Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus Roubal, 1932

Nardi, Gianluca & Hava, Jiri, 2013, Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 360, pp. 45-81 : 52

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scientific name	Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus Roubal, 1932
status	stat. prom.

Treatment

Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus Roubal, 1932 stat. prom.

Attagenus pellio L. var. pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: 66.

Attagenus pellio Lin. v. pilosissimus Roubal: Porta 1934: 171.

Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) var. pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: Mroczkowski 1968: 89.

Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus Roub.: Angelini 1986: 74.

Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus Roubal: Angelini 1991: 206.

Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio ( Linné, 1758) = Attagenus pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: Audisio et al. 1995: 13.

Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) = Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: Háva 2003: 66.

Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) = Attagenus pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: Háva 2007: 57.

Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) = Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus Roubal, 1932: Háva and Nardi 2007: 122.

Material examined.

Apulia: Bari prov., Gioia del Colle, 22.IV.1993, De Marzo leg., 1 ♂ (JHAC); Foggia prov., [GNP,] Foresta Umbra, Monte Sant’Angelo, caserme forestali [= barracks of the Italian National Forestry Service], 792 m, 33T 582306 4630267, 27.IV.2010, PC, death on windowsill, Prog. Foresta Umbra, 1 ♀ (JHAC). Lombardy: Bergamo prov., Oltre il Colle, 7.VII.2005, FA, 1 ♂ (JHAC).

Chorotype.

Alpino-Apenninic endemic (cf. Háva and Nardi 2007).

Italian distribution.

Apulia and Calabria ( Roubal 1932, Porta 1934, Angelini 1986, 1991, Háva and Nardi 2007).

Remarks.

Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus from Apulia was listed as a synonym of Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio by Audisio et al. (1995), because Mroczkowski (1968) listed pilosissimus as a “variety”. This means that this name was implicitly considered as a junior synonym as Mroczkowski also treated subspecific taxa in his paper. This opinion was confirmed by Háva and Nardi (2007: 122) through a study of the holotype, a female specimen which is very worn. A photo of this holotype is published at http://www.dermestidae.com/Attagenuspelliopilosissimus.html. Nevertheless, based on the study of the above new material, this variety is resurrected as a valid species (stat. prom.). Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus and Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio show differences in the shape of the antennal club ( Figs 1-2 View Figures 1–6 ) and in the male genitalia ( Figs 4-5 View Figures 1–6 ): the median lobe of the aedeagus of the former species ( Fig. 5 View Figures 1–6 ) is longer and narrower, and parameres are parallel for most of their length. Moreover, Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus also differs by the pubescence of the abdomen ( Fig. 4 View Figures 1–6 ) and pronotum ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 ) and by the presence of only one small circular spot with whitish pubescence on each elytron ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 ). Attagenus (Attagenus) pilosissimus is known only from mainland Italy (Lombardy, Apulia and Calabria), where, in sympatry, Attagenus (Attagenus) pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) also occurs (cf. Holdhaus 1911, as Attagenus pellio L., Háva and Nardi 2007).