Drilus akbesianus (Fairmaire, 1895)

(Fig. 1)

Malacogaster akbesiana Fairmaire, 1895: cx.

Malacogaster akbesianus: Olivier 1910: 4, Wittmer 1944: 204, Bocak 2007: 210. Drilus akbesianus (Fairmaire, 1895): Kundrata, Kobieluszova & Bocak 2014: 461.

Type material. Holotype, male, " Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891, Bul. 95 cx" (MNHP).

Type locality. Turkey, "Akbes" [= Hatay].

Other material examined. Male, "Akbes, Museum Paris, Collection Léon Fairmaire, 1906, Malacogast. akbesianus Fairm." (MHNP); male, " Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1895, Museum Paris, Coll. L. Bedel 1922, Drilus akbesianus Fairm. (Malacog.) " (MHNP).

Diagnosis. Drilus akbesianus shares the yellowish to reddish brown pronotum and dark elytra, head and antennae with D. rectus Schaufuss, 1867 (Turkey, Levant), D. nemethi Kundrata, Kobieluszova & Bocak, 2014b (Syria) and D. iranicus Wittmer, 1967 (Iran) (Figs 1, 7, 12). Drilus akbesianus differs from D. rectus in the relatively larger eyes, from D. nemethi in the robust antennae, more transverse pronotum, and relatively longer paramera, and from D. iranicus in yellowish to reddish brown abdomen and shallower transverse groove near frontal prosternal margin.

Remarks. This species was recently redescribed and figured by Kundrata et al. (2014b), so we are not repeating the description here. Female and immature stages are unknown.

Distribution. Southern Turkey (Hatay Province; Fig. 55).