Lesteva (s.str.) pubescens Mannerheim, 1830

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Zanetti, Adriano, 2021, Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae Anthophagini) of the Iberian Peninsula, Zootaxa 4966 (4), pp. 401-427 : 420-421

Lesteva (s.str.) pubescens Mannerheim, 1830

( Figs. 31 , 38–46 )

Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830 ; Luze 1903: 196, Johansen 1914: 589, Portevin 1929: 437, Palm 1948: 120, Lohse 1956: 55, 1964: 60, Tóth 1982: 100

Lesteva (Lestevella) pubescens: Jeannel & Jarrige 1949: 315

Lesteva (s.str.) pubescens: Zanetti 1987: 367, 2012: 72 , Tronquet 2006: 33

Lesteva pubescens var. subaptera Mulsant and Rey, 1880: 69

Lesteva pubescens reyi Jarrige, 1968

Lesteva fageli Lohse, 1960: 6 syn.n.

Type material examined. Paratypes of Lesteva fageli Lohse, 1960: 1 ♀: ‘ Espagne: Estremadura | Guadalupe | (canal scierie) | V—1958, G. Fagel’ <printed>, ‘fageli sp. n. [handwritten] | det. Dr. G. A. Lohse’ <printed>, ‘Para- | type’ <red, printed>, ‘Coll. | G.A. Lohse | MHNG-1994’ <printed>, ‘ PARATYPE | Lesteva | fageli sp. n. | Det. Lohse 1960 ’ <yellow, printed>, ‘MHNG | ENTO | 00087326’ <printed> ( MHNG); 1 ♂ [dissected]: same labels, but: ‘MHNG | ENTO | 00087327’ <printed> ( MHNG); 1 ♂: same labels, but: ‘MHNG | ENTO | 00087328’ <printed> ( MHNG). All paratypes with additional printed label: ‘ Lesteva (str.) pubescens Mannerheim, 1830 | Shavrin A.V. det. 2021’.

Material examined. PORTUGAL: CASTELO BRANCO: 3 ♂♂: Serra de Estrela. H. Franz leg. ( NHMW) ; 1 ♂: Estrela ( MHNG) ; 3 ♀♀: same data. H. Franz leg. ( MHNG) ; SPAIN: GALICIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Pontevedra Galice. 18- 30.07.1959. H. Coiffait leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Lugo, Linares. 1000 m a.s.l. 27.05.1996. W. Starke leg. (cA) ; ASTURIAS: 1 ♂ [identified by G.A. Lohse as fageli ] , 2 ♀♀: ‘ Hispania la Granja’ ( BMNH) ; SORIA: 2 ♂♂: Sierra de Urbión , forest W of Santa Inés. 1700 m a.s.l. 23.07.1996. D. Wrase & J.P. Zaballos leg. (cSch) ; CANTABRIA: 1 ♀: Espinama , 27.07.1972 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: same locality, Valle de Salvoron. 30.07.1972. ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂♂: Poblagion ( BMNH) ; CASTILLA Y LEÓN: 1 ♀: Sierra de Gredos. 16.07.1959. H. Coiffait leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Sierra de Gredos, Novacepeda. 01.06.1984. (cZan) ; 3 ♀♀: Puerto de Béjar. 800-1400 m a.s.l. 05-06.1957. G. Fagel leg. ( MHNG) ; ARAGÓN: 1 ♂: Teruel ( IRSN) ; CATALUñA: 1 ♂: Col de Aras ( Span. Pyren. ). 31.05.1971. G. Lohse leg. ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: Barcelona ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂: Sierra de Montseny, Tordera River , 5 km E San-Bernat. 02- 12.5.1981. P. Zwick leg. ( MHNG) ; 4 ♂, 6 ♀♀: Montseny ( MHNG) ; MADRID: 1 ♀: Escorial ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂: same locality. 30.07.1879. L. Bleuse leg. ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂: ‘ Guadarrama | Eppelsh. ’, ‘ L. pandellei J. Bohač det. 1980’ ( NMPC) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Sistema Central Mts., Pinilla de Valle , 40°91’N -3°82’W. 28.04.2014. A.V. Shavrin & A. Anichtchenko leg. (cSh) ; 2 ♀♀: Puerto de la Morcuera. 11.10.2004. de la Rosa leg. (cSh) ; 1 ♂: Sierra de Estrela, Manteigas. 1000-1100 m a.s.l. H. Franz leg. ( MHNH) ; CASTILLA LA MANCHA: 2 ♂♂: Sierra de Alcaraz , 15 km NNE Riópar, 38°34’01N 02°20’03W 1120 m a.s.l. 10.04.2003. P. Wunderle leg. (cW) ; VALENCIA: 1 ex.: ‘ Buñol Valencia Moróder’ ( MHNH) ; ANDALUSÍA: 5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: Despenaperros, Arroyo de los Arcos , 38°38‘N - 3°51‘W. 01- 02.05.2014. A.V. Shavrin leg. (cSh) ; 1 ♂: ‘ Pnte. Las Herrerias S. Cazorla (Jaén) Mateau-Cobos coll.’ ( MHNH) ; 1 ♀: ‘ Fte. Bermejo. Jaén’ , ‘ruela S. Cazorla Mateau-Cobos coll.’ ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Sierra Nevada, Capileira. 1600 m a.s.l. 22.03.1994. V. Assing leg. (cSh) ; 9 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same data, but P. Wunderle leg. (cW, cSh) ; 1♂: Mt. Mulhacen. 2000 m. a.s.l. 21.05.1967. M.E. Bacchus & B. Levey leg. ( MHNG) . LOCALITY NOT SPECIFIED: 1 ♂: ‘ Miguelon’ ( MHNH) .

