Microhoria terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842 )

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 : 291-294

Microhoria terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842)

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= Anthicus chiosicola Reitter, 1889

= Anthicus dalmatinus Pic, 1901

= Anthicus emgei Pic, 1897

= Anthicus latebrunneus Pic, 1901

= var. latebrunneus Pic, 1901 [see nomenclatural note below]

= var. latebrunneus Pic, 1903 [second description; homonym]

= Anthicus sanguinicollis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a

= Anthicus sanguinicollis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b [second description]

Anthicus terminatus W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842: 128 (description).

Anthicus chiosicola Reitter, 1889: 259 (description).

Anthicus dalmatinus Pic, 1901: 130 (description).

Anthicus emgei Pic, 1897: 296 (description).

Anthicus terminatus var. latebrunneus Pic, 1901: 131 (description).

Anthicus sanguinicollis var. latebrunneus Pic, 1903: 178 (second description).

Anthicus sanguinicollis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a: 140 (description).

Anthicus sanguinicollis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a: 239 (second description).

Type material. Not studied.

New material. 10 specimens BMNH: [ Greece] Salonica ; 2 specimens BMNH: Mostar Umg. Herzegovina // A.V. Gebhardt. B.M.1938­ 106 .; 1 specimen IRSNB: [ Greece] Evvia Gides S.W. 27­V­1930 A. d’Orchymont ; 2 males NMP: Ankara – Baraj Anat. [olia], 3­ 4. VII. 47 Exp. N. Mus ČSR // Microhoria terminata (Schm.) P.Bonadona dét .; 1 male NMP: Mogan aölü Anat. [olia] 8. VII. 47 Exp. N. Mus ČSR // Microhoria terminata (Schm.) P.Bonadona dét .; 6 females NMP: Hasanoglan Anat. [olia] 13. VII. 47. Exp. N. Mus. ČSR // Microhoria terminata (Schm.) P.Bonadona dét .; 1 specimen IRSNB: Grèce, Mont Olympe E. Stavros à Prioni. 1.000 m. 21–23/VII/1953 E. Janssens & R. Tollet // R. I. Sc. N. B. I. G. 19.308 ; 4 specimens IRSNB: Yougoslavie S.W. = Slano 15/ 24­ vii­1967 L. Allaer // R. I. Sc. N. B. I. G. 23.754 ; 1 specimen BKC: Bulgaria Achtopol 15.– 21.7.1984 leg. U. Arnold ; 3 males & 2 females ADC: Croazia: S, 4 km E of Split , 10.–12.VII.2001, Z. Linek leg. ; 1 male ADC: Grecia: Ahaia str. Mega Spileo, Kala Urita , 600 m, 21.VI.2001, I. Zappi leg. ; 1 female ADC: Turchia: Van, Timar , 1600 m, 25.VII.2002, G. Sama leg. ; 1 specimen NME: Kroatien 2003 Mitteldalmatien Murvica 10 km nordöstlich Zadar leg. W. Apfel 14.VI.; 6 specimens NME & 2 DTC: Kroatien 2003 Mitteldalmatien Umg. Vodice Autokescher fang leg. W. Apfel 22.VI.; 10 males & 4 females ADC: Grecia: SE Peloponneso, Pr. Ch. Ag. Dimitrios, M. Parnonas (Kosmas) 800 m, Pyrus 23.VII. 2004, M. Berra leg. ; 1 specimen MEC: GR, NW, Parga Vrachos 12.7.2005 leg. Manfred Egger ; 1 specimen MEC: GR, NW Vrosina 15.7.2005 leg. Manfred Egger ; 8 specimens MEC & 1 DTC: GR, NW, Parga Loutsa 20.7.2005 leg. Manfred Egger ; 1 specimen MEC: GR, NW, Parga Loutsa 24.7.2005 leg. Manfred Egger ; 1 male ADC: Turchia: Burdur, 940 m, 20 km SW Burdur , 37°37’ N 30°09’ E, 7.VII.2006, J. Halada leg. ; 2 specimens NME: I. / Kalabrien 2007 Provinz Vibo Val. San Calogero 4, 5 km südl. 120 m leg. W. Apfel 28.V.; 3 specimens NME: Ital. / Kalabrien 2007 Camini / Monasterace Prov. Reg. Cal 250 m, HF / KL leg. W. Apfel 31.V.; 1 maleADC: Grecia: Corfù, Pelekitò , 21.VI.2010, M. Pavesi leg. ; 1 specimen NME & 1 DTC: Sizilien, n, Pr. Palermo Campofelice di Rocella 37.57.39 N, 13.54.06 E Nutzgarten, QLD, 230 m 28.6.10, leg. D. Frenzel ; 1 specimen NME: Sizilien, N, Prov. Palermo Campofelice di Rocella, Strand Mittelmeer , 4 m NN 37°59’55” N, 13°52’57’ E 25.VI.2013, leg. D. Frenzel ; 1 specimen MEC: GR, Thessalien Ossagebirge Stomio , 2.7.2016 leg. Manfred Egger ; 1 specimen DTC: ITALY S, Calabria, Catanzaro Prov., Badolato Marina , 38°34’43’’ N, 16°34’07’’ E, 08.–11.VI.2019, dunes, leg. D. Telnov ; 1 specimen DTC: ITALY S, Salento, Lecce Prov., Alimini Piccolo Lake , N part, 40°11’03’’ N, 18°26’51’’ E, 13.VI.2019, lakeside & bushes, leg. D. Telnov ; 1 specimen DTC: ITALY S, Salento, Borgagne 3.5 km ENE, Agriturismo Malapezza , 40°15’07’’ N, 18°24’60’’ E, 12.–15.VI. 2019, uncultiuvated meadow, leg. D. Telnov ; 2 specimens NME & 1 DTC: CROATIA, GS Zadar, Pag, Umgeb. Kloster­Ruine Stari Grad , 10– 30 m NN, 44°25’52’’ N, 15°03’45’’ E, 06.VI. 2022, leg. D. Frenzel.

