Microhoria globipennis (Pic, 1897)

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 123

Microhoria globipennis (Pic, 1897)

( Figs 66, 67 , 137 )

Anthicus globipennis Pic, 1897a: 120 .

Anthicus globipennis : PIC (1911b): 51 (catalogue).

Anthicus globipennis : WINKLER (1927): 849 (catalogue).

Microhoria globipennis globipennis: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 440 (catalogue, distribution).

Anthicus globipennis quercicola Sahlberg, 1913a: 59 , syn. nov.

Anthicus globipennis var. quercicola Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913: 227 (junior homonym, see Remarks).

Anthicus globipennis var. quercicola : WINKLER (1927): 849 (catalogue).

Type locality. Anthicus globipennis – Syria, Latakia Governorate, Jabal al Akrad (‘Djebel Akrab’); A. globipennis quercicola – S Turkey, Bolkar Mountains (= Bulgar Dagh).

Type material. Anthicus globipennis – SYNTYPES: 1 spec., ‘ Dr F.Leuthner DjebelAkrab 85 N. SYRIEN [p; frame] // type [h; yellowish label]’; 1 spec., ‘Syrie [h] type [h; yellowish label] // Krekich vidit [h] // globipennis Pic [h]’; 1 spec., ‘ globipennis Pic (Syrie) ’ (all coll. Pic, MNHN).

Anthicus globipennis quercicola – SYNTYPES: 1, ‘Bulghar-Dagh J. Sahlbg.[h] // TYPE [p; red label] // quercicola Krek.[h; ochraceous label]’ ( NHMW); 1 ♀, ‘BulgharDagh [p] // J. Sahlb.[p] // [female sex-symbol; p] // TYPE [p; red label]’ ( NMHW); 1 ♀, ‘BulgharDagh [p] // J. Sahlb. [p] // TYPE [p; red label] // det. v. Krekich globipenis var. quercicola Krek. [p+h] // globipenis v. quercicola Taurus Sahlb. [h; frame]’ ( NHMW); 1 ♀, ‘BulgharDagh [p] // J. Sahlb. [p] // quercicola Sahlb. Spec. typ. [p+h] // [female sex-symbol;h] //A.quercicola n. sp. [h; frame]’(coll.Pic, MNHN). Additional specimens. SYRIA: 1 spec., Jabal an Nusayriah, Qual’at al Saladin, 35°35.509′N 36°03.827′E, 1334 m, 17.iv.2008, P. Hlaváč lgt. ( ZKDC); 1, Qualat al Mahaliban, E of Slinfah, 40 km E of Latakia, 31.v.2009, M. Šárovec lgt. ( ADBC). TURKEY (Hatay prov.): 3 spec., Altinozu, near Antakya, 22.iv.1992, M. Kocian lgt. ( ZKDC); 1 spec., Cevlik, near Samandag, 23.–26.iv.1994, P. Průdek & J. Kovalovský lgt. ( ZKDC); 12 spec., Cevlik, 25 km W of Hatay, 22.–23.iv.1997, T. Růžička lgt. ( ZKDC); 1 spec., Nur Daglari Mts, Tülek, Ulucinar env., 5.v.2005, K. Orszulik lgt. ( ZKDC); 2 spec., 19 km N of Antakya, Ziyaret Daği, Şenköy, 913 m, 2.iv.2004, M. Schülke lgt. ( ZKDC); 3 spec., same locality, 36°01′48′′ N 36°07′19′′ E, E slope, oak and laurel shrubs, sifted, 5.iv.2004, M. Schülke lgt. ( ZKDC).

Diagnosis. Largely reddish, apterous species ( Fig. 137 ). Elytral apices in males simple, margin quite evenly shaped (not swollen, channel of gland absent). Male sternum VII rather short, with slight median emargination; sternum VIII forming paired, subtriangular, asetose, weakly sclerotized sclerites; tergum VII and VIII simple. Female sternum VII simple; tergum VII subtriangular, slightly produced apically; aedeagus ( Figs 66, 67 ).

Variation. Body length (♀) 2.1–2.9 mm; elytra unicolorous reddish or vaguely brownish laterally.

Distribution. Syria, Turkey.

Remarks. PIC (1897a) described Anthicus globipennis from an unstated number of specimens collected by F. J. Leuthner at the locality Jabal al Akrad, which is a mountainous region (400–1000 m) in northwestern Syria along the Coastal Mountain Range.

SAHLBERG (1913a) described Anthicus globipennis quercicola and KREKICH- STRASSOLDO (1913) described A. globipennis var. quercicola , based on specimens from same collection sample (Bulghar Dagh Mts, near Turunschli, from flowering Quercus ilex, 25.–28.iv.1906, J. & U. Sahlberg lgt.). Sahlberg sent representatives of this species to Krekich-Strassoldo for his comments, and subsequently received a letter from Krekich-Strassoldo confirming that ‘ Anthicus quercicola Sahlberg’ was a variety of A. globipennis Pic ( SAHLBERG 1913a: 61). Sahlberg’s description was published in issue 8 of volume 55 [1912–1913] of the Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar which when compared with dates of publication found in the following volumes of this journal suggested that this issue was published in April or May of 1913. Krekich-Strassoldo’s description of the same taxon was published in issue VII/VIII of volume 32 of the Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, dated July 15, 1913. While the date of issue cannot be precisely identified for Sahlberg’s paper, it was published in the first half of the year 1913, and Sahlberg indicated later in that year ( SAHLBERG 1913c: 193) [published September, 2013] that the name of Krekich- -Strassoldo was a junior synonym.

Figures

Figs 64–67. Aedeagus: 64 – Microhoria longiceps (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., ventral view; 65 – M. callima (Baudi di Selve, 1877) comb. nov., ventral (left) and lateral (right) view; 66 – M. globipennis (Pic, 1897), Turkey, Cevlik (ZKDC), lateral view; 67 – same, apical portion in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm – A (Fig. 65), B (Figs 64, 66, 67).

Figs 123–137. Habitus: 123 – Neocrohoria melanura (Fairmare & Germain, 1863), O’Higgin prov., Cuesta Chada (ZKDC); 124 – Aulacoderus mutatus (Gemminger, 1870); 125 – A. tuberculifer (van Hille, 1985), Western Cape, Soutpan (ZKDC); 126 – Falsophilus minutus (Pic, 1894), Western Cape, Cape Point (ZKDC); 127 – Liparoderus insignis (Lucas, 1843), Spain, Farlete (ZKDC); 128 – Microhoria caeruleicolor (Pic, 1906) comb.nov.; 129 – M. fugiens (Marseul, 1896) comb. nov.; 130 – M. posthuma (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., India, Loharket (ZKDC); 131 – M. fasciata (Chevrolat, 1834); 132 – M. vosseleri (Pic, 1894); 133 – M. heydeni (Marseul, 1879) comb. nov.; 134 – M. longiceps (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov.; 135 – M. proterva (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931), syntype (BMNH); 136 – M. antalya sp. nov.; 137 – M. globipennis (Pic, 1897), Turkey, Şenköy (ZKDC).