Stenostoma lowei Wollaston, 1854

Poloni, Riccardo, Bologna, Marco A. & Riccieri, Alessandra, 2024, One genus, four different stories: evolutionary history, bionomics and biogeography of the monotypic tribe Stenostomatini (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (3), pp. 705-719 : 714-715

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad084

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11280552

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scientific name

Stenostoma lowei Wollaston, 1854
status

 

Stenostoma lowei Wollaston, 1854

(F I G S 1B, G, 2C, D, 6B)

Stenaxis lowei Wollaston, 1854: 524 .

Oedemera (Oedemerella) lowei – Seidlitz 1899: 912.

Stenostoma lowei – Švihla 1988: 378, figs 13–15.

Type locality: [ Portugal] Madeira Island ‘ In floribus Jladerse , inde a l000’ s. m., restate non infrequens: in Madeira boreali predominat, qua inter flores Dahlia ad Sanctam Annam mense Junio a.d. 1850 copiosissime deprehensi’ ( Wollaston 1854) .

Type specimens: We did not examine the types, hosted in the Wollaston collection (split between NHM and MNHN), but some topotypic specimens.

Short description: For an extended description, see Wollaston (1854) and Švihla (1988). Body length: 5.4–8.1 mm. Head and elytra metallic green, pronotum red and legs orange. Head not distinctly rostrate, almost as long as wide ( Fig. 1G View Figure 1 ). Pronotum slightly cordiform, as long as wide, prolonged towards the head ( Fig. 1G View Figure 1 ). Elytral sub-humeral costa well marked and distinct. Female pygidium not emarginated at apex. Aedeagus short, with a square-like apex slightly curved ( Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ).

Distribution: Endemic to Madeira Island ( Portugal), in the eastern portion of North Atlantic Ocean, 935 km west of the Moroccan shoreline.

Ecology: This species inhabits vegetated rocky slopes and scrubland ( Fig. 6B View Figure 6 ), also mountainous areas; according to Wollaston (1854) it is distributed between 600 and 1800 m a.s.l., seldom <300 m a.s.l. (Supporting Information, Table S2). It is found on different flowers: cultivated Dahlia Cav. and other not identified Asteraceae , Aeonium glutinosum (Aiton) Webb. & Berthel. ( Crassulaceae ) and Agapanthus praecox Wild ( Liliaceae ) ( Wollaston 1854, 1865; J. Hájek and A. Franquinho-Aguiar, pers. comm.). Its documented polyphagy and the fact that it was found on the alien species Agapanthus praecox suggest that it does not have specific preferences. The ascertained phenology is June–August ( Wollaston 1854; new records by J. Hájek and A. Franquinho-Aguiar; Supporting Information, Table S2).

NHM

University of Nottingham

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Oedemeridae

Genus

Stenostoma

Loc

Stenostoma lowei Wollaston, 1854

Poloni, Riccardo, Bologna, Marco A. & Riccieri, Alessandra 2024
2024
Loc

Stenostoma lowei

Svihla V 1988: 378
1988
Loc

Oedemera (Oedemerella) lowei

Seidlitz G 1899: 912
1899
Loc

Stenaxis lowei

Wollaston TV 1854: 524
1854
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