Pogonistes testaceus testaceus ( Dejean, 1828 )

Muñoz-Santiago, José & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2022, Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region, European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1), pp. 75-109 : 86-87

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scientific name	Pogonistes testaceus testaceus ( Dejean, 1828 )
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Pogonistes testaceus testaceus ( Dejean, 1828) View in CoL

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Pogonus testaceus testaceus Dejean, 1828: 20 View in CoL .

Diagnoses

Tegument testaceous. Pronotum sub-cordiform, scarcely narrowed in its posterior region (smooth sinuosity); anterior angles protruding. Elytra parallel and convex, sub-cylindrical, with the posterior half slightly depigmented.

Material examined

SPAIN • 1 ♂; Vuillefroy leg.; Pérez Arcas coll., MNCN • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Alicante, Albufera de Elche ; Apr. 1934; C. Bolívar leg.; MNCN • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Alicante, Santa Pola ; 29 Apr. 1985; T.G. Sempere leg.; VMO • 2 ♀♀; 17 Jan. 1983; VMO • 3 ♂♂; Valencia, Los Valles ; Morote leg.; MNCN .

Description

Habitus ( Fig. 1C View Fig ). Length: 5.5–6.0 mm. Tegument with some regions more pigmented than others. Head brown, slightly darker than the rest of the body. Pronotum with the base as, or almost as, wide as the anterior margin of the elytra and with well-visible punctuation. Elytral striae with almost superficial punctutation, considerably more tenuous than in other species of the tribe. Legs slightly lighter than the rest of the body. Median lobe of the aedeagus ( Fig. 3C View Fig ) wider than in P. gracilis and with the apex less developed.

Chorology

Species distributed along the West Mediterranean: the subspecies P. testaceus testaceus is present in North Africa (records from Argelia), the Iberian Peninsula and along the French coast ( Español 1964; Bousquet 2017); the subspecies P. testaceus graecus (Apfelbeck, 1904) is known from Bulgaria and Greece ( Bousquet 2017).

Ibero-Balearic distribution ( Fig. 4C View Fig ): in the Iberian Peninsula, the species is present along the Mediterranean coast ranging from Tarragona to Alicante ( Spain). On the Balearic Islands, it is present in Menorca and Ibiza.

Biology

It was suggested that this species prefers the most high-saline environments ( Sauleda 1985), which could explain why its distribution in the Iberian Peninsula is restricted to the Mediterranean coast, where it can be a common element ( Español 1964). Imagoes present all year, with a peak of activity in spring ( Sauleda 1985).

Bibliographic Ibero-Balearic records

Aistleitner & Lencina 2018; Compte Sart 1968; Español 1964; Jeanne 1968, 1978; Sauleda 1985; Serrano et al. 2015, 2021; Zaballos & Jeanne 1994.

References

Aistleitner E. & Lencina J. L. 2018. Fragmenta entomofaunistica XXV. Zur Laufkaferfauna der Iberischen Halbinsel (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Entomofauna 39 (2): 623 - 669.

Bousquet Y. 2017. Tribe Pogonini Laporte, 1834. In: Lobl I. & Lobl D. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Revised and Updated Edition. Vol. 1. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga: 354 - 357. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.

Compte Sart A. 1968. La Fauna de Menorca y su Origen (Sintesis de la Fauna de Menorca, su Naturaleza y un Ensayo acerca de su Origen). Ateneo Cientifico, Literario y Artistico, Mahon.

Dejean P. F. M. A. 1828. Species General des Coleopteres de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome troisieme. Mequignon-Marvis, Paris.

Espanol F. 1964. Algunos carabidos interesantes del Levante Espanol (Coleoptera). Graellsia 20 (4 - 6): 277 - 280.

Jeanne C. 1968. Carabiques de la Peninsule Iberique (7 e note). Actes de la Societe linneenne de Bourdeaux 105 (S. A, 1): 1 - 25.

Jeanne C. 1978. Carabiques de la Peninsule Iberique (3 e supplement). Bulletin de la Societe linneenne de Bordeaux 8: 21 - 47.

Sauleda N. 1985. Caraboidea ammofilos y halofitos de la provincia de Alicante. Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Escuela de Magisterio 2: 241 - 264.

Serrano J., Fernandez J. J., Fernandez B., Ruiz C. & Petitpierre E. 2015. Los coleopteros carabidos de las islas Baleares (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Boletin de la Asociacion espanola de Entomologia 39 (1 - 2): 39 - 97.

Serrano J., Lencina J. L. & Minano J. 2021. Catalogo de los Caraboidea (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae y Carabidae) de la Region de Murcia. Editum. Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia. https: // doi. org / 10.6018 / editum. 2874

Zaballos J. P. & Jeanne C. 1994. Nuevo catalogo de los carabidos (Coleoptera) de la Peninsula Iberica. Monografias de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 1: 66 - 67.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus. A. Sirdenus (Syrdenopsis) grayii (Wollaston, 1862). B. Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828). C. Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828). D–E. Pogonus (Pogonoidius) meridionalis Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 3. Median lobe in left lateral view.A. Sirdenus (Syrdenopsis) grayii(Wollaston, 1862). B. Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828). C. Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828). D. Pogonus (Pogonoidius) meridionalis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. G. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). H. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822). I. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. J. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828.K. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 4. Distribution map in the Ibero-Balearic region.A. Sirdenus (Syrdenopsis) grayii(Wollaston, 1862). B. Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828). C. Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828). D. Pogonus (Pogonoidius) meridionalis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. Occurrence points: bibliographic records (blue dots), bibliographic records confirmed with examined material (green dots), new records (red dots).