Ropalopus, UNGARICUS GALLICUS VARTANIS, 2018

Karpiński, Lech, Szczepański, Wojciech T. & Kruszelnicki, Lech, 2020, Revision of the Ropalopus ungaricus / insubricus group (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Callidiini) from the western Palaearctic region, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189, pp. 1176-1216 : 1202

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ROPALOPUS UNGARICUS GALLICUS VARTANIS, 2018 View in CoL

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Distribution: South-eastern France ( Fig. 20 View Figure 20 ). This taxon was described from Aiguines, and several new localities in south-eastern France are herein added ( Table 1). Most of these were incorrectly assigned to R. u. insubricus .

Diagnosis: Ropalopus u. gallicus is characterized by its relatively short elytra, the pronotum with its lustrous area predominantly slightly punctate and wrinkled ( Fig. 2E View Figure 2 ), and the antennae, which are usually much shorter than the body in males. Moreover, the pubescence of the ventral side of the body is characteristic owing to the abundant long, whitish hairs ( Fig. 16B View Figure 16 ), which is the best trait for distinguishing it from both of the closest taxa, R. u. ungaricus and R. u. insubricus ( Fig. 16A and D View Figure 16 , respectively). There are also clear differences in the shape of the lateral lobes ( Fig. 12G View Figure 12 ), which are by far the shortest and widest in the discussed group. In contrast, the prosternal process ( Fig. 9C View Figure 9 ) does not seem to differ from R. u. ungaricus ( Fig. 9B View Figure 9 ). Body length: 17.0–20.0 mm.

Remarks: Despite its original classification as a subspecies of R. insubricus sensu e.g. Sama (2002) and Vartanis (2018), this taxon is evidently more closely related to R. u. ungaricus , but the elytra at the base are less frequently and less markedly wrinkled. The type locality of this taxon lies at medium elevation of ~ 1000 m a.s.l.; thus, although it overlaps, in part, with the range of elevations inhabited by R. u. ungaricus , it can be regarded as a transitional elevation between the latter and R. u. insubricus . The imagines were collected in the first days of July. This subspecies is indisputably associated ecologically with maple ( Acer sp. ) ( Vartanis, 2018).