Microhoria schmiedeknechti (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 : 288-289

Microhoria schmiedeknechti (Pic, 1899)

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Anthicus Schmiedeknechti Pic, 1899a: 74 (description).

Anthicus Schmiedeknechti – Pic 1901c: 256 (checklist); Reitter 1906: 445 (checklist); Pic 1911: 72 (checklist).

Anthicus (Aulacoderus) Schmiedeknechti – Winkler 1927: 850 (checklist).

Anthicus (Bifossicollis) Schmiedeknechti – Koch 1935 a: 258, 264 (supplementary description, key).

Microhoria schmiedeknechti – Bucciarelli 1976: 140 (supplementary description); Uhmann 1996: 35 (record – Turkey); Chandler et al. 2008: 442 (checklist); Kejval & Chandler 2020: 131 (assigned to the M. terminata species group); Telnov 2020a: 612 (checklist).

Type material. Lectotype male [here designated] & 4 paralectotypes MNHN: Rhodes [handwritten] // n sp. pres Leuthneri Pic [handwritten] // type [handwritten] // Schmiedeknechti Pic n sp [handwritten]. There are five specimens mounted on the same card, the second specimen from the left is selected as lectotype.

New material. 1 male MSNM : Holotypus [handwritten, label red] // Rodi (Trianda) [printed] 2.5.32 [handwritten] A.Schatzmayr [printed] // Prep. microscp. No. [printed] / 383 [handwritten] [label violet] // A. angulapex Koch [handwritten, label blue] ; 5 specimens NME & 1 specimen DTC : GR Rhodes, Apolakkia 3 km SW, 20 m, 04.IV.2018 N 36°02’26”, E 27°46’59” leg. A. Kopetz KLS, KF; 3 specimens NME & 1 specimen DTC: GR Rhodes, Kalavarda, 5 km W, 25­60 m, 04.IV.2018 N 36°19’32”, E 27°53’36” leg. A. Kopetz KLS .

The lectotype designation is made here to maintain the nomenclatural stability. See also the nomenclatural note and the lectotype designation for M. angulapex above (the specimen erroneously labelled as the “ holotype ” of M. angulapex in fact belongs to M. schmiedeknechti ). Microhoria schmiedeknechti was redescribed in detail by Koch (1935 a) and Bucciarelli (1976), no supplementary description is therefore provided but only the images ( Fig. 49 ).

Distribution. Greece ( Dodecanese Islands: Rhodes Island), S Turkey. I had no opportunity to verify identification of any Turkish specimens. Occurrence of this species is Turkey is not impossible but requires further confirmation.

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

Figures

Fig.49. Microhoria schmiedeknechti (Pic, 1899) male syntype (mislabelled as holotype Microhoria angulapex). A – Habitus, dorsal view; B – Aedeagus, lateral view; C – ditto, ventral view [not to scale; all images courtesy Augusto Degiovanni, Bubano, Italy].