Hycleus schauffelei ( Kaszab, 1957 )

Serri, Sayeh, Bologna, Marco A. & Riccieri, Alessandra, 2020, Revision of the Hycleus sexmaculatus species group (Coleoptera: Meloidae Mylabrini), Zootaxa 4790 (1), pp. 1-42 : 24-26

Hycleus schauffelei ( Kaszab, 1957)

Figs 9, 21, 84–90

Mylabris schauffelei Kaszab, 1957: 58 .

Mylabris schauffelei ab. anticebiconjuncta Kaszab, 1957: 58.

Mylabris schauffelei ab. bisbisconjuncta Kaszab, 1957: 58.

Mylabris schauffelei ab. postmediojuncta Kaszab, 1957: 58.

Mylabris husseini Sumakov, 1915, 1930 ; Kuzin, 1954; Axentiev, 1985, nec Redtenbacher, 1850.

Hycleus schauffelei, Bologna & Turco, 2007: 17 .

Type material. 1 ♂ 1 ♀ paratypes, ” Iran, Beluchestan / Iranshahr, 800 m / 1–10.III.1954, Richeter u. Schäuffele”// Paratypus Mylabris / schauffelei / det. Dr. Kaszab, 1956“ ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂ paratype, ” Iran, Beluchestan / nordwestl. Iranshahr / Trockental / 1.III.1954, Richter u. Schäuffele“ ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀ paratype, “ Iran, Beluchestan / nordwestl. Iranshahr / Trockental / 1.III.1954, Richter u. Schäuffele” ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀ paratype, “ Iran, Beluchestan / nordwestl. Iranshahr / Trockental / 9. IV.1954 / Richter u. Schäuffele” ( HNHM) ; 2♀ paratypes, “ Iran, Beluchestan / nordwestl. Iranshahr / Trockental, 4. IV.1954 / Richter u. Schäuffele” ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀ Paratype, “ Iran ( Makran )/ am Kahuran bei/ Putab, 25.III.1954 / Richter u. Schäuffele// Paratypus Mylabris / schauffelei m./ ab. anticotriconjuncta ” ( HNHM) .

Type locality: “Persisch-Belutschistan: NW Iranshar, Trockental“ ( Kaszab 1957).