The figures of the male genitalia recently provided by Kejval & Chandler (2020). This species is therefore not redescribed here, but additional images are provided.

Nomenclature. Pic (1901d: 130) described ‘ Anthicus terminatus v. latebrunneus ’ from Greece from an unstated number of specimens. Pic (1903: 178) published a second description of the same taxon, but as ‘ Anthicus sanguinicollis var. latebrunneus ’ ( A. sanguinicollis is now a junior synonym of M. terminata ), also from Greece. The variety latebrunneus had not been rediscovered since. This taxon was erroneously considered to be an aberration of M. nectarina (Panzer, 1794) by Reitter (1906: 444) and was listed as a variety of M. terminata by Uhmann (1992: 167) and Telnov (1999: 30). The variety latebrunneus had been listed among junior synonyms of M. terminata by Chandler et al. (2008: 443) subsequently followed by Telnov (2020a: 613). However, the studied female syntype (see data below) appears not to be conspecific with M. terminata and is different in the dorsal outline of the head and the more strongly cordiform pronotum, the comparatively denser elytral punctures and setation and the more strongly rounded lateral margins of the elytra in dorsal view. Since the only available type specimen of the variety latebrunneus is a female and no additional material of this taxon is available, its placement remains unclear. At this point I abstain from changing the status or rank for the var. latebrunneus or from placing it as a synonym of any known Microhoria species.

Syntype Anthicus terminatus var. latebrunneus , 1 female MNHN: Bittner 94 Griechenld. [printed] // [unreadable text] // [unreadable text] // TYPE [printed, label red] // v. latebrunneus Pic [handwritten].

Interspecific variability. This species varies greatly in body colouration.

Ecology. Dwell on ground, visit flowering bushes and lower vegetation.

Distribution. Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, European part of Russia (steppe zone), France (southern part), Great Britain (not established), Greece (including Corfu and Ionian Islands), Iran, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey (both European and Asian), Turkmenistan, Ukraine. Occurrence of M. terminata in Turkmenistan requires further confirmation. The record of the variety latebrunneus from S European Russia by Telnov (1999: 30) is likely based on a misidentified specimen.

Chorotype. Turano­Europeo­Mediterranean (1.09 TEM).

Figures

Fig. 51. Microhoria terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842). A – Male from Southern France, habitus, dorsal view; B – Female from Basilicata, habitus, dorsal view; C – Male from Split env., Croatia, aedeagus, lateral view; D – Male from Parnonas, Greece, aedeagus, lateral view; E – Male from Basilicata, Italy, aedeagus, lateral view [not to scale; images B–E courtesy Augusto Degiovanni, Bubano, Italy].