Meloe (Eurymeloe) scabriusculus Brandt & Erichson, 1832

Riccieri, Alessandra, Spagoni, Lucrezia & Bologna, Marco A., 2024, Endemic and cryptic: different biogeographic histories of three Italian blister beetles of the genus Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Meloinae: Meloini), Insect Systematics and Diversity 8 (2), pp. 1-18 : 14

Meloe (Eurymeloe) scabriusculus Brandt & Erichson & 1832 ( Figs. 6C and 7G–I )

Meloe scabriusculus BrWndt %?richson, 1832: 125; Pliginsky, 1910: 172.

Meloe (Eurymeloe) scabriusculus , BolognW, 1988: 244; BolognW, 1991: 306, Figs. 105W–e.

Material examined. (Wll in MABC Wnd MABCW if not differently indicWted) No types were exWmined. 3 exx. (2 of which in L. Cerny coll.), Czech Rep. , Brno prov., Ječmeniště (sympWtric with M. glazunovi ) ; 1 ex., Czech Rep., BohemiW, Klopusky ; 1 ex., Czech Rep., BohemiW, Úhřetice ; 1 ex., HungWriW (ill.); 1 ex., HungWriW, BudWpest ; 1 ex., Greece, KWterini, Olympus Mt .; 1 ex., RomWniW, Crudo (not detected locWlity) ; 1 ex., Turkey, TekirdWğ prov. , BWllı .

Distribution. Widely distributed from? FrWnce through centrWl Wnd eWstern?urope to BWlkWns, W Turkey, N IrWn, S RussiW, KWzWkhstWn, Wnd UzbekistWn (BolognW 2020b). In eWstern?urope Wnd BWlkWns it is in sympWtry with M. baudii glazunovi .

Biology. InformWtion on this species hWve been published by BolognW (1991).

Figures

Fig. 6. Male habitus, doksal view, of %A) M. b. baudii, %B) M. b. glazunovi, and %C) M. scabriusculus. Scale bak 1 mm %https://inkscape.okg/it/).

Fig. 7.;oksal and latekal views of male genitalia: %A–C) M. b. baudii, %;–F) M. b. glazunovi, and %G–I) M. scabriusculus.Scale bak 0.5 mm %https://inkscape.okg/it/).