Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899)

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 : 282

Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899) ( Fig. 46 ) Anthicus Raveli Pic, 1899b: 20 (description).

Microhoria raveli – Chandler et al. 2008: 442 (checklist, record – Turkey); Telnov 2020a: 612 (checklist).

Type material. Not studied.

New material. 1 specimen FMNH: Skaramanga pr Athen 27.–30.5.39 Harald Lindb .; 1 male ADC: Grecia: Peloponneso, Ahaia­Kalavrita, mt. 1400, ski center, 25.VI.01 I. Zappi leg.

This species was redescribed by Bucciarelli (1980) and is not redescribed here.

Distribution. Bulgaria, Greece (including Corfu Island), Italy. This species was listed also for Turkey by Chandler et al. (2008) possibly based on unpublished specimen(s) in the collection of G. Uhmann. This was subsequently followed by Telnov (2020a). However, no published or unpublished Turkish records of this taxon were allocated during this study. Its presence in western part of Turkey is indeed not impossible but requires confirmation. This species is therefore not redescribed here but the image of the male ( Fig. 46A–B ) and its aedeagus ( Fig. 46C– D ) are provided for reference.

Chorotype. E­Mediterranean (3.03 EME), not in NE Africa.

Figures

Fig. 46. Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899). A – male from Ahaia­Kalavrita, Greece, habitus, dorsal view; B – ditto, forebody, dorsal view; C – Male from Ahaia­Kalavrita, Greece, aedeagus, lateral view; D – Male from Campania, Italy, apical portion of aedeagus [not to scale; image C courtesy Augusto Degiovanni, Bubano, Italy].