Atholus debeauxi (Moro)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 222

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scientific name	Atholus debeauxi (Moro)
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18. Atholus debeauxi (Moro) View in CoL

Hister De-Beauxi View in CoL : Moro 1942: 108

Hister de-beauxi View in CoL Moro: Moro 1971: 78; Barajon 1966

Hister debeauxi Moro : Vienna 1980: 283

Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Mazur 1984; Audisio et al. 1995; Mazur 1997, 2004; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Fluminimaggiore, 1.V.1973, CM, 2 ex (CPV). Guspini, loc. Santa Sofia ( Vienna 1980). Pabillonis, loc. Is Arenas, 15.X.1967, ACr, 1 ♀ (DPPS; Moro 1971, Vienna 1980). Nuoro prov.: Monti del Gennargentu, 6.VII.1967, RPr, 2 ♂♂ ( Moro 1971; Vienna 1980). Ottiolu, 1991, 1 ex (CFC). Rio d’Oliena, 22.V.1940, MBj, 1 ex (CFP). Sassari prov.: Isola Asinara, VIII.1903, SF, holotypus ♀ ( Moro 1942, 1971; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980).

Unpublished records. “ Sardinia ”, sd, 1 ex ( CFB as Hister siculus Tourn. ). Cagliari prov.: Silius, 18.VI.1966, 1 ex ( DPPS). Villacidro , Monte Mannu , 20.V.2006, DS, 1 ex ( CDS). Nuoro prov. : Monte Albo , 27.IV.2002, DS, 1 ex ( CDS). Seui , loc. San Girolamo , rio Anus , 775–790 m, 19.VI.1991, on cow dung, CM, 1 ex (CCMe) .

Chorotype. Sardo-Corsican endemic.

Italian distribution. Sardinia.

Ecology. Nothing is known of the ecology of this species, but it is probably similar to that of its congeners.

Notes. The collector of the holotype is Silvio Folchini and not A. Folchini as erroneously stated by Moro (1942). Of great interest is the finding of one specimen of Atholus debeauxi in the Baudi di Selve collection (CFB), where it is identified as Hister siculus Tournier (now Atholus siculus ) and kept together with a Sicilian specimen truly belonging to the latter species. The error is very likely due to the close resemblance of A. siculus and A. debeauxi , which share having more than two lateral striae on the pronotum (a feature that separates them from all other European species of Hister and Atholus ); consider also that in Baudi’s time A. debeauxi had not yet been described (see also comment under Atholus siculus in the chapter “Excluded and/or doubtful species”).