Singilis (Singilis) bicolor Rambur, 1837

Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2017, Review of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 of North Africa and Iberian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini), Zootaxa 4231 (2), pp. 264-272 : 265-266

Singilis (Singilis) bicolor Rambur, 1837

Singilis bicolor Rambur, 1837: 26

Singilis (s.str.) bicolor ab. unicolor Cobos, 1949: 574 Singilis bicolor v. testaceus Cobos [nom. nud.] (in Mateu, 1954: 190)

Material examined. SPAIN: Malaga, Hispania , Cobos Sanchez (6 ex., ISNB) ; “ S. bicolor v. testaceus Cobos J. Mateu det.”, red lable “ Holotipo ”, “Cerro San Cristobal, Term. Malaga, XII.1945, A. Cobos coll.” (1 ♀, ISNB) ; Cerro San Cristobal, Term. Malaga, A. Cobos coll. (8 ex., ISNB); Sierra Nevada (1 ♂, ISNB); Lanjaron, 6.1895, collection Paganetti (1 ♀, NHMW); Aguilas, Ehlers (1 ♀, NMPC); Andalucía, right bank of Guadalfeo riv., near Orgiva vill., 2– 4.4.2010, Anichtchenko A. leg. (1 ♂, 1 ♀, cAA) ; Andalucía, Salobreña , 1.V.2006, Anichtchenko A. (1 ♂, cAA); Sierra de Loja , 18.III.2005 Anichtchenko A. leg. (1 ♂, cAA); Granada, río Darro, arroyo del Hornillo , 26.XI.2002, Anichtchenko A. leg. (1 ♀, cAA); Malagón (1 ♀, MNCN) ; Teruel, J. Ardois (1 ♀, MNCN); Loja , Granada, IV.1909, exp. del Museo (1 ♂, MNCN) ; Algeciras (1 ♀, MNCN); Lanjaron, 11.6.1895 (2 ♂, MNCN). MOROCCO : Tanger (1 ♂, ISNB) .

Diagnosis. Among the species of bicolor -group, it is easily distinguishable by the smooth intervals of elytra. Only third interval of elytra shows setiferous pores ( Fig. 1 ). Aedeagus (fig. 13): median lobe of aedeagus moderately broad, ventral surface straight at midlength, apical fourth of lobe slightly downturned, near basal bulb strongly microreticulated.

Distribution. Spain, Portugal, Morocco ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Distribution map of Singilis bicolor - group.

FIGURES 1 – 11. Habitus of Singilis bicolor - group. 1 — S. bicolor; 2 — S. alternans; 3 — S. soror melillensis (Taurirt); 4 — S. soror riffensis syn. n., Paratype (Isaguen); 5 – 6 — S. soror riffensis syn. n. (Ketama); 7 — S. soror s. str. (15 km SE Berkane); 8 — S. soror s. str. = S. pardoi syn. n., Paratype (El Haraig); 9 — S. soror s. str. (Oudjda); 10 — S. soror oranensis ssp. n. Holotype; 11 — S. soror oranensis Paratype.