Additional material. ANDORRA: 1 ♂: Puerto de Envalira. 2200-2300 m a.s.l. 30.05.1994. M. Schülke & Grünberg leg. (cSch) ; FRANCE: 1 ♂: ‘ Gavarnie 25.5.[19]31’ ( MHNH) ; 2 ♂♂: ‘ Gavarnie , H. Pyr. 12-31, vii. 14. G.C.C. ’ ( BMNH) ; 2 ♂♂: ‘ Lourdes’ ( IRSN) ; 8 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: Por d`Boucharo. 30.06.1976. ( MHNG) ; 14 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀: Ht. Canigou. 02.07.1976. ( MHNG) ; 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Sahorre d. Vernet. 04.07.1976. ( MHNG) ; 1♀: Ariège , Auzat. 19.07.1972 ( MHNG) ; 1 ex.: ‘ Pyr. Or. La Vall. H. Coiffait 24.3.[19]48’ ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 ex.: Banyuls-sur-Mer ( IRSN, MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Gard Fressac. 28.10.1982. I. Löbl leg. ( MHNG) ; 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: ‘ Col de Aras Pyren. or.’ ( MHNG) .

Remarks. Lesteva fageli was originally described based on several type specimens from Cantabria (“Puente del Cerezo”) and central Spain (“Rio Guadalupejo”). Lohse compared it with L. fontinalis and L. pubescens . He distinguished it from the latter by the darker body and smaller aedeagus (“0,64 mm gegenüber 0,75 mm bei pubescens ”). During the study of types of L. fageli , we found that these specimens are morphologically conspecific with L. pubescens , a variable species regarding coloration, body size, and the proportions of the forebody and aedeagus ( Figs. 38–46 ). Thus, we synonymize L. fageli with L. pubescens . Regarding the presence of stout pubescence on the median lobe, this species is similar to L. pourtoyi Jarrige, 1972 , a species originally described from “Cirque de Mahourat (Pyr[énées].-Atl[antiues].)”, but the aedeagus of this species is evidently narrower ( Fig. 5 in Jarrige (1972)) and is furnished with longer pubescence. According to Tronquet (2014), L. pourtoyi is also known from Spain (“ pourtoyi Jarrige, 1972: 158 . - Pyr. occ. et cent. Esp. (chaîne Cantabrique”)), but this record needs confirmation. Habitus of L. pubescens as in Fig. 31 ; aedeagus as in Figs. 38–46 . Lesteva pubescens is widely distributed in Europe ( Schülke & Smetana 2015) and had already been reported from Spain ( Lohse 1960).

It is here recorded from Portugal for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 29–31. Habitus of Lesteva: 29–30–L. osellai (29: male, Spain: Picos de Europa, 30: female, Portugal: Estrela), 31–L. pubescens (Portugal: Estrela). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 38–46. Aedeagus of Lesteva pubescens (38–40: Andorra, 41–42: Portugal: Estrela, 43–44: Spain: Escorial, 45–46: Spain: Despenaperros): 38, 41, 43, 45–parameral view, 40– lateral view (setation of median lobe are not shown), 39, 42, 44, 46–apical portion of median lobe, parameral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 3–7. Aedeagus of Lesteva (3–5: L. aterrima (3–4: Spain: Covadonga, 5: Spain: Cubilla)), 6–7: L. balearica (Spain: Mallorca): 3, 6–parameral view, 4–5, 7–lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.