77 — holotype, male, 78 — paratype, female, 79 — paratype, female; 80 — Dima sp. from Xanthi, Greece; D. parnonensis Schimmel & Platia 2008, 81 — holotype, female, 82 — non-type specimen, male, 83 — non-type specimen, female, 84 — non-type specimen, male; D. pecoudi Fleutiaux, 1944, 85 — non-type specimen, male, 86 — non-type specimen, female, 87 — paratype of D. evritaniensis, male, 88 — non-type specimen, teratological male; 89 — D. pelikani sp. nov., holotype, male. Not to scale.

FIGURES 143 – 154. Pronotal details of Dima species. 143 — D. macedonica Schimmel, 1993, male; 144 — D. marvani Mertlik & Dusanek, 2006, holotype, male; 145 — D. moraveci Schimmel & Platia, 2008, holotype, female; 146 — D. neumanni Platia, 2013, female; 147 — D. olympica Meschnigg, 1934, male; 148 — D. orientalis sp. nov., holotype, male; 149 — D. parnonensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008, female; 150 — D. pecoudi Fleutiaux, 1944, male; 151 — D. pelikani sp. nov., holotype, male; 152 — D. pelionensis sp. nov., paratype, female, 153 — D. pelionensis sp. nov., paratype, female paratype of D. fokidensis; 154 — D. raineri Wurst, 1997, female. Not to scale.

FIGURES 163 – 171. Scutellum-shape of Dima species. 163 — D. bruhai sp. nov.; 164 — D. macedonica Schimmel, 1993; 165 — D. raineri Wurst, 1997. Elytral details of Dima species. 166 — D. fthiotidensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008; 167 — D. hirtipennis Platia, 2011; 168 — D. macedonica Schimmel, 1993; 169 — D. olympica Meischnigg, 1934; 170 — D. parnonensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008; 171 — D. pecoudi Fleutiaux, 1943. Not to scale.

FIGURES 202 – 211. Aedeagus images of Dima species. 202 — D. olympica Meschnigg, 1934, non-type specimen; 203 — D. orientalis sp. nov., holotype; 204 — D. parnonensis Schimmel & Platia 2008, non-type specimen; 205 — D. parnonensis, nontype specimen; 206 — D. pecoudi Fleutiaux, 1944, paratype of D. evritaniensis; 207 — D. pecoudi, non-type specimen; 208 — D. pelikani sp. nov., holotype; 209 — D. pelionensis sp. nov., paratype; 210 — D. raineri Wurst, 1997, holotype; 211 — D. raineri, non-type specimen. Not to scale.

FIGURES 234 – 242. The sclerotized spines of bursa copulatrix of Dima species. 234 — D. olympica Meschnigg, 1934, nontype specimen; 235 — D. orientalis sp. nov., paratype; 236 — Dima sp. from Xanthi, Greece; 237 — D. pelikani sp. nov., paratype; 238 — D. pelionensis sp. nov., paratype of D. fokidensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008; 239 — D. schimmeli Platia & Gudenzi, 2009, non-type specimen; 240 — D. schnitteri Platia, 2013, paratype; 241 — D. vonickai sp. nov., paratype; 242 — D. zbuzeki sp. nov, paratype. Not to scale.