Eulasia (Eulasia) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023

Uliana, Marco, Bollino, Maurizio & Sabatinelli, Guido, 2023, Eulasia (Eulasia) ozdikmeni and Pygopleurus ozguri, two new species of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from south western Turkey, Zootaxa 5284 (3), pp. 521-539 : 523

Eulasia (Eulasia) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli , new species

Figs. 3–6 , 9–10, 12, 14 , 15–16 , 19–20, 23–24 , 27–30

Type material. Holotype, ♁: “ TURKEY, prov. Konya, / 5 Km N Bademli Geç. / 37.385, 31.703 1420 m / 3.5.2011 Leg. F. Angelini ” (typed on white card), “HOLOTYPUS / Eulasia / ozdikmeni / Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023” (typed on red card) ( GMAT) . Paratypes: 138♁♁, 82♀♀, same data as the holotype ( GMAT, GSPF, HNHM, IECA, MBLI, MUCI) ; 37♁♁, 96♀♀: “ TURKEY — KONYA PROV. / 7 Km South-East of Hadim / 31.V.2011 —m. 1500 / Legit F. Angelini —coll Bollino” ( MUCI, MBLI) 4♁♁, 8♀♀: “ TURKEY, Mersin prov. / 1 km SW Gülnar , 950m / ~ 36°19’N 33°23’E / 10.V.2015 ” ( MUCI, MBLI) ; 11♁♁, 3♀♀: “ Turkey, Antalya, / Akseki, Teke Geçidi / 25.5.2001 / Leg. M. Sarovec ” ( MUCI) ; 8♁♁, 2♀♀, same data, but leg. M. Snizek, ( IECA, MUCI) ; 2♁♁, same data, but 26.5.2001, Leg. M. Sarovec, ( MUCI) ; 4♁♁, 3♀♀: “ Tur. c. 31.V.1996 / Bademli Geçidi / Z.Švec ” ( MNRC) ; 2♁♁: “ Turkey / BAKARAN / (bei Akseki ) 1150 m / 19.6.1988 / leg. A. Szallies ” ( MNRC) ; 1♁: “ Türkei, A. Richter / Egridir / Taurus / 14.-16.VI.67 / 1000-1600m ” ( NMPC) ; 3♁♁: “ Turkey / Agilköy (near Isparta) / 27.V.1992 / Minet leg.” ( DKCC) . The additional label “PARATYPUS / Eulasia (Eulasia) / ozdikmeni / Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023”, typed on red card was added to all paratypes .

Figures

FIGURES 3–6. Eulasia (E.) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species. 3, holotype, male; 4–5, topotypical paratype, female; 6, apex of aedeagus with endophallus everted (topotypical paratype).

FIGURES 7–14. Comparison between E. (E.) montana (Reitter, 1890) (7–8, 11, 13) and E. (E.) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species (9–10, 12, 14). 7–10, anterior tibiae and tarsi, arrowhead evidencing the apical tooth; 11–14, inclined view of pronotum (11, 12) and detail of punctures (13, 14), photos were taken with the same lighting condition, evidencing different shining of the integument; 7, 11, 13, lectotype; 8, paralectotype; 9–10, 12, 14, topotypical paratypes. Not to scale.

FIGURES 15–18. Inclined lateral view of clypeus. 15–16, Eulasia (E.) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species (topotypical paratypes); 17–18, E. (E.) montana (Reitter, 1890) (17, lectotype; 18, paralectotype). Not to scale.

FIGURES 19–26. Dorsal (19–22) and inclined posterior view (23–26) of clypeus. 19–20 and 23–24, Eulasia (E.) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species (topotypical paratypes); 21-22 and 25-26, E. (E.) montana (Reitter, 1890) (21 and 25, lectotype; 22 and 26, paralectotype). Not to scale.

FIGURES 27–32. Eulasia (E.) ozdikmeni Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species in the wild. 27–29, on flowers of Sinapis (27–28) and Anthemis (29) at the type locality; 30, on flowers of Senecio, 1 km SW Gülnar; 31–32, type locality of E. (E.) ozdikmeni (N of Bademli Geçidi, 37.385, 31.703) showing the clearings of the dry slopes (31, and background of Fig. 32) where the species was observed, and the Ranunculus prairie (foreground of Fig. 32) where other Glaphyridae were present, but not E. (E.) ozdikmeni.