Drilus akbesianus ( Fairmaire, 1895 )

Kobieluszova, Lucie & Kundrata, Robin, 2015, Taxonomic review of Drilus Olivier, 1790 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) from Asia Minor, with descriptions of seven new species and comments on the female antennal morphology in Drilini, Zootaxa 4012 (1) : -

Drilus akbesianus ( Fairmaire, 1895)

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Malacogaster akbesiana Fairmaire, 1895 : cx.

Malacogaster akbesianus: Olivier 1910: 4 , Wittmer 1944: 204, Bocak 2007: 210. Drilus akbesianus ( Fairmaire, 1895) : Kundrata, Kobieluszova & Bocak 2014: 461.

Type material. Holotype, male, " Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891, Bul. 95 cx" ( MNHP).

Type locality. Turkey, "Akbes" [= Hatay].

Other material examined. Male, "Akbes, Museum Paris, Collection Léon Fairmaire, 1906, Malacogast. akbesianus Fairm." ( MHNP); male, " Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1895, Museum Paris, Coll. L. Bedel 1922, Drilus akbesianus Fairm. (Malacog.) " ( MHNP).

Diagnosis. Drilus akbesianus shares the yellowish to reddish brown pronotum and dark elytra, head and antennae with D. rectus Schaufuss, 1867 ( Turkey, Levant), D. nemethi Kundrata, Kobieluszova & Bocak, 2014b ( Syria) and D. iranicus Wittmer, 1967 ( Iran) ( Figs 1, 7, 12 ). Drilus akbesianus differs from D. rectus in the relatively larger eyes, from D. nemethi in the robust antennae, more transverse pronotum, and relatively longer paramera, and from D. iranicus in yellowish to reddish brown abdomen and shallower transverse groove near frontal prosternal margin.

Remarks. This species was recently redescribed and figured by Kundrata et al. (2014b), so we are not repeating the description here. Female and immature stages are unknown.

Distribution. Southern Turkey ( Hatay Province; Fig. 55 ).

Figures

FIGURE 55. The distribution of Drilus species in Asia Minor.

FIGURES 1 – 12. Habitus images of Drilus species. 1, Drilus akbesianus (Fairmaire, 1895); 2, D. badius sp. nov.; 3, D. huijbregtsi sp. nov.; 4, D. latithorax Pic, 1902; 5, D. mertliki sp. nov.; 6, D. obscuricornis Pic, 1899; 7, D. rectus Schaufuss, 1867; 8, D. robustus sp. nov.; 9, D. sanliurfensis sp. nov.; 10, D. teunisseni sp. nov.; 11, D. turcicus sp. nov.; 12, D. iranicus Wittmer, 1967. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.