Additional material examined. Iran. 1 ♂ Iran , 27.III.1950, Ost. Iran- Exped, Pollei, Dschaz Morian ( HNHM) ; 1 ex. Iran ( MNHN) ; 6♀ 62 km 300 S Iranshahr, 14. IV .1965, Museum Paris, Mission Franco Iranienne, 1965 ( HNHM) ; 2 ♀ 80 km Sud Jiroft , 2. IV .1965, Museum Paris, Mission Franco Iranienne, 1965 ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀, Shah Bahar, 30 km N, 9. IV .1965, Museum Paris, Mission Franco Iranienne, 1965 ( HNHM) ; 4 ♂ 1 ♀ Fars, Izad Khast, N 31 31 E 52 08, 12. VI .1974, leg. Senglet ( HNHM); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ SE Iran, Sands, 13–17 km N Espakeh , 11. IV .1973, Loc. No. 156, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha ( NMPC) ; 2 ♂ SE Iran, 44 km NE Zaboli , 30–31.III.1973, Loc. No. 141, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Gegan env. 640 m, N 28 23 E 59 26, 8 –9. IV .2000, Iran 2000 Czech Biological Expedition, leg. Hajek & Mikat ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Fars prov., Fasa, Mianjangal, 12. V .1966, leg. Gharib ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 1♀ [Ghom prov.]: Teheran dint. Qom, 5. V .1976, leg. Brignoli ( MABC); 1 ♀ Hormozgan prov., Bandarabbas , 20.III.1951, leg. Fassihi ( HMIM) ; 1 ♀ Hormozgan prov., Minab, 15. IV .1949, leg. Sarkissian ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 4 ♀ Hormozgan prov., Minab- Jiroft, 2. IV .1965, leg. Safavi ( HMIM); 1♂ Hormozgan prov., Minab- Jiroft , 14.III.1971, leg. Termeh & Iranshahr ( HMIM) ; 2 ♂ 1 ♀ Kerman prov., Shahdad , 18.III.1949, leg. Sarkissian ( HMIM) ; 1 ♀ Kerman prov., 7. VI .1951, leg. Mirsalavatian ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ North Khorasan prov., Bojnourd, VI .1964, leg. Kheiri ( HMIM); 1 ♂ ( HMIM) 1 ♂ ( HNHM): Semnan prov., Mayamay , 8.VII.1972, leg. Iranshahr ; 1 ♂ 4 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Bampour, 3. IV .1950, leg. Sarkissian ( HMIM); 22 ♂ 18 ♀ Sistan & Baluches- tan prov., Bampour, Bazman, 12–15. IV .1973, leg. Safavi & Broumand ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 5 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Bampour, 580m, 19. IV .1968, leg. Hashemi & Pazuki ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Bam- pour, 11. IV .1973, leg. Safavi & Broumand ( HMIM); 6 ♂ 10 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov., Iranshahr , 20, 23, 24, 26.III.1950, leg. Sarkissian ( HMIM) ; 1 ♂ 4 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Iranshahr, 1/ 7. IV .1950, leg. Sarkissian ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 6 ♀ ( HMIM) 1 ♂ ( MABC): Sistan & Baluchestan prov., Iranshahr , 30.III.1951, leg. Sarkissian ; 5 ♂ 23 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Iranshahr, 14. IV .1965, leg. Safavi ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Iranshahr, 21. IV .1968, leg. Hashemi & Pazuki ( HMIM); 2 ♂ 3 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Iranshahr, 25/ 26. IV .1969, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi ( HMIM); 1 ♂ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Iranshahr, Hamont kouh, 1700 m, 20. IV .1968, leg. Hashemi & Pazuki ( HMIM); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Karvandar, Alidar, 30. IV .1968, leg. Hashemi & Pazuki ( HMIM); 1 ♀ ( HMIM) 1 ♂ ( HNHM): Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Khash, 16. IV .1965, leg. Safavi; 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Khash, 13. V .1972, leg. Abai ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Nikshahr, 13. IV .1965, leg. Safavi ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Nikshahr, 8/ 16. IV .1973, Broumand & Safavi ( HMIM) ; 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Nikshahr, 13. IV .1965, leg. Safavi ( HMIM); 15 ♂ 11♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Nikshahr, Spake, 4/12/ 13. IV .1965, leg. Safavi ( HMIM); 2 ♂ 1 ♀ ( HMIM) 1 ♂ ( HNHM) Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Nikshahr, 29. IV .1968, leg. leg. Hashemi & Pazuki; 17 ♂ 16 ♀ ( HMIM) 1♂ ( HNHM): Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Jalgh, 16. IV .1950, leg. Mirsalavatian; 8 ♂ 8♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Jalgh, Sinoukan, 15. IV .1950, leg. Mirsalavatian ( HMIM); 1 ♂ Sistan & Baluchestan prov., Sarhe, Nikshahr , 23.III.1949, leg. Sharif ( HMIM) ; 10 ♂ 16 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Saravan, 13, 21. V .1950, leg. Mirsalavatian ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Saravan, Nahok, 12. IV .1950, leg. Mirsalavatian ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Sarbaz, 24. IV .1950, leg. Mirsalavatian ( HMIM); 1♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Rask, 24. IV .1968, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi ( HMIM); 1 ♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Sarbaz-Rask, 24. IV .1968, leg. Hashemi & Pazuki ( HMIM); 3♀ Sistan & Baluchestan prov. , Zabol, 25. V .1950, leg. Mirzayans ( HMIM); 37 ♂ 50 ♀ Yazd prov., Abarghou, Aliabad, 25. VI .1972, leg. Safavi ( HMIM). 4 ♂ 3 ♀ SE Iran, Rask, vall r. Sarbaz, 3–4. IV .1973, Loc. No. 146, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha ( NMPC) . Uzbekistan: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Buchara ( HNHM) .

