Bolbelasmus unicornis ( Schrank von Paula, 1789 )

Hillert, Oliver, Arnone, Marcello, Král, David & Massa, Bruno, 2016, The genusBolbelasmus in the western and southern regions of the Mediterranean Basin (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 211-254 : 246-247

Bolbelasmus unicornis ( Schrank von Paula, 1789)

Scarabaeus unicornis Schrank von Paula, 1789: 61 (original description).

= Scarabaeus aeneas Panzer, 1793 : pl. 5 (original illustration).

= Scarabaeus quadridens Panzer, 1795: 2 (original description), figs 1–4.

Type localities. Scarabaeus aeneas : Germany, ‘ Bavariae’ ; S. quadridens : ‘Austriae, Bavariae’; S. unicornis : Austria, ‘ Aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Rathes Schiffermüller’ .

Material examined (85 specimens). AUSTRIA: Austria,2♂♂ 1♀ ( MSNG) ; Oesterreich, 1♂ ( OHCB) ; Österr. [eich], 1 ♂ ( ZFMK). WIEN: Umg. Wien, 1♀, Ad. Hoffmann [lgt.] ( ZFMK) . BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Herzegovina, 1 ♂ ( ZFMK) . CZECH REPUBLIC: MORAVIA: Čejč, ‘ Manson’s steppe’, 16.vi.1995, 1♂, Vít Kubáň lgt. ( VKCB) ; 2 km SE of Čejč, ‘ Manson steppe’, 29.vi.1999, 1♀, Vít Kubáň lgt.( VKCB) ; Prossnitz [= Prostějov], 1♂, K. Kyselý lgt. ( NHMB) . HUNGARY: Hungaria, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ ( NMPC). PEST: Budapest Hármashatar-hegy , autos hálózás 31.v.2004, 1 ♂, O. Merkl lgt. ( HNHM) ; Budapest, Martonhegy 17.iii.1949, 1 ♂ ( HNHM) ; Isaszeg , 19.i.2008, 1 ♀ ( HNHM) ; Kesztölc , 47°43′N, 18°47′E, 17.x.2014, 1 ♀, Tomáš Vendl lgt. ( TVCP) ; Pest, 1 ♀ ( NMEC) ; Csévharaszt 14-16. viii.2001, 1 ♂, Szél lgt. ( HNHM) ; Blatorbagy, 27.vi.99, 1 ♂, G. András lgt. ( HNHM) ; Budakeszi Hosszú-dűlő, 200 m, Cynodonto-Festucetum , on Glomus macrocarpum , 8.vi.1991, 1 ♀, L. Ádám lgt. ( HNHM). SOMOGY: Kaposvár 8.vii.1931, 1 ♂, M. Nattán lgt. ( HNHM) ; Kaposvár, 1♀, M. Nattán lgt. ( HNHM). TOLNA: Bátaapáti Nagy-Mórágyi- völgy Ezüsthársas-tolgyes , 1 ♀ ( HNHM) . GERMANY: BAYERN: Bavaria, 1 ♂, ex. coll. Veselý ( NMPC) . ITALY: PIEDMONT: Piemont, 1 ♂ ( NMPC) ; Piedmont, 1 ♂, Baudi [lgt.] ( MZUF) ; Piedmont, 1 ♂, L. Carrara [lgt.] ( MZUF) ; Piedmont, 4♂♂ 2♀♀ ( MSNG). LOMBARDY: Milan 1♂ 1♀ ( MSNG). TUSCANY: Toscana, 1♀ ( OHCB) . ROMANIA: TULCEA: Babadag , 11.vii.1985, 1 ♂, Jaromír Hanuš lgt. ( VKCB). SĂLAJ: Z. [Zalău], erdōd [= forest], 3.viii.1973, 1 ♀ ( OHCB) . SERBIA: Serbia, 1 ♂, coll. Matcha ( NMPC). VOJVODINA: Ruma, 1 ♂ ( MSNG) ; ŠUMADIJA: Đerdap , 5 km WSW of Tekija, 27.–28.v.2014, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ( DKCP) . SLOVAKIA: BANSKÁ BYSTRICA REG.: Banská Bystrica , 18.v.1979, 1 ♂ ( VKCC) ; Kiarov, vi.1936, 1 ♀, Dr. R. Schwarz lgt. ( NMPC). KOŠICE REG.: Hrhov , E of Okrúhle hill, 4.vii.1988, 2 ♂♂, David Král lgt. ( DKCP) ; Silická planina [plateau], Rakaťa env., 5.vii.1988, 1 ♀, David Král lgt. ( DKCP) ; NITRA REG.: Kamenica nad Hronom, Čierna hora [hill], 11.viii.2011, 1 ♂, D. Juřena lgt. ( BMCP). PREŠOV REG.: Snina , vii.1965, 1 ♂, M. Sláma lgt. ( DKCP) ; TRENČÍN REG.: Brunovce , 1 ♀ ( NMEC) ; Trenčín, Zlatovce , 27.vi.1935, 1♀ ( NMPC) ; Trenčín , v.[19]31, 1♀, Dr.A.Richter ( NMPC) ; Trenčín, Zlatovce , vi.[19]26, 1♀, Čepelák lgt. ( NMPC) ; Trenčín, 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Čepelák lgt. ( DKCP), 9 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀ ( NMPC), 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ( OHCB) ; Trenčín , 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( NMPC) ; Trenčín , 1 ♀, V. Steidl lgt. ( NMPC) ; Trenčín , 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Dr.A. Richter lgt. ( NMPC) ; Trenčín. Inovec , 1 ♂, Čepelák lgt. ( NMPC) ; Trenczsen , 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( OHCB). TRNAVA REG.: Hlohovec, 1 ♀, Varkonyi [lgt.] ( DKCP) ; Pustá Ves, 22.vii.1984, 1 ♀, Máslo lgt. ( NMPC). TURKEY (European): EDIRNE PROV.: ca. 15 km east of Edirne , 27.iii.[19]88, 1 ♀, Heinz lgt. ( DKCP). (Asian): DENIZLI PROV.: Anatolien, Goundely [= Denizli], v. [19]56, 1 ♂, Kulzer lgt. ( ZSMC). UKRAINE: CHERNIHIV PROV.: Bukowina, Chernowitz , 1 ♀ ( NMPC) .

Remarks. Bolbelasmus unicornis has so far been reported from France and Italy, across southern parts of Central Europe to the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and southern parts of European Russia (cf. e.g. ÁDÁM 1994, 2003; ALLENSPACH 1970; BALLERIO et al. 2010; BARAUD 1977, 1992; BUNALSKI et al. 2013; ENDRŐDI 1957; HORION 1958, GUÉORGUIEV & BUNALSKI 2004; JUŘENA et al. 2008; KÖHLER & KLAUSNITZER 1998; KRÁL & MALÝ 1993; MIKŠIĆ 1970; LUMARET 1990; NÁDAI 2006; PAILL 2008; PETROVITZ 1956; SHOKHIN 2007). It has also been recorded from Crete and Rhodes, but actually these islands are inhabited by B. makrisi (see above) (SCHATZAMAYR 1936, PETROVITZ 1959, MIESSEN 2011, MIESSEN & TRICHAS 2011, present paper). Italian records of B. unicornis cover Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino, Tuscany, Veneto and Friuli ( BALLERIO 2008, BENASSO 1971, ZANDIGIACOMO 2006, present data). The presence in Sicily, first reported by BARAUD (1977), has to be referred to B. vaulogeri (present study). First record from the Tuscany province of Italy.

Distribution. Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (Alsace), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey (European and Asian) and Ukraine ( KRÁL et al. 2006, present data).