Meotica exillima, Sharp, 1915
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Meotica exillima View in CoL SHARP, 1915 ( Figs 18-28 View Figs 18-28 )
Meotica exillima View in CoL SHARP, 1915: 215; lectotype designation by MUONA (1991).
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype ♂: " Syntype / H. exillima View in CoL / New Forest,
ix.1914, M. A. Sharp / D. Sharp Coll. B.M. 1932-166 / Lectotype " (BMNH).
A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: SPAIN: 1♀, Pontevedra , Montes del Testeiro, 800-900 m, leg. Franz (cVog) . FRANCE: 1♀, Lozère , 2 km S Villefort, 8.IV.1980, leg. Löbl ( MHNG) . GERMANY: N i e d e r s a c h s e n: 1♀, N Hannover, Bissendorfer Moor , 22.X.1988, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, NW Hannover, Helstorfer Reiterheide , heathland, soil extraction, XII.1981, leg. Melber (cAss) ; 1♂, Lüneburger Heider , Schneverdingen env., heathland, soil extraction, XII.1984, leg. Melber (cAss) ; 1♂, Lüneburger Heider , Schneverdingen env., Tütsberg, sparsely vegetated heathland, pitfall trap, V.1994, leg. Melber (cAss) ; 1♂, Gifhorn env., NSG "Heiliger Hain", heathland, soil extraction, VII.1985, leg. Assing et al. (cAss) ; 2♀♀, same data, but VIII.1985 (cAss) ; 7♂♂, 4♀♀, same data, but IX.1985 (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, same data, but XII.1985 (cAss) ; 1♂, same data, but I.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, 2♀♀, same data, but II.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, 2♀♀, same data, but III.1986 (cAss) ; 4♂♂, 8♀♀ [5 with mature eggs in ovaries], same data, but IV.1986 (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, same data, but V.1986 (cAss) ; 4♂♂, 3♀♀, same data, but VI.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, same data, but VII.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, same data, but X.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, 2♀♀, same data, but XII.1986 (cAss) ; 1♂, same data, but pitfall trap, V:1985 (cAss) ; 1♂, Gifhorn env., Wesendorf , Talpa nest, 14.IV.1984, leg. Assing (cAss). N o r d r h e i n - W e s t f a l e n: 1♂, 1♀, Mönchengladbach, Gerkerath, 25.III.1989, leg. Wunderle (cVog) ; 1♂, 1♀, Wesel , NSG Schwarzes Wasser, 30 XII.1974, leg. Hozman (cVog) .
C o m m e n t: The original description is based on numerous syntypes from "Anglia mer." collected in " Sphagnum in the spring and autumn" ( SHARP 1915). MUONA (1991) designated a lectotype.
D i a g n o s i s: Wing-polymorphic species.
♂: sternite VIII ( Fig. 18 View Figs 18-28 ) strongly transverse, posterior margin obtusely produced in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.23-0.24 mm long and shaped as in Figs 19-22 View Figs 18-28 ; apical lobe of paramere blackish.
♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex, in the middle truncate or weakly concave ( Fig. 23 View Figs 18-28 ); spermatheca comma-shaped, very stout and short ( Figs 24-28 View Figs 18-28 ).
Although very similar in external characters and in the morphology of the aedeagus to M. exilis , M. exillima is reliably distinguished by the shape of the male sternite VIII and by the much shorter and stouter spermatheca.
C o n f i r m e d d i s t r i b u t i o n: South England, Spain, France, Germany. Note that, aside from the type material, MUONA (1991) had seen only a single specimen from North Germany.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The type material from South England was collected from Sphagnum, where it "though local is by no means rare" ( SHARP 1915). The material listed above was found in sandy Calluna heathlands, partly also in very sparsely vegetated plots, primarily by extracting soil. One specimen was collected in a bog and one was extracted from a mole nest. The ovaries of five dissected females collected in April contained mature eggs.
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Meotica exillima
Assing, Volker & Vogel, Jürgen 2019 |
Meotica exillima
SHARP D 1915: 215 |