Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 70

* Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)

Fig. 6 .

Material. 1 ex., Nospelt, 7.IX.1968, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138504 ); 6 exx., Eischen, 2 V .1971, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138505–10 ) .

Note. A small, xerophilic species associated with sandy habitats, locally present throughout all adjacent regions ( Everts 1903; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig, 1999; Thomaes et al. 2025). Once common in dune areas of the Netherlands ( Everts 1903), the species has been in strong decline in Belgium since the 1950s ( Libbrecht 1988) and it is very rare in Lorraine ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Soldati 2007) and in Saarland, where it is not considered endangered ( Lillig 1999). In Luxembourg, it is likely also declining, probably due to climatic factors.

Figures

FIGURE 1–10. 1. Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2. Omophlus lepturoides (Linnaeus, 1758). 3. Isomira murina (Linnaeus,1758).4.Nalassuslaevioctostriatus(Goeze,1777).5.TriboliumconfusumJacquelinduVal,1861.6.Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781). 7. Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758). 8. Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804. 9. Crypticus quisquilius quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1760). 10. Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798) (size of habitus not proportional to sizes of specimens).