Ablattaria cribrata ( Menetries , 1832)

Qubaiova, Jarin, Ruzicka, Jan & Sipkova, Hana, 2015, Taxonomic revision of genus Ablattaria Reitter (Coleoptera, Silphidae) using geometric morphometrics, ZooKeys 477, pp. 79-142 : 84-85

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Silphidae

Ablattaria cribrata ( Menetries, 1832) Figs 2, 13, 17

Silpha cribrata Ménétries 1832: 168 (attributed to Faldermann) (type locality: “Derbent” [ca. 42°03'N, 48°18'E]).

Silpha cribrata Faldermann 1835: 221 (type locality: “Rossia” [= Russia]; preoccupied, not Ménétries 1832: 168 (junior primary homonym)).

Type material examined.

Lectotype female of Silpha cribrata Ménétries (here designated) (MNHN, general collection) (Fig. 25), pinned, subteneral, labelled: "[female sign, hw] // Ménétr. [hw] // TYPE [p, modern red label] // Cribrata / Faldermann / Caucase [hw, probably Ménétries’s handwriting, yellow label with partial black frame] // MUSEUM PARIS / Coll. A. GROUVELLE 1915 [p] // Lectotype / Silpha cribrata / Ménétries, 1832 / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / des. 2014 [p, red label] // Ablattaria / cribrata ( Ménétries, 1832) / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / det. 2014 [p]". Paralectotypes: 1 male (ZMAS), pinned, labelled: "[golden-black quadrate label] // Caucasus [p, pink label] // cribrata / Fald. Russ. mer. [hw, double black frame] // Paralectotype / Silpha cribrata / Ménétries, 1832 / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / des. 2014 [p, red label] // Ablattaria / cribrata ( Ménétries, 1832) / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / det. 2014 [p]"; 1 specimen (sex not identified) (ZMHB), pinned, badly damaged (only part of meso- and metathorax with right elytron and left meso- and metaleg present), labelled: "Type. [p] // Elliposilpha / cribrata / Caucas Ménétr [hw, Motschulsky’s handwriting] // Museum für Naturkunde / Humboldt-Univ. Berlin / (MNHUB) [p, modern label] // [large red label] // Paralectotype / Silpha cribrata / Ménétries, 1832 / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / des. 2014 [p, red label] // Ablattaria / cribrata ( Ménétries, 1832) / J. Qubaiová & J. Růžička / det. 2014 [p]".

Additional material examined.

95 specimens, see Appendix 1.

Diagnostic description.

Total body length 11-16 mm, body matt. Pronotum semi-elliptical, with evenly distributed, homogenous, distinct punctures on whole dorsal surface (Fig. 13). Elytra more flattened; with middle-sized, more densely arranged larger punctures, very dense toward the inner elytral margin and here sometimes subquadrate in shape (Fig. 17).

Elytra more flattened. Large punctures are dispersed over the entire elytra with a higher concentration towards the inner elytral margin, which makes the elytra appear coarse. Smaller punctures are also present on both elytra, scutellum and pronotum, although they appear to be larger than those of Ablattaria laevigata but less frequent.

Biology.

Seasonal activity of adults with a peak in May and June (Table 1).

Distribution.

From the south of Russia (Dagestan, Chechnya), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran to south-western Turkmenistan (Fig. 32).