Laena merkli Weise, 1883

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 : 395

Laena merkli Weise, 1883

( Figs. 11 , 31 )

Examined type specimen: Turkey, Constantinopel , without date, leg. Merkl, 1 syntype coll. J. Weise MNB .

Examined specimens: Turkey, Izmit, Karamürsel , 18.VII.1972, leg. M. & G. Osella, 1 ex. SMNS (det. Kaszab) .— Turkey, Kahramanmaraş, Göksun , 11.–12.V.1997, leg. G. Sama, 3 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, 10–20 km W Esen- dere (Hakkâri), 1900–2000 m, 5.V.1989, leg. W. Heinz, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Kayseri, 87 km N Kozan , E Gezbeli Geçidi, 1890 m, 7.IV.2004, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Adana, 100 km SE Kayseri, 6 km W Kücükgezbeli , 1700 m, 10.V.1997, leg. A. Schulz, K. Vock & M. Sanetra, 1 ex. CPE , 1 ex. SMNS .

Remarks: This species contains to the complex of L. ferruginea and can be separated by the presence of small femoral teeth on all legs, and by relatively broad antennomeres. The available numerous Greek specimens of L. ferruginea possess all completely unarmed femora. L. parvidens is similar, but the antennomeres are longer and narrow.

Published localities: Konstantinopel, Brussa ( Schuster 1916).

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.