Records from literature. Iran. Iran ( Sumakov 1915; Kuzin 1954; Kaszab 1968; Axentjev 1985 all as husseini ); Bologna 2008; Bologna et al. 2018); 80 km SE Tehran, 5 km E Aradan ( Kaszab 1965); NW Iranshar, Trockental ( Kaszab 1957 type locality); Iranshar ( Kaszab 1957, 1968; Ghahari & Campos-Soldini 2019); SE Iranshar, Hamant Kuh ( Kaszab 1957); Makran, Am Kahuran bei Putab ( Kaszab 1957); Sangun, E Kuh i Taitan ( Kaszab 1957); Makran, SE Nahu ( Kaszab 1957); Khash ( Kaszab 1968); Shiraz ( Sumakov 1930 as husseini ); 62 km S Iranshar ( Kaszab 1968); 80 km S Jiroft ( Kaszab 1968); 50 km N Iranshar ( Kaszab 1968); 100 km N Iranshar ( Kaszab 1968); 30 km N Shah-Bahar ( Kaszab 1968); Minab ( Kaszab 1968); 80 km SE Tehran, 5 km E Aradan ( Kaszab 1965); Fars, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997, 2012; Ghahari & Campos-Soldini, 2019); Hormozgan, Kerman ( Kaszab 1968; Modarres Awal 1997, 2012; Ghahari & Campos-Soldini 2019); Sistan & Baluchestan ( Kaszab 1957; Modarres Awal 1997, 2012; Ghahari & Campos-Soldini 2019); Balouchestan, Iranshahr, hamant-kouh, Spakeh, Nikschahr, Tange-sarheh, Bampour, Khach, Alidar Karvandar, Tchahbahar, Rask, Saravan, Djalgh,; Abassi, Minab, Sarkhoum, Bandar-abbass; Kermn, Chahdad, Djiroft; Sistan, Zabol; Khouzestan, Behbahan, Dogonbadan; Fars, Mandjangal ( Mirzayans 1970). Sumakov (1930) and Kuzin (1954) (see below) cited husseini from Egypt and Arabia (see Axentjev 1985), but probably these records refer to other Mylabrini species.

Description. Body length 8.8– 19 mm. Body black, but elytra yellowish red, with black pattern. Head subquadrate; antennomere III twice as long as wide, slightly longer than IV, V-VIII transverse and widened, IX-X narrower than VIII, male ( Fig. 84 ) XI strongly elongated and twice longer than X; female XI shorter than X ( Fig. 85 ). Pronotum ( Fig. 21 ) as long as wide or only slightly longer than wide, with anterior depression; mesosternun as in Fig. 88 . Each elytron with two black spots on anterior third, one sinuate middle fascia which sometimes shortened, and one black fascia on apical part ( Fig. 90 ). Last male ventrite strongly convex and posterior margin with a shallow middle emargination; aedeagus ( Fig. 88 ) with endophallic hook narrow, distal aedeagal hook only slightly curved, far from proximal one and close to apex, proximal hook as long as distal one and equally inclined; gonoforceps ( Figs 86–87 ) slender and progressively narrowed from middle in both lateral and ventral view.

Taxonomic remarks. Hycleus schauffelei varies greatly in elytral pattern, punctuations, pronotum size and depressions, and also the shape and size of male XI antennomere. We studied a large number of specimens and noticed that the variations clearly exist among each population.

Axentjev (1985) erroneously synonymised Mylabris schauffelei Kaszab, 1957 with Mylabris husseini Redtenbacher, 1850 , which was referred to Sphenabris by this Author. Axentjev did not examine types of husseini but only specimens identified by Sumakov and Kuzin which are housed at the St. Petersburg Museum. We examined types of M. husseini (NHMW) and found that they refer to Mylabris (Mylabris) quadripunctata (Linnaeus 1767) ( Pan & Bologna 2014) . Consequently, the synonymy proposed by Axentjev (1985) is erroneous and the old citations under the name husseini must be referred to H. schauffelei . One specimen identified in the Marseul’s collection (MNHN) as M. husseini also belongs to H. schauffelei .

Distribution. This species is subendemic to Iran (Bologna 2008). The single record from Bukhara ( Uzbekistan), not so far from those from North Khorasan ( Iran), could evidence a wider distribution in central Asia.

Figures

FIGURES 84–90. Hycleus schauffelei (Kaszab): 84. male antenna; 85. female antenna; 86. tegmen, ventral view; 87. tegmen, lateral view; 88. aedeagus, lateral view; 89. mesosternum; 90. elytral pattern. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 13–24. Head and pronotum of: 13. Hycleus apicipennis; 14. H. balteatus; 15 H. bipunctatus; 16. H. cingulatus; 17. H. colligatus; 18. H. hayki; 19. H. lindbergi; 20. H. pirata; 21. H. schauffelei; 22. H. sexmaculatus; 23. H. tenuepictus; 24. H. trianguliferus.