Melanotus villosus ( Geoffroy, 1785 )

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Melanotus villosus ( Geoffroy, 1785)

( Fig. 64 )

Elater villosus Geoffroy, 1785: 40 .

Melanotus aspericollis Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855a: 18 .

Elater atripennis Eschscholtz, 1818: 480 .

Elater bicolor Fabricius, 1801: 234 .

Melanotus candezei Stierlin, 1864: 149 .

Elater discolor Gmelin, 1790: 1914 .

Melanotus dichroicolor Buysson, 1914: 82 .

Elater erythropus Gmelin, 1790: 1912 a.

Elater fulvipes Herbst, 1806: 46 .

Melanotus hidalgoi Perez Arcas, 1874: 131 .

Melanotus picticornis Heyden, 1870: 119 .

Cratonychus punctatocollis Brisout de Barneville, 1862: 600 .

Elater rufipes Herbst, 1784: 113 [homonym].

Elater rugosus Marsham, 1802: 381 .

Melanotus subrufus Schwarz, 1892: 152 .

Material examined. “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Bcharre env., 1 km E Ariz, Horsh Arz el-Rab, ancient Cedrus forest, from rotten Cedrus log, 34°14’33”N, 36°2’59”E, 1900 m, 20.V.2015, leg. A. Márkus & T. Németh” (1, HNHM).

Distribution. E: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Central European territory of Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldavia, The Netherlands, Norway, North European territory of Russia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, South European territory of Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine. N: Algeria, Morocco. A: Iran, Turkey, China (Yunnan) ( Cate 2007), Pakistan ( Platia 2015). New for Lebanon.

Figures

FIGURES 58–68. Habitus. 58—Haterumelater fulvago (Marseul, 1868); 59—Mulsanteus guillebeaui (Mulsant & Godart, 1853); 60—Pittonotus theseus (Germar, 1817); 61—Melanotus cuneiformis Baudi di Selve, 1871; 62—Melanotus crassicollis (Erichson, 1841); 63—Melanotus fusciceps (Gyllenhal, 1817); 64—Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy, 1785); 65—Porthmidius drymogenes Platia, 2010; 66—Peripontius terminatus (Erichson, 1841); 67—Peripontius omissus Buysson, 1889; 68—Synaptus filiformis (Fabricius, 1781). Scale bars=1.0 mm (Figs 66–67), 3.0 mm (Figs 58–59, 61–65, 68), 5.0 mm (Fig. 60).