Platyderus zaballosi, Anichtchenko, 2011

Anichtchenko, Alexandre, 2011, Contribution to the knowlege of Platyderus Stephens, 1827 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Spain, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1), pp. 33-39 : 33-39

Platyderus zaballosi sp.n.

Holotype: male, Hontanar, Montes de Toledo , 1.XII.1994 Toledo – España, M. Toribio leg. ( MNCN) ; Paratypes: 2females – idem. ( CAA, CMT) ; 1 male ­ S. Pablo de los Mtes., Toledo, España 20.11.98 / leg. Jose Luis Zapata ( JLZ) ; 1female ­ España, (TO), Sª de Fuenteblanca / Los Yebenes , 10.02.2008, leg. T.Gazurek ( CAA) .

Body length 7.5­ 8.5 mm. Colour red brown; antennomeres, palpomeres and legs paler. Habitus ( fig. 1).

Head round, dorsal surface impunctate. Disc smooth, frontal impressions small, round and moderately deep. Eyes flat or slightly prominent. Labrum slightly emarginate anteriorly. Antennae pubescent from article 4.

Pronotum 1,24 times as wide as long. Lateral, anterior and posterior margins beaded. Basal impressions long, narrow, well delimited, longitudinal, sublinear. Hind angles obtuse, indistinct. Interval betweem basal impression and lateral margin convex and weakly punctured. Disc slightly vaulted, midline distinct, not reaching anterior and posterior margin.

Elytra elongate, maximal width at the middle or just behind the middle. Elytral micro sculpture of both sexes consist of longitudinaly elongate meshes, surface more shiny in males. Shoulders rounded, not denticulate. Basal bead complete; scutellar striae and scutellar pore present; elytral striae deep and very finely punctate on the bottom, equally deep anteriorly and posteriorly; intervals flat, without punctuation. Medial elytral pore situated in third striae.

Propleuron, mes­, metepisternum, and abdomen smooth. Metasternum weakly densely punctate. Structure of the internal middle lobe of the male aedeagus is shown in ( fig. 5­ 8). Basal protuberance (B) is big and hook shape.

Etymology. Species named after Dr. Juan Pedro Zaballos, a prominent Spanish carabidologist.

Differencial diagnosis. Is the unique known species of “ ruficollis-subcrenatus ” group from mountains of Toledo, there live together with P. crypticola Jeanne, 1996 of “ varians ” group. Exteriorly is related to P. espanoli Mateu, 1952 from Catalonia and P. lencinai sp.n. described below.