Microhoria pallidula (Pic, 1892)

Telnov, Dmitry, 2022, Revisional notes on the genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey, with new descriptions, an annotated catalogue, and a key, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (2), pp. 195-312 : 270

Microhoria pallidula (Pic, 1892)

= Anthicus mutatus Pic, 1892

= Anthicus notatus Pic, 1901

= Anthicus terminatus LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a

= Anthicus terminatus LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b

Anthicus pallidulus Pic, 1892a: 43 (description).

Anthicus mutatus Pic, 1892a: 43 (description). Anthicus notatus Pic, 1901d: 131 (description). Anthicus terminatus LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a: 144 (description).

Anthicus terminatus LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b: 243 (second description).

Anthicus (Immicrohoria) notatus – Hariri 1968: 206 (checklist).

Type material. Not studied.

I was unable to allocate any specimens of M. pallidula from Near East for this study. The presence of M pallidula in the western part of Turkey is not impossible but requires confirmation. This species is therefore not redescribed here.

Distribution. Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Corfu, Thasos islands). Records from NW Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia (the South of the European part and W Siberia), Tibet ( China), Turkey, and Morocco are here considered dubious (see also Telnov 2020b) and likely based on misidentified specimens of M. piciceps ( Desbrochers des Loges, 1875) . Lasecki et al. (2013) highlighted the fact, that from Poland M. pallidula is only mentioned in the checklist by Pic (1911) subsequently followed by Chandler et al. (2008) and had not been rediscovered since. Chandler et al. (2008) and Telnov (2020a) intentionally ignored the dubious record of this species from Syria ( Pic 1934) that requires further confirmation.

Chorotype.?Centralasiatic­Mediterranean (1.08 CAM), restricted to the eastern part of it.