Laena wanensis Schuster, 1940

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2020, New taxonomic and faunistic data to species of the genus Laena Dejean from Turkey (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae), with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4861 (3), pp. 385-398 : 397

Laena wanensis Schuster, 1940

( Figs. 10 , 29 )

Examined specimens: Turkey, Van, Guzeldere , 2700 m, 4.VI.1998, leg. G. Sama, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Van, Kurobas Pass, Gürpinar , 2100–2300 m, 9.V.1989, leg. W. Heinz, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Niğde, 7.VI.1981, leg. G. Sama, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Kayseri, 1100 m, 10.V.1997, leg. G. Sama, 2 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Erzurum, Ispir , 1750–1900 m, 11.VI.1998, leg. G. Sama, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Mucur , 22. VII .1947, collector unknown, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Cappadocia, Göreme , 10.–12.V.1992, leg. P. Vonička, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Antakya, Nur Da- glari, 14 km W Hassa, 1600 m, 11.V.1997, leg. A. Schulz, K. Vock & M. Sanetra, 2 ex. CPE, 1 ex. SMNS .— Armenia, 25 km S Kapan, Gomarants Pass , 2190 m, 7. VII .2016, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. MNB .— Armenia, 20 km S Kapan , W Tsav, 1170 m, 9. VII .2017, leg. V. Assing & M. Schülke, 2 ex. MNB .— Armenia, 10 km S Kapan , SE Chakaten, 990 m, 9. VII .2016, leg. V. Assing, 2 ex. MNB, 1 ex. SMNS .— Armenia, 25 km SW Kapan , 1890 m, 10. VII .2016, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. MNB .

Remarks: This taxon is very probably a synonym of L. longula Marseul, 1876 , described from Lebanon. Very probably, also L. libanotica Reitter, 1885 from Libanon belongs to this group. It can also not be excluded, that all these described taxa are only larger individuals and belong to the complex around the widespread L. ferruginea Küster, 1846 . At present, it seems impossible to separate this complex by morphology and only molecular studies might solve this problem.

Published locality: Wan ( Schuster 1940).

Figures

FIGURES 9–21. Dorsal view of Laena species from Turkey (and few from Greece and Bulgaria). 9 L. ferruginea, Antalya, SMNS. 10 L. wanensis, Kayseri, SMNS. 11 L. merkli, Göksun, SMNS. 12 L. parvidens, Amasya, SMNS. 13 L. pici, Antakya, SMNS. 14 L. deplanata, Izmir, SMNS. 15 L. byzantina, Abant, SMNS. 16 L. bozdagica sp. nov., holotype SMNS. 17 L. sp. ♀, Antalya, SMNS. 18 L. lindbergi, Bingöl, SMNS. 19 L. korbi, Konya, SMNS. 20 L. obscuricornis, Tarsus, SMNS. 21 L. graeca, Bulgaria Burgas, SMNS. Scale line: 3.0 mm.

FIGURES 22–46. Right posterior male tibia of Laena species from Turkey and Greece (Figs. 22–25), and apicale of aedeagus of Laena species from Turkey and few from Greece (Figs. 26–46). 22 L. apfelbecki, Greece Évia, SMNS. 23 L. bozdagica sp. nov., holotype Izmir, SMNS. 24 L. kraatzi, Greece Chios, SMNS. 25 L. lindbergi, Bingöl, SMNS. 26 L. deplanata, Izmir, SMNS. 27 L. ferruginea, Greece Corfu, SMNS. 28 L. ferruginea, Antalya, SMNS (det. Kaszab as L. liliputana syn. nov.). 29 L. wanensis, Nur Daglari, SMNS. 30 L. bozdagica sp. nov., paratype Izmir, SMNS. 31 L. merkli, Hakkari, CPE. 32 L. obscuricornis, Meselik, SMNS. 33 L. byzantina, Artvin, SMNS. 34 L. korbi, Konya, SMNS. 35 L. lindbergi, Bitlis, SMNS. 36 L. apfelbecki, Greece Evia, SMNS. 37 L. pici, Antakya, SMNS. 38 L. ganglbaueri, Alem Dagh, SMNS. 39 L. weisei, Greece Sapka, SMNS. 40 L. theana, Erfelek, SMNS. 41 L. assingi sp. nov., holotype Fethiye, CPE. 42 L. graeca, Bolu, SMNS. 43 L. osmanlis, Bursa, SMNS. 44 L. quadricollis, Rize, SMNS. 45 L. quadricollis, Krasnodar Maikop, SMNS. 46 L. kraatzi, Alem Dagh, SMNS. Scale line: 1 mm.