Polydrusus (Conocetus) stierlini (Schilsky, 1910)

Figs 1E–F, 5C, 7C, 9E, 12

Material examined

Type material

Two syntype specimens:

GREECE: 1 ♀, Stierlini * Schils. // D. Leonh. // SYNTYPUS Polydrosus [sic!] stierlini Schilsky, 1910 labelled by MNHUB 2014 [printed on red paper] (MFN); 1 ♀, Attica // coll. Stierlin [printed] // Stierlini m. [mihi] // Syntypus [printed on red paper] (SDEI).

Type locality GREECE: Attica.

Other material examined

GREECE: 1 ♀, Erythrae, 12 Jun. [19]86, Porto Jermane, Attiki, leg. N. Neubauer (SDEI); 1 ♀, Rhodos- Ostküste, 1 Apr.–13 Apr. 1991, leg. H.-J. Grunwald (cHW); 1 ♀, Peloponnes, Taigetos, Anavriti, 1100– 1700 m, 20/21 Jun. 1997, leg. H. Winkelmann (cHW); 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Makedonia, Chalkidike, 5 km W of Poligiros, 40°22′11″ N, 23°25′27″ E, 15 Jul. 2003, leg. Bahr, Bayer and Winkelmann (FO 21) (cCG, cHW, NMBE); 1 ♀, Mariolata Fokida, 8 Jun. 2013, 38°34′ N, 22°08′ E, leg. Eifler (cHW).

TURKEY: 1 ♀, Tu Gyndogans [= Gündogan], 600 m, leg. S. Lundberg (SDEI); 1 ♀, Tu O. Telar… [illegible], 100 m, leg. S. Lundberg (SDEI); 1 ♀, Sarigin [= Sarigerme?], leg. S. Lundberg (SDEI); 1 ♀, Smyrna, coll. Apfelbeck (NMB); 1 ♀, N. Termessos, 1 Jun. 1989, leg. G. Gillerfors (SDEI); 1 ♀, Türkei, leg. W. Wittmer (NMB); 1 ♀, Myra, 5 May 1991, leg. B. Zbuzek (cRB); 1 ♀, Olüdeniz, 8 May 1991, Fethyie env., leg. B. Zbuzek (cRB); 3 ♀, Prov. Hatay, (Hatay S) Sungur, 800 m, 29 Jul. 1998, leg. H. Winkelmann (cHW); 1 ♀ Antakya, Samandag, Seleukeia Pieria, 40 m, 1 Jun. 2002, leg. S. Zoia and C. Giusto, coll. L. Magnano (BMNH).

Variability

The typical robust head (Fig. 5C) is more pronounced in females than in males, which are generally more slender (Fig. 1E–F). Interestingly, among the few specimens examined, males were much more rarely collected than females.

Ecology

Collected from April to July, from sea level to montane (exceptionally subalpine) altitudes.