Singilis (Singilis) soror melillensis Escalera, 1914

Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2017, Review of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 of North Africa and Iberian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini), Zootaxa 4231 (2), pp. 264-272 : 271

Singilis (Singilis) soror melillensis Escalera, 1914 comb. nov.

Singilis melillensis Escalera, 1914: 47

Singilis melillensis ab. unicolor Mateu [nom.nud.]

Material examined. MOROCCO: “ Singilis melillensis Esc. Tipo ”, “ Melilla, XII.1909, Arias ” (Holotype, female, MNCN) ; Melilla, XII.1909, Arias (1 ♂, MNCN) ; Taurirt, B Sicar, Marruecos, A. Cobos leg. (14 ex., ISNB); Monte Arruit, Melilla, Marruecos, Pardo Alcaide (1 ex., ISNB) ; “ S. melillensis ab. unicolor nov. ”, “Taurirt, B Sicar, Marruecos, A. Cobos leg.” (Holotype, male, ISNB); Axdir, B. Urriaguel, Rif , VI.1930. C.Bolivar (1 ♀, MNCN). Comments. This taxon was described as a distinct species from Melilla on the basis of specimens with very long pubescence ( Fig 3 ). No other differential characters were found between this taxon and other populations. Therefore I propose to consider S. melillensis as a subspecies of S. soror . Aedeagus as in fig. 18.

Distribution. Morocco ( Fig. 12 ).

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FIGURE 12. Distribution map of Singilis bicolor - group.

FIGURES 1 – 11. Habitus of Singilis bicolor - group. 1 — S. bicolor; 2 — S. alternans; 3 — S. soror melillensis (Taurirt); 4 — S. soror riffensis syn. n., Paratype (Isaguen); 5 – 6 — S. soror riffensis syn. n. (Ketama); 7 — S. soror s. str. (15 km SE Berkane); 8 — S. soror s. str. = S. pardoi syn. n., Paratype (El Haraig); 9 — S. soror s. str. (Oudjda); 10 — S. soror oranensis ssp. n. Holotype; 11 — S. soror oranensis Paratype.