Copris (Copris) umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901

Ziani, Stefano, 2017, Morphological revision of the western Palaearctic species of the genus Copris Geoffroy, 1762 with three foretibial external teeth (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (528), pp. 1-26 : 10-12

Copris (Copris) umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901

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Copris umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901: 68 ; Mollandin de Boissy 1905: 112; Reitter 1906: 730; Bedel 1911: 42; Gillet 1910: 31; Gillet 1911: 79; Monnot et al. 1912: 148; Mancini 1926: 94; Luigioni 1929: 394; Winkler 1929: 1027; Schatzmayr 1930: 112; Porta 1932: 413; Faggioli 1933: (7-24); Balthasar 1935: 70; Paulian 1941: 58; Porta 1949: 346; Mikšić 1956: 61; Schaefer 1958: 45; Mikšić 1959: 4; Paulian 1959: 73; Balthasar and Hrubant 1960: 148; Balthasar 1963: 333; Papini 1964: 35; Papini 1965a: 39; Papini 1965b: 43; Dellacasa 1968: 139; Zaharieva-Stoilova 1970: 39; Petrovitz 1971: 565; Baraud 1977: 29; Paulian and Baraud 1982: 241; Perazzini 1983: 286; Angelini 1986: 92; Král and Souček 1987: 17; Lumaret and Kirk 1987: 8; Koch 1991: 353; Lumaret and Kirk 1991: 101; Krell and Fery 1992: 205; Ádám 1993: 166; Král 1993: 68; Carpaneto et al. 1994: 308; Ádám 1994: 15; Carpaneto and Piattella 1995: 10; Ziani 1995: 174; Bunalski 1999: 10; Carpaneto et al. 1999: 114; Nádai and Merkl 1999: 216; Bunalski 2001: 169; Pesarini 2004: 76; Colacurcio 2005: 33; Kabakov 2006: 88; Löbl et al. 2006: 153; Maughan 2006: 20; Bellucci et al. 2008: 128; Juřena and Týr 2008: 10; Juřena et al. 2008: 78; Guéorguiev et al. 2011: 248; Maughan and Paulian 2011: 436; Marchisio and Zunino 2012: 144; Montreuil 2014: 386; Dellacasa et al. 2015: 163; Král 2015: 12; Král and Bezděk 2016: 170; Tonelli et al. 2016: ii.

Type locality. “Basses-Alp.: N. -D. de Lure; Var.: Sainte-Baume; Bouches du-Rh., Canal du Verdon à Aix en Provence ” [Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France].

Type material. Species described on a not precise number of specimens. Seven probable syntypes examined ( MNHN).

Distribution. France, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, Greece ( Král and Bezděk 2016), Corsica ( Dellacasa et al. 2015), Turkey (new country record).

