Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781)

Ibrahim, Hani Ahmed, Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid & Fayq, Avand Faesal, 2022, The first record of Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Iraq, with notes on its distribution and phenology in the Near East, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 96601-96601 : 96601

Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781)

Propomacrus bimucronatus Tribe Euchirini Hope 1840

Propomacrus bimucronatus Genus Propomacrus Newman, 1837: 255 - Newman (1837)

Propomacrus bimucronatus (type species Propomacrus arbaces Newman, 1837 (= Scarabaeus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781))

Propomacrus bimucronatus Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781: 13 ( Scarabaeus ) - Pallas (1781)

Propomacrus bimucronatus jun. syn. Propomacrus arbaces Newman, 1837: 256

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence : sex: 1 male, 2 females; preparations: pinned; occurrenceID: 57C89313-7C04-5723-9C96-13BF1082CB26; Location : country: Iraq; stateProvince: Kurdistan; locality: Akre ; verbatimCoordinates: 36.758036, 43.900535; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 6.vii.2022; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: HDTAI Type status: Other material. Occurrence : sex: 1 female; preparations: pinned; occurrenceID: 825AF48F-2F59-52E0-9D4B-D7DE6D64701A; Location : country: Iraq; stateProvince: Kurdistan ; locality: Amadiya District , Mangesh, Zewki Kandal village ; verbatimCoordinates: 37.0215515 43.0269128; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: samplingProtocol: house lights; verbatimEventDate: 24.viii.2022; habitat: almond orchard; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: HDTAI Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 2 females; preparations: pinned; occurrenceID: 0374D62B-E567-5E4D-B715-58FB1A7070BB; Location: country: Israel; locality: Newe Ativ ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 26-29.viii.1981; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: EA66FFE0-63A9-521F-9533-5FB703573100; Location: country: Israel; locality: Panyas ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; verbatimEventDate: 30.vii.2002; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: 53C17C19-0EA1-5B13-B550-0AE1F6331777; Location: country: Israel; locality: Dan ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 20.x.1966; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 316A5773-E0AD-599C-BA63-633E8482EDF8; Location: country: Israel; locality: Dan ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedma; Event: verbatimEventDate: ix.1981; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 9D54ED3C-F10F-5408-B7FB-57E239AC6C39; Location: country: Israel; locality: Hermon Field School ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: viii.1992; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 260A1DF9-0F7B-530C-8AA9-B3F8C45E2AB5; Location: country: Israel; locality: Sede Nehemya ; verbatimLocality: Huliyo; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 27.viii.1973; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 49D59DB6-0255-5047-A5D8-90DDAFED13E2; Location: country: Israel; locality: Sede Nehemya ; verbatimLocality: Huliyo; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 13.ix.1973; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 56A59831-E970-5701-8A9B-66B174DBF50A; Location: country: Israel; locality: Senir ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 22.viii.1969; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: F165E84F-D56B-5644-B8E4-BA08944B9B01; Location: country: Israel; locality: Nahal Keziv ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 20.v.1999; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: B2F88E66-D017-5165-938C-F2BEA29229AA; Location: country: Israel; locality: Nahal 'Ammud ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 23.ix.2003; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 2CF21B41-CD2F-5A39-A4D4-576C47FF5218; Location: country: Israel; locality: Hosha'aya ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; verbatimEventDate: 9.vii.2022; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: FAC33A72-58AF-593C-9852-72A76214166E; Location: country: Israel; locality: Bet Lehem haGelilit ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 12.viii.2022; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 72DC4CED-B360-5B7C-B322-8B483C6DEA8D; Location: country: Israel; locality: Bet Shearim ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 16.ix.1957; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 7E21ECEB-DB19-5300-970F-85AE49F69A56; Location: country: Israel; verbatimLocality: Haifa, Carmel; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 6.vii.1945; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 6E6F0765-DCD3-5C38-9DC7-B8DC07DD98CC; Location: country: Israel; locality: Carmel Ridge, Horeshat haArba'im ; Identification: identifiedBy: E. Rössner; Event: samplingProtocol: window trap; eventTime: 10-31.vii.2009; Record Level: collectionCode: cBU, cRO Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 5454FD4E-5909-5FB0-A635-EF89A04E44EA; Location: country: Israel; locality: Carmel Ridge, Horeshat haArba'im ; Identification: identifiedBy: E. Rössner; Event: samplingProtocol: window trap; eventTime: 31.vii-13.viii.2009; Record Level: collectionCode: cBU, cRO Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4; occurrenceID: BFA8A1DD-573A-5854-A38D-7B3489CC07EB; Location: country: Israel; locality: Carmel Ridge, Horeshat haArba'im ; Identification: identifiedBy: E. Rössner; Event: samplingProtocol: window trap; eventTime: 28.viii-10.ix.2009; Record Level: collectionCode: cBU, cRO Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: D2B06E51-733A-57EC-8ADB-22B5DE063C61; Location: country: Israel; locality: Pardes-Hanna ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: vi.1946; eventRemarks: found dead; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: FF2B666F-2184-56BA-8A36-29C695C6B968; Location: country: Israel; locality: Pardes-Hanna ; verbatimLocality: Meged; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 5.ix.1948; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: E58CF609-A02F-5D3A-8EEA-71AF3D36FBEE; Location: country: Israel; locality: Tel Aviv ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: summer 1954; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; occurrenceID: 21592425-BEA4-5D31-883D-C9123A0F9A8F; Location: country: Israel; locality: Miqwe Israel Agricultural School ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: 23.vii.1945; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: AE7C2A57-D1A6-5C91-A082-E8594275E5FA; Location: country: Israel; locality: Sha'ar haGay ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.L.L. Friedman; Event: verbatimEventDate: iv.1958; fieldNotes: f; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: BF9D2569-585E-5E9D-BFAF-59A83C68F642; Location: country: Israel; locality: Yerushalayim, Refa'im Valley ; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Orlov; Event: verbatimEventDate: 11.ix.2014; fieldNotes: found dead early in the morning; Record Level: ownerInstitutionCode: SMNHTAU

Description

The species can be easily distinguished from other Scarabaeoidea in the region by the following diagnostic characters: Body length 30-45 mm. Body and appendages dark brown, shiny, glabrous, apart from the coarsely sculptured pronotum. Pronotum swollen anteriorly, laterally projected into wide pointed angles, laterally and latero-ventrally covered by short reddish, yellowish or golden hair. Fore legs of a male with femur and, in particular, tibia strongly enlarged; tibiae of both sexes possess strong mucro and spurs.

Distribution

North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran and Iraq (new record).