Mylabris (Mylabris) barezensis Serri, Pan & Bologna, 2012

Pan, Zhao & Bologna, Marco A., 2014, Taxonomy, Bionomics and Faunistics of the Nominate Subgenus of Mylabris Fabricius, 1775, with the description of five new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Mylabrini), Zootaxa 3806 (1), pp. 1-78 : 20-21

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Mylabris (Mylabris) barezensis Serri, Pan & Bologna, 2012 *

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Mylabris (Mylabris) barezensis Serri et al., 2012: 82 View Cited Treatment .

Type locality. “ Iran, Dehbakri” ( Serri et al., 2012). This Iranian locality of Kerman Province, is positioned south of Bam, along the Jebal Barez, a mountain range.

Type specimens. Holotype male ( HMIM), 3 males and 1 female paratypes with the following labels: “ Holotypus (and Paratypus respectively) Mylabris (Myl.) barezensis n. sp. S. Serri, Z. Pan & M. Bologna det. 2012” (red, printed and handwritten), “Kerman, Dehbakri, N 29.0539° – E 57.9131°, 2027 m, 6.5.1969 ” (white, printed) (2 HMIM; 2 MAB).

Description. Body length: 10–15 mm; setae uniformly black, but mixed golden and black on legs; antennomeres uniformly black, III ca. twice as long as IV, XI slightly more than twice as long as wide ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A); pronotum without fore transverse depression; elytral pattern ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B) characterized by reduced yellow-brown surface and large extension of black colouration everywhere; mesosternum as in Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 C; male gonoforceps slender in lateral view ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 E), and fused ventrally until the apical third ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 D); distal hook of aedeagus positioned far from apex, proximal hook slightly longer than the distal one, endophallic hook evidently curved ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 F); the apodeme of the spiculum gastrale variable: most males have this sclerite slender in the middle and clearly narrowed and elongate in the last portion ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 Ga), but in a single male it is widened medially ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 Gb).

Taxonomic remarks. Immediately distinguishable from all species of the subgenus by the unique elytral pattern characterized by reduced brown-orange surface and the large extension of black colouration everywhere as in Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B. Mesosternum ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 C) narrowed posteriorly and the setae on its anteriorly modified section are longer than usual. Male gonoforceps slender in lateral view ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 E).

This species was included in the nominate subgenus by Serri et al. (2012). It is similar to M. apiceguttata because of the shape of the ventral blade of claws and the aedeagal distal hook, far from apex. As discussed for M. apiceguttata , possible affinities with Calydabris are represented by the presence of a tuft of setae on the scutum of mesosternum, never pointed out in the literature. In conclusion, we tentatively include this species into the nominate subgenus but we are waiting for molecular evidences to support its phylogenetic position.

Distribution. E Iran.