Material examined. FRANCE: “M. de Lure ”, 1 ♂ ( MNHN) ; “S. Baume ”, 2 ♂♂ ( MNHN) ; “la Ste Baume / Var ”, 1 ♂ ( MNHN) ; “S. Baume ”, 2 ♀♀ ( MNHN) ; “ Ste Baume / Abeille ”, 1 ♂ ( MNHN) ; “M. de Lure ”, 3 ♂♂ ( MNHN) ; “ France / Var, Ste Baume ” ( MNHN) ; “ France mérid. / Boyer de Fonscolombe / 1834”, 1 ♂ ( MNHN) ; “ Ste Baume ”, 25.v.1902, 1 ♀ ( MNHN) ; “ Ste Baume (A. M.)”, 30.iv.1961, 1 ♀ ( MNHN) ; “ Alpes Mmes / Saint-Barnabé ”, v. 1976, Y. Cambefort leg. 1 ♀ ( MNHN) ; Corse, Propiano , 28.iv.1996, B. Kofler leg. 1 ♂ ( GDCG) . ITALY: Umbria ( PG), (Nocera Umbra) Nocera , vi.1918, G. E. Rasetti leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( UD), Planez - boschetti, 25.v.1941, G. Pilleri leg. 1 ♂ ( GDCG) ; Liguria (SV), Monte San Giorgio , 21.x.1963, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; ibidem, 10.v.1964, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♂ ( GDCG) ; ibidem, 14.v.1964, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♀ ( MHNG) ; Piemonte (AL), Laghi del Gorzente , 19.vii.1964, S. Riese leg. 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Calabria ( RC), Aspromonte, Port. Zagaria , 10.v.1970, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Calabria ( RC), Aspromonte, Casa Cantoniera Romeo Bagaladi , 1200 m, 20.v.1970, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♂ ( MNHN) ; Calabria ( RC), Aspromonte, Portella Zagaria , 19.iv.1971, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Calabria ( RC), Aspromonte, Piano Vaccarizzo , 12.v.1971, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♂ ( GDCG) ; Toscana (FI), Vallombrosa , 10.vi.1967, G. Dellacasa leg. 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Toscana (AR), Castelfranco, loc. Odina , 600 m, 15.iv.1994, R. Papi leg. 1 ♂ ( SZCM) ; ibidem, 25.ix.1993, R. Papi leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana (AR), Loro Ciuffenna , 400 m, 1.v.1999, R. Papi leg. 2 ♂♂ ( SZCM) ; Toscana (FI), M. Calvana, 25.x.1987, I. R. Scali leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; ibidem, 15.v.1988, M. Masciello leg. 2 ♀♀ ( SZCM) ; ibidem, 30.x.1988, I. R. Scali leg. 2 ♂♂ and 2 ♀♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana (FI), M. Calvana-Prato Vernio , 24.iv.1989, R. Lisa leg. 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana (FI), M. Calvana-Montecuccoli, 25.iv.1989, S. Ziani leg. 6 ♂♂ and 7 ♀♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana, M.ti della Calvana, 600 m, 30.iii.1991, Faggi leg. 2 ♂♂ ( SZCM) ; ibidem, 1.xi.1991, Faggi leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana (AR), Loc. Millepini , 20.ix.1993, 1 ♀ ( GDCG) ; Toscana (FI), M.ti Calvana, loc. Casa Rossa , 454 m, 14.v.2015, I. R. Scali leg. 1 ♂ ( SZCM) ; Toscana ( LU), Lucchio-Croce a Veglia , 23.iv.2014, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana ( PO), Cantagallo, rif. Pacini , 1000 m., 21.xi.2015, F. Fabbricioni leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana ( PO), Alpe di Cavarzano, rif. Poggio di Petto , 1150 m, 2.iv.2016, F. Fabbricioni leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Toscana ( PO), Cantagallo, Cascina di Spedaletto , 881 m, 20.v.2016, I. R. Scali leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( SZCM) ; Abruzzo ( AQ), Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo , La Cicerana, m 1500, 18.vi.1968, A. Parenti leg. 1 ♂ ( GDCG) ; Abruzzo ( AQ), Roio Piano , 3.v.1978, M. Capaldi leg. 1 ♂ ( SZCM) . SLOVAKIA: “ Slovakia m. or. / Hrov ”, 6.x.1979, D. Král leg. 2 ♂♂ ( MNHN) . CROATIA: Lika-Senj prov., Velebit mountain range, Karlobag env., Susanj , 2.v.1997, L. Saltini leg. 1 ♀ ( LSCM) . ALBANIA: “ Pashtrik ”, 4-14.vii.1918, 1 ♂ ( MNHN) . GREECE: Epirus, Metsovo , 1400 m, 27.vi.1992, S. and R. Ziani leg. 1 ♂ ( SZCM) . TURKEY: Bolu prov., Abant lake , 22.vi.1987, G. W. Pagliacci leg. 1 ♂ ( SZCM) ; Sivas prov., Levent , 30 km W Malatya, 1350 m, 37°18’ E 38°41’N, G. Fábián & L. Nádai leg. 1 ♀ ( LNCB) ; Uşak prov., Tazlar (W of Afyon), 7.v.2002, T. Janu leg. 1 ♀ ( DKCP) ; Malatya prov., Nohutlu , 90 km S-E Malatya, 1700 m, 5-9.vi.1993, A. Schröder leg. 3 ♂♂ ( ERCS) ; Hatay prov., İslahiye , 12.iv.1962, R. Petrovitz & R. Ressl leg. 1 ♂ ( MHNG) ; Hatay prov., Nurdag-Tepesi, Amanus , C. Holzschuh leg. 1 ♂ and 3 ♀♀ ( MHNG) .

Furthermore, thanks to the FEI (Italian Entomologists Forum), I learned of the following unpublished Italian records: Marche ( MC), Sefro, 24.iv.2010, G. Giovagnoli leg. 1 ♂ ; Toscana ( PO), S. Ippolito di Vernio, ix.2015, A. Marata leg. 1 ♂ ; Toscana ( LU), Pescaglia (Monte Matanna) 1100 m, 26.iv.2015, M. Ratti leg. 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ ; Abruzzo ( AQ), Monte San Franco, 1200 m, R. Mignani leg. 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ; Calabria ( CS), Sila, S. Giovanni in Fiore , 1335 m, 17.v.1972, C. Belcastro leg. 1 ♂ ; and of the following unpublished French records: Hérault, La Canourgue ( Larzac ), 29.v.1995, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ ; Alpes de Haute Provence, Saint Michel , 26.v.1954, 1 ♀ .

Variability of cephalic and pronotal armament. More developed males ( Fig. 14 ) bear a clypeal horn inclined forward in its proximal half ( Fig. 18 ), shorter than the interocular distance, situated forward of the head midlength. Its apex is clearly round, sometimes with a groove in its ventral side, and slightly curved backward. The pronotum has a nearly vertical anterior declivity with the upper edge bent downward at sides, that bears two blunt, sometimes transverse prominences close together, separated by the length of one of them or more, and a vertical very feeble crest on each side ( Fig. 16 ).

In specimens with minor development ( Fig. 17 ), the cephalic horn is shorter, female-like, and the pronotum is almost declivitous anteriorly, with the two anteromedian gibbosities vestigial.

Females ( Fig. 15 ) have a more or less short, transverse, slightly elevated clypeal carina truncate at its summit and feebly pointed on each side, and a slight, straight, transverse carina just behind the pronotal front margin, which sometimes shows trace of median prominences.

Aedeagus. Parameres in lateral view slender ( Fig. 20 ), gradually tapering toward apex, which is round in dorsal view ( Fig. 19 ). Ventral side is apically hairless.

Remarks. The species was based on an undetermined number of specimens. It seems that Abeille de Perrin saw at least five specimens from three localities deposited in four collections, namely: from “Basses-Alp.: N.-D. de Lure”, in Rizaucourt’s collection; from “Var: Sainte-Baume”, in Sietti’s, de Boissy’s and Abeille de Perrin’s collections; from “Bouches-du-Rh., Canal du Verdon à Aix en Provence”, in Abeille de Perrin’s collection.

I was able to examine seven critical specimens in the MNHN, where Abeille de Perrin’s collection is preserved, according to Horn & Kahle (1935).

The first specimen, a male, bears the following labels: 1) White, printed in black “M. de Lure”; 2) White, printed in black “ ♂ ”; 3) White, handwritten in black “ Copris / umbilicatus / Ab. typ.”; 4) White, handwritten in black: “ C. umbilicatus / Ab.” and printed in brown “ TYPE ”; 5) Red, printed in black: “ TYPE ”.

The second and the third specimens, two males, bear the following labels: 1) White, printed in black “M. de Lure”; 2) White, printed in black “ ♂ ”; 3) White, printed in black “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1919 / COLL. A. DE PERRIN”.

The fourth specimen, a male, bears the following labels: 1) White, printed in black “S. Baume”; 2) Red, with black double square frame, printed in black “ TYPUS ”; 3) White, printed in black “ex museo / F. ANCEY”; 4) White, printed in black “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1936 / COLL. A. BOUCOMONT”.

The fifth specimen, a male, bears the following labels: 1) White, printed in black “S. Baume”; 2) Red, with black double square frame, printed in black “ TYPUS ”; 3) White, printed in black “ex museo / F. ANCEY”; 4) White, printed in black “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1936 / COLL. A. BOUCOMONT”; 5) White, handwritten in black “ Copris / umbilicatus / Abeille Var”.

The sixth specimen, a female, bears the following labels: 1) White, printed in black “S. Baume”; 2) White, printed in black “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1936 / COLL. A. BOUCOMONT”; 3) White, printed in black “ex museo / F. ANCEY”; 4) White, handwritten and printed in black “ Copris / umbilicatus Ab. / David Král det. 1980”.

And the seventh specimen, a male, bears the following labels: 1) White, handwritten in black “la Ste Baume / Var / Abeille”; 2) White, handwritten in black “ C. umbilicatus / Ab. / co-types”.

On the basis of these labels I believe the seven specimens belong to the type series of C. umbilicatus and can be considered syntypes, i.e. part of the material seen by Abeille de Perrin. I added to every specimen a red label with black text: “ Syntype / Copris umbilicatus / Abeille de Perrin, 1901 / S. Ziani vidit, 2017”.

In this case, I believe the designation of a lectotype is not necessary, as the species is well known and well represented by these seven syntypes.

Figures

Figures 14–17. Copris umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901. 14) Habitus of male (I-Toscana, FI, Calvana- Montecuccoli). 15) Habitus of female (I-Toscana, FI, Calvana-Montecuccoli). 16) Head and pronotum of more developed male,posterolateral view (I-Toscana, FI, Calvana-Montecuccoli).17) Head and pronotum of less developed male, posterolateral view (syntype, F-Montagne de Lure). Photographs by A. Degiovanni.

Figures 18–20. Copris umbilicatus Abeille de Perrin, 1901. 18) Head of male, lateral view (I-Toscana, FI, Calvana- Montecuccoli). 19) Parameres, dorsal view (I-Toscana, PO, Cantagallo, rif.Pacini, 1000 m). 20) Parameres, lateral view (I-Toscana, PO, Cantagallo, rif. Pacini, 1000 m). Photographs by A. Degiovanni.