Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917

Konvička, Ondřej & Brustel, Hervé, 2021, Description of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Spain and new distribution records of Marolia species, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 407-416 : 412

Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917

( Figs. 4 , 9, 11 )

Additional material examined. MOROCCO: Rif Mts., Issaguen env., Bab Besene, 1600 m a.s.l., 4.–7.vi.1998, T. Lackner lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( TRPC) [This record has been published already by Konvička (2015).]; Rif Mts., Talassemtane, 9.v.2013, H. Brustel lgt. et det., on Abies marocana , 1 spec. ( MNHT); Rif Mts., Issaguen env., 7 km south of Souk Had, Beni Rzine village, 34°58′03″N 04°43′54″W, 8.v.2015, O. Konvička lgt. et det., beaten from fallen cedar branches ( Cedrus atlantica ), 23 spec. ( OKZC); same data, E. Ezer lgt., O. Konvička det., collected as previous, 2 spec. ( EEZC) [These records have been published already by Konvička (2015).].

Distribution. Algeria ( Peyerimhoff 1917, Nikitsky & Pollock 2008) and Morocco ( Konvička 2015).

Figures

FIGS 1–7: 1 – holotype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov.; 2 – paratype female of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.9 mm); 3 – paratype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.1 mm); 4 – male of Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917 (length 7 mm); 5 – male of Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791) (length 5.7 mm); 6 – male of Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977 (length 5 mm); 7 – male of Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933 (length 6 mm); 1–7 – habitus in dorsal view. (Fig. 1 photo Aleš Sedláček; Figs. 2–7 photo Pierre Zagatti).

FIGS 8–13: 8, 10 – Marolia alicantina sp. nov.; 9, 11 – Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917; 12 – Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791); 13 – Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977; 8, 9 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 10, 11 – pronotum; 12, 13 – antenna, original by Allemand & Thilliez (1991). (Figs. 8–11 photo Aleš Sedláček). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.