Eurygnathus latreillei wollastoni Cockerell

Serrano, Artur R. M., Aguiar, Carlos A. S., Cardoso, Pedro, Pereira, Fernando, Prado, Catarina, Rego, Carla, Silva, Isamberto & Boieiro, Mário, 2025, Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Desertas Islands (Madeira archipelago, Portugal): description of a new subspecies and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5683 (3), pp. 397-416 : 405

Eurygnathus latreillei wollastoni Cockerell

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Material examined: DG: Rocha do Barbusano , 19.II.1991, 1 female, 19.XI,1991, 1 female, DS, I. Silva leg., ISC ; Barbusano , 22.X.1991, 1 female, DS, I. Silva leg., ASC .

Remarks: This genus is endemic to Madeira Archipelago and E. latreillei is a polytypic species with two known subspecies ( Lorenz 2021): the nominal subspecies is found in Porto Santo Island and the neighboring Cal islet ( Fig. 2b ), while E. latreillei wollastoni is an endemic subspecies of the Desertas Islands ( Table 2). It is an extremely rare beetle, deserving a special protection status and targeted population monitoring.

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FIGURE 2. Adults of: (a) Scarites abbreviatus desertarum, Deserta Grande; (b) Eurygnathus latreillei latreillei (Laporte, 1834), Ilhéu da Cal, Porto Santo; (c) Orthomus (Nesorthomus) bedelianus isambertoi ssp. nov., Bugio; (d) Zargus desertae, Deserta Grande; (e) Nesarpalus gregarius, Deserta Grande; (f) Calathus complanatus vandeli, Deserta Grande.