Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835

Muñoz-Santiago, José & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2022, Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region, European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1), pp. 75-109 : 98

Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835

Figs 2F , 3K , 5E

Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835: 53 .

Pogonus viridimicans Fairmaire, 1852: 69 .

Diagnoses

Tegument shiny, bluish or emerald green. Pronotum sub-cordiform and markedly convex; surface of the central disc smooth. Elytra sub-parallel and convex. Up to 3 setigerous pores in the 3 rd interstria.

Material examined

SPAIN • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Cádiz , San Fernando, Campo Soto; 11 Nov. 1993; P. Coello leg.; VMO • 2 ♂♂; Cádiz , Chiclana; 29 Mar. 1991; J.M. Beltrán leg.; VMO • 1 ♂; Cádiz , La Janda; 18 Oct. 1980; J. de Ferrer leg.; VMO • 1 spec.; Cádiz , Laguna de La Janda; 15 Jun. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 ♀; Cádiz , Los Barrios; 27 Apr. 1976; J. de Ferrer leg.; VMO • 2 specs; Cádiz , Palmones; 27 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 2 specs; same collection data as for preceding; 3 May 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 3 specs; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Apr. 1976; MNCN • 3 specs; Cádiz , San Fernando; 15 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 spec.; Cádiz , Zahara de los Atunes; 24 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; 22 May 1976; MNCN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sevilla , Los Palacios y Fillafranca, Caño de la Vera; 30 Nov. 2002; J. Navarro leg.; VMO .

Description

Habitus ( Fig. 2F ). Length: 6.5–8.0 mm. Palps yellow; antennae entirely testaceous. Anterior angles of the pronotum rounded and not protruding; lateral sulcus narrow. Base of the pronotum punctured. Legs pallid testaceous or yellow. Median lobe of the aedeagus narrow, arcuate near the distal extreme and with claw-appearance since the apex is abruptly directed down ( Fig. 3K ).

Chorology

Species with a narrow distribution: it is present only at coastal and saline interior localities of the meridional extreme of the Iberian Peninsula ( Fig. 5E ) and in North Africa ( Vives 1965; Bousquet 2017).

Biology

There is no published information about the biology of this Pogonini . The first record of P. smaragdinus in an interior locality of the Iberian Peninsula corresponds to the Laguna de Herrera, a saline lagoon in Antequera (Málaga, Spain) ( Zaballos, 1986a).

Bibliographic Ibero-Balearic records

Champion 1898; Zaballos 1986a; Zaballos & Jeanne 1994.

Figures

Fig. 2. Habitus. A. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. B. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). C. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822). D. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 3. Median lobe in left lateral view.A. Sirdenus (Syrdenopsis) grayii(Wollaston, 1862). B. Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828). C. Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828). D. Pogonus (Pogonoidius) meridionalis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. G. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). H. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822). I. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. J. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828.K. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 5. Distribution map in the Ibero-Balearic region. A. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). B. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822).C. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. D. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Occurrence points: bibliographic records (blue dots), bibliographic records confirmed with examined material (green dots), new records (red dots).