Microhoria luristanica (Pic, 1911)

Telnov, Dmitry, 2022, Revisional notes on the genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey, with new descriptions, an annotated catalogue, and a key, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (2), pp. 195-312 : 260

Microhoria luristanica (Pic, 1911) ( Fig. 34 ) = Anthicus pietschmi Pic, 1938

Anthicus luristanicus Pic, 1911b: 97 (description).

Anthicus Pietschmi Pic, 1938: 11 (description). Anthicus luristanicus – Pic 1911a: 59 (checklist); Winkler 1927: 845 (checklist).

Tenuicomus luristanicus – Uhmann 1985: 198 (new combination, record – Iran); Telnov 2020a: 615 (checklist).

Tenuicollis luristanicus – Chandler et al. 2008: 448 (checklist); Telnov & Ghahari 2018: 484 (note).

Microhoria luristanica – Kejval & Chandler 2020: 131 , 141 (new combination, supplementary description, assigned to the M. terminata species group).

Tenuicollis pietschmi – Chandler et al. 2008: 448 (checklist).

Anthicus Pietschmi – Kejval & Chandler 2020: 141 (new synonymy).

Anthicus pietschmi – Telnov 2020b: 15 (new synonymy).

Type material Anthicus luristanicus . Lectotype male [designated by Kejval & Chandler 2020] MNHN: v. Bodemeyer Persien Luristan [printed] // type [handwritten] // TYPE [printed, label red] // Anthicus pres ottomanus Laf. [handwritten] // luristanicus. Pic [handwritten].

Type material Anthicus pietschmi . Lectotype female [designated by Kejval & Chandler 2020] MNHN: Mesopotamia Pietschm [handwritten, partly unreadable] // type [handwritten] // TYPE [printed, label red] // Pietschmi n sp [handwritten].

New material. 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Busher 1 km N Dalaki 3.4.2011 150 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Busher 5 km E Bandar­e Gonaveh 4.4.2011 30 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Busher 5 km E Bandar­e Gonaveh 29°39.676’ N / 50°31.971’ E 4.4.2011 30 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Busher 10 km SE Sardasht 4.4.2011 30 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Lorestan 5 km S Malavi 7.4.2011 800 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Fars Shiraz 21.4.2011 1640 m leg. H. Mühle ; 1 specimen HMC: Iran / Tehran 23.4.2011 1650 m leg. H. Mühle ; 2 specimens NME: IRAN, Pr. Qom, Neyzar, N 30 km N Delijan, Rud­e Qom river course, reed, 1300 m 34°16’59’’ N, 50°31’33’’ E 8.V.2012, leg. D. Frenzel ; 9 specimens NME: S­IRAN, Prov. Hormozgan, Sarhanaian, Sarj. ­ mount. Ort u. Umgebung , 410 m NN 27°38’39” N, 56°44‘06’’ E 6./7.III.14 leg. D. Frenzel /105; 3 specimens NME: S­IRAN, Prov. Hormozgan Sikhoran, E, kleiner Fluss im Gebirge , 940 m NN, 27°49’52’’ N, 56°33’06’’ E 12.III.14, leg. D. Frenzel /116; 4 specimens NME: IRAN, Prov. Kerman, Kerman N Darb­e­Asiab, waterfall near Kuhpayeh, Ruderal , N 30°30’50,4’’, E 57°09’55,1’’ 07.VI. 2014, 2500 m, leg. A. Weigel IR 08c LF; 1 specimen NME: IRAN, Yasuj province , 12.IV.2015, 30°19’38” N, 51°30’39” E 1016 m, leg. S. Azadbakhsh ; 2 specimens NME: N­IRAQ, S Rawandoz Akoian valley , ~ 1400 m ~ 36°30’ N, 44°36’ E 23.–25.IV.2019 pitfall trap, leg. Reuter ; 4 specimens NME: N­IRAQ, NE Duhok Sarsing , 1000­ 1200 m 37°01’24” N, 43°13’19” E 21.V. 2019 leg. Reuter ; 6 specimens NME: N­IRAQ, env. Akrê 36°42’25’’ N, 43°48’45’’ E 600 m, 13.V.2019 leg. Reuter.

The figure of the male genitalia of this species was recently published by Kejval & Chandler (2020). This species is therefore not redescribed here.

Ecology. Some specimens attracted to light.

Distribution. Iran, Iraq, Turkey.

Chorotype. SW­Asiatic (1.13 SWA).

Figures

Fig. 34. Microhoria luristanica (Pic, 1911) male from Akrê env., Iraq, habitus, dorsal view.