Hycleus lindbergi ( Kaszab, 1973 )

Serri, Sayeh, Bologna, Marco A. & Riccieri, Alessandra, 2020, Revision of the Hycleus sexmaculatus species group (Coleoptera: Meloidae Mylabrini), Zootaxa 4790 (1), pp. 1-42 : 21-23

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Hycleus lindbergi ( Kaszab, 1973)

Figs 7, 19, 70–76

Mylabris lindbergi Kaszab, 1973: 294 .

Hycleus lindbergi, Bologna, 2008: 387 .

Type material. 1 ♂ 1 ♀ paratypes “ Afghanistan / K. Lindberg // Herat, Gozar Gah / No. A 1130/ 8.6.1962 // Paratypus 1972 ♂ / Mylabris / lindbergi Kaszab ” ; 1 ♂ paratype “ Afghanistan / No. 925, 19.VI.1960 / Dr. K. Lindberg // Oroz-

gan// Paratypus 1972/ Mylabris / lindbergi Kaszab ”; 3 ♀ paratypes “ Afghanistan / No. 754, 1959/ Dr. K. Lindberg// Herat, 920 m / Hotel Parc, 19. VI // Paratypus 1972/ Mylabris / lindbergi Kaszab ” ( HNHM).

Type locality: “ Afghanistan, Hérat ” ( Kaszab 1973) .

Records from literature. Afghanistan. Hérat ( Kaszab 1973 type locality); Koushk, N Hérat ( Kaszab 1973); N Kandahar ( Kaszab 1981); NO Kandahar, Baghtu ( Kaszab 1981).

Description. Body length 13.5–16.5 mm. Body black, elytra yellowish brown, with black pattern. Head subquadrate; antennomere III less than 1/3 time longer than IV, IV–VII progressively longer and widened, VIII slightly narrower than VII, XI wider, with parallel sides next to middle and narrowes apex; in female last antennomere short. Pronotum ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 13–24 ) longer than wide, distinctly strangulate on fore third, depressed on fore sides, with fine punctures; with one middle longitudinal furrow; mesosternun as in Fig. 75 View FIGURES 70–76 . Each elytron with two black spots on anterior third, shortened middle fascia, and one narrow black fascia on apical part ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 70–76 ). Last male ventrite narrowly concave and depressed, posterior margin with a deep middle emargination; aedeagus ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 70–76 ) with endophallic hook slightly narrow, distal aedeagal hook sligthly curved, far from proximal one and almost at apex, both pointed and similarly inclined; gonoforceps ( Figs 72–73 View FIGURES 70–76 ) quite robust and straight in both ventral and quite wide in lateral view.

Taxonomic remarks. Hycleus lindbergi resembles H. cingulatus , especially in the shape of pronotum and aedeagus, but it can be easily identified by the shape of last male antennomere which has no angulate pre-apical portion.

The studied material includes specimens from Kandahar, Afghanistan which have been identified by Kaszab as lindbergi and have the same elytral pattern and pronotal shape, although the last male antennomere has the shape of cingulatus and must be referred to this species. Unfortunately, we did not have access to fresh material for molecular study and here consider it as a distinct species because of the differences in male antennomeres.

Distribution. This species, endemic to Afghanistan, has been collected only from two discrete localities in the eastern and central parts of this country ( Kaszab 1973).