Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) nireus ( Reitter, 1895 )

Sommer, David, Hillert, Oliver, Hrůzová, Lucie & Král, David, 2021, Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) zagrosensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae), a new species from Iran, along with an updated key to the western Palaearctic species of the subgenus, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 380-394 : 386

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Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) nireus ( Reitter, 1895)

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 C–D, 2C–D, 3C–D, 4D, 5C, 7A–C, 8A–B, 9)

Bolboceras nireus Reitter, 1895: 81 (type locality: “Akbes [= Maydân Akbis]”).

Type material examined. Syria: Holotype, ♀ ( MNHN) ( Figs. 7 View FIGURE 7 A–C, 8A–B) “ Bolboceras | Nireus m | n. sp. Akbes [hw, Reitter’s hand] || Typus [p, red label] || jkF720329 || VIO || Bolbelasmus | nireus Rttr. || det. J. Krikken 197[p]2[hw, Krikken’s hand] || Bolbelasmus nireus | ( Reitter, 1895) | D. Král & D. Sommer det. 2019 [p]”.

Additional material examined. Greece, Rhodes: 1 ♁ ( LSCN), 1 ♁ ( OHCB) ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2C View FIGURE 2 , 3C View FIGURE 3 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 5C View FIGURE 5 ), Lindos, 36°05’32”N 28°05’06”E, 16.iv.2017, L. Schmidt lgt.; GoogleMaps 1 ♁ ( OHCB), Lalyssos , 36°25’01.09”N 28°08’44.03”E, 28.iii.2017, R. Dietze lgt GoogleMaps .; Syria: 1 ♀ ( MNHN), Akbès, [without date], [E.] Reitter ; Turkey: 1 ♀ ( OHCB), Side , 27.iv.1973, K. Warncke lgt .; 1 ♀ ( NMPC), Korkuteli, 11.vi.1991, B. Němec lgt.; 1 ♁ ( JMCP), İçel, Çamliyayla , Sebil, 24.–26.v.1995, J. Mička lgt .; 1 ♀ ( NMPC), 20 km S of Kemer , v.2001, [without collector’s name]; 1 ♁ ( AHCB) ( Figs. 1D View FIGURE 1 , 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3D View FIGURE 3 ), NW of Alanya, NE of Manavgat, 8.iv.2015, M. Snížek lgt.; 2 ♁♁ ( MNHN), Adana [without date and collector’s name] .

Disribution. Iraq, Syria and Turkey ( Nikolajev et al. 2016). New country record for Greece (island of Rhodes) (see map, Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). The record of the species B. (B.) unicornis (Schrank, 1789) from the island of Rhodes by Schatzmayr (1936) most likely relates to the species B. (B.) nireus .

Note. The distribution in Iraq is based on a single female specimen from Assur tentatively assigned to this species by Krikken (1977). We have not studied this specimen, so we cannot confirm with certainty what species it belongs to. In addition, this Iraqi locality of the species is very far from its distribution in Turkey (see map, Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). Their distribution in Syria is based on two females (including the holotype) collected at “Akbes”. This locality, nowadays a small village Maydân Akbis belongs to the territory of Syria (Aleppo Governorate) and is situated very close to the border with Turkey (see map, Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). Between 1881–1926 there was the Trappist monastery “Abbaye d’Akbès” ( Le Bras et al. 1979). The site is not in modern Turkey, as stated in some papers, see Kryštufek et al. (2001), Keith (2005) or Arnone & Massa (2010).

References

Arnone, M. & Massa, B. (2010) A new species of Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911 from Sicily (Italy). Il Naturalista Siciliano, 34, 401 - 414.

Keith, D. (2005) First record of the genus Bolbelasmus from Iran. Kogane, 6, 51 - 52.

Krikken, J. (1977) The genus Bolbelasmus Boucomont in Asia with notes on species occurring in other regions. Zoologische Mededeelingen, 51, 277 - 292.

Krystufek, B., Spitzenberger, F. & Kefelioglu, H. (2001) Description, taxonomy, and distribution of Talpa davidiana. Mammalian Biology, 66, 135 - 143.

Le Bras, G., Hourlier, J. & Cocheril, M. (1979) Les Ordres religieux, la Vie et l'Art. Vol. 1. Monasteres et communautes; les Benedictins; les Cisterciens; les Chartreux; les ordres militaires. Flammarion, Paris, 266 pp.

Nikolajev, G. V., Kral, D. & Bezdek, A. (2016) Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea-Scirtoidea-Dasciloidea-Buprestoidea-Byrrhoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. E. J. Brill, Leiden, pp. 33 - 52. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004309142 _ 003

Reitter, E. (1895) Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Coleoptera aus der Umgebung von Akbes in Syrien. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 14, 79 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 13210

Schatzmayr, A. (1936) Risultati scientifici delle cacce entomologiche di S. A. S. il Princiope Alessandro della Torre et Tasso nelle isole dell'Egeo. VI. - Scarabaeidae (1). Bollettino del Regio Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria di Portici, 30, 9 - 23.

Figures

FIGURE 1A–D. Habitus of males in dorsal view. A, holotype of Bolbelasmus zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species; B, B. makrisi Miessen, 2011; C, B. nireus (Reitter, 1895) from Greece (Rhodes); D, B. nireus from Turkey. Not to scale.

FIGURE 2A–D. Pronotum of males in frontal view. A, holotype of Bolbelasmus zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species; B, B. makrisi Miessen, 2011; C, B. nireus (Reitter, 1895) from Greece (Rhodes); D, B. nireus from Turkey. Not to scale.

FIGURE 3A–D. Habitus of males in lateral view. A, holotype of Bolbelasmus zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species; B, B. makrisi Miessen, 2011; C, B. nireus (Reitter, 1895) from Greece (Rhodes); D, B. nireus from Turkey. Not to scale.

FIGURE 4A–D. Pronotum of males in lateral view. A, Bolbelasmus zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species, from Fars province, Iran; B, B. zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species, from Lorestan province, Iran; C, B. makrisi Miessen, 2011; D, B. nireus (Reitter, 1895) from Greece, Rhodes. Not to scale.

FIGURE 5A–C. Parameres in dorsal view. A, Bolbelasmus zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species; B, B. makrisi Miessen, 2011; C, B. nireus (Reitter, 1895). Not to scale.

FIGURE 7A–C. Holotype of Bolbelasmus nireus (Reitter, 1895). A, habitus in dorsal view; B, original labels of holotype; C, habitus in lateral view. Not to scale.

FIGURE 9. Sketch map with marked distribution of Bolbelasmus makrisi Miessen, 2011 (green), B. nireus (Reitter, 1895) (yellow) and B. zagrosensis Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, new species (red). Squares represents the type locality of each species.