Microhoria ottomana (LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849)

Telnov, Dmitry, 2022, Revisional notes on the genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey, with new descriptions, an annotated catalogue, and a key, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (2), pp. 195-312 : 266-268

Microhoria ottomana (LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849) ( Fig. 38 )

= Anthicus ottomanus LaFerté­Sénectère,

1849

= Anthicus merkli Pic, 1897

= Anthicus tenebricosus Pic, 1897 syn. nov. Microhoria tenebricosa – Chandler et al. 2008: 443 (new combination, checklist); Kejval & Chandler 2020: 131 (assigned to the M. terminata species group); Telnov 2020a: 613 (checklist).

Anthicus ottomanus LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a: 155 (description); LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b: 254 (repeated description).

Anthicus Merkli Pic, 1897d: 295 (description). Anthicus tenebricosus Pic, 1896a: 5 (description).

Anthicus ottomanus – Gemminger & Harold 1870: 2098 (checklist); Marseul 1879: 193, 227 (key, supplementary description); Pic 1911a: 65 (checklist).

Anthicus (Tenuicomus) ottomanus – Sahlberg 1913: 192 (record – Palestine); Winkler 1927: 845 (checklist).

Tenuicomus ottomanus – Uhmann 1985: 198 (new combination, record – Turkey); Telnov 2020a: 615 (checklist); Telnov 2020a: 615 (checklist).

Tenuicollis ottomanus – Uhmann et al. 2005: 52 (notes on distribution); Chandler et al. 2008: 448 (checklist).

Microhoria ottomana – Kejval & Chandler 2020: 131 , 143 (new combination, supplementary description, assigned to the M. terminata species group).

Anthicus Merkli – Pic 1901c: 255 (checklist); Pic 1911a: 61 (checklist); Winkler 1927: 845 (checklist); Kejval & Chandler 2020: 143 (new synonymy).

Tenuicollis merkli – Chandler et al. 2008: 448 (checklist).

Anthicus merkli – Telnov 2020b: 14 (new synonymy).

Anthicus tenebricosus – Pic 1897b: 223 (checklist); Pic 1911a: 76 (checklist); Winkler 1927: 849 (checklist); Hariri 1968: 206 (checklist).

Type material A. ottomanus . Holotype male [monotypy] MNHN: friwal 1846 [handwritten] // ottomanus Mihi [handwritten].

Type material A. merkli . Lectotype male [designated by Kejval & Chandler 2020] MNHN: Turquie (Merkl) [handwritten] // n. sp. [handwritten] // type [handwritten] // A. Merkli Pic [handwritten] // TYPE [printed, label red].

Type material A. tenebricosus . Holotype male [monotypy] MNHN: Liban [handwritten] // ottomanus Laf. [handwritten] // non ottomanus n sp. [handwritten] // tenebricosus Pic [handwritten] // type [handwritten] // TYPE [printed, label red]. In the original description ( Pic 1896a), this specimen is erroneously referred as a female.

New material. 1 male DTC: Turkey, Antalya South Korkuteli 28.V.1991 G. Gillerfors // Microhoria ionica (Pic) det. G. Uhmann 1991 ; 2 specimens HMNH & 1 specimen DTC: TURKEY, prov. Tokat, Camlibel Gecidi , 1700 m // 1996.VI.27. fúhálózva leg. Szalóki D. ; 5 males ADC: Turkey: Gumushane prov., Kelkit, km 6 E str. for Siran , 1400 m, 14.VI.2009, F. Angelini leg. ; 2 males & 3 females ADC: Turkey: Giresum, prov. Alucra, km 15 W, str., for Sebinkarahisar , 15.VI.2009, F. Angelini leg. ; 1 specimen NME: C Lebanon Jbail distr. EHMEJ, ca 1100 m May 2012 leg. C.Reuter ; 4 specimens NME & 1 specimen DTC: LEBANON, Jbail distr. Ehmej , ~ 1550 m, 34°07’27” N, 35°, [sic!] 49’10” E, 24.V.2019, leg. Reuter.

This species was redescribed recently ( Kejval & Chandler 2020) and does not require supplementary description.

Distribution. Greece (Lesvos Island), Israel, Lebanon, Turkey. The record from ‘Palestine’ (now in Israel) by Sahlberg (1913) was omitted by Chandler et al. (2008) and Telnov (2020a).

Chorotype. E­Mediterranean (3.03 EME), restricted to the eastern part of it.

Figures

Fig. 38. Microhoria ottomana (LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849).A – Male from Ehmej, Lebanon, habitus, dorsal view; B – Male from Alucra env., Turkey, habitus, dorsal view; C & E – Aedeagus, lateral view, different specimens; D – ditto, ventral view; F – ditto, apical portion [not to scale; images B–D courtesy Augusto Degiovanni, Bubano, Italy].