Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
Author
Kejval, Zbyněk
Author
Chandler, Donald S.
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
2020-03-10
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journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2020.007
1804-6487
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Microhoria schimperi
species-group
Diagnosis.
Mostly elongate species, with distinct, conspicuously setose latero-basal impressions of pronotum, sometimes with contrasting markings on elytra (
Figs 141–144
). Mesoventrite with completely or partly bordered lateral margins (Figs 18, 20), mostly with distinct or at least weakly indicated longitudinal submedian carinae (Fig. 17); setose fringe of mesepimera well-developed; submarginal setose impressions of metaventrite and abdominal sternum III weakly indicated to conspicuous; all tibiae with paired terminal spurs; elytral apices in males distinctly modified, channel of gland forming sclerotized cavity (inside with pores and cuticular cones), adjacent apical margin of elytra with pointed protrusion, varying in prominence (
Fig. 42
). Aedeagus (
Figs 83–89
): tegmen capsuliform, frequently bilobed apically; gonopore free, situated basally and rather inconspicuous.
Figs 82–84. Aedeagus: 82 –
Microhoria apicordiger
(Bonadona, 1954)
comb. nov.
in ventral (left) and lateral (right) view; 83 –
M. henoni
(Pic, 1892) comb. nov., ventral view; 84 – same, apical part, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm – A (Figs 83, 84), B (Fig. 82).
Distribution.
Northern and northeastern Africa and Middle East of Asia (
Iraq
,
Oman
, SW
Pakistan
,
Yemen
).
Species included
(27 spp.).
Microhoria almukalla
sp. nov.
,
M. antinorii
(
Pