Laena kraatzi Weise, 1878

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 : 394

Laena kraatzi Weise, 1878

( Figs. 4 , 46 )

Laena alternata Reitter, 1885

Examined specimens: Turkey, without further data, coll. J. Weise MNB (det. Weise as alternata ) .— Turkey, Cangal Dagh , 7.–15.VI.1960, leg. F. Schubert, 2 ex. MNB .— Turkey, Edirne, 17. VII .1989, leg. F. Geller-Grimm, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Istanbul, Alem Dagh , 300 m, VI.1990, leg. B. Lasalle, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Kastamonu, Ilgazdagi Geçidi, 1700 m, 28. VIII .1988, leg. A. Riedel, 1 ex. SMNS .—N Turkey, Sinop, Erfelek , 250 m, 10.– 27. VII .2014, leg. C. Reuter, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Sinop, Çangal Daği , 30 km S Ayancik, 820–1060 m, 1.IV.2009, leg. V. Assing & P. Wunderle, 4 ex. MNB , 2 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Sinop, 20 km SW Ayancik , 895 m, 2.IV.2009, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. SMNS .— Turkey, Sinop, 20 km SW Ayancik , 1010 m, 2.IV.2009, leg. P. Wunderle, 1 ex. MNB .— Turkey, Çangal Daği , 40 km SSE Ayancik, 790 m, 4.IV.2009, leg. P. Wunderle, 1 ex. MNB .— Turkey, Bursa, Ulu Dagh , 1800 m, 21.–22.VI.1992, leg. W. Heinz, 1 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Izmir, 5 km S Tire , 990 m, 9.IV.2006, leg. V. Assing, 2 ex. CPE .— Turkey, Aydin, Aydin Dağlari , road N Karaköy, 1170 m, 19.II.2012, leg. M. Schülke, 1 ex. MNB .— Turkey, Karabük, pass W Eskipazar, 1400 m, 26. III .2010, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. MNB .— Greece, Chios, NW Oros Pelinneon, 1000 m, 28. XII .2013, leg. V. Assing, 4 ex. MNB , 1 ex. SMNS .— Greece, Lesbos , Olympos, 790 m, 27. III .2016, leg. V. Assing & A. Hetzel, 1 ex. MNB .— Greece, Samos, N Oros Ambelos , 940 m, 5.IV.2014, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. MNB .— Greece, Samos, N Oros Ambelos , 940 m, 8.IV.2017, leg. V. Assing, 1 ex. SMNS .

Remarks: The size of the femoral teeth is somewhat variable and therefore Schuster (1916) listed in his identification key this species under two alternatives. In the same group belongs L. osmanlis Reitter, 1906 , but this species has a complete different apicale of the aedeagus (compare Figs. 43, 46 ). Most of the available males from Turkey and also from the adjacent Greek islands bear a tiny tooth on the inner side of the posterior tibia ( Fig. 24 ). New record for Greece (probably restricted to the Greek islands adjacent of the Turkish western coast).

Published localities: Konstantinopel, Alem Dagh, Goek Dagh, Sabandja, Smyrna ( Schuster 1916). Ulu Dagh ( Ferrer & Soldati 1999).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of Laena species from Turkey (and few from Greece and Bulgaria). 1 L. ganglbaueri, Istanbul, SMNS. 2 L. apfelbecki, Greece Évia, SMNS. 3 L. weisei, Greece Sapka, SMNS. 4 L. kraatzi, Sinop, SMNS. 5 L. osmanlis, Bursa, SMNS. 6 L. assingi sp. nov., paratype SMNS. 7 L. quadricollis, Trabzon, SMNS. 8 L. theana, Isparta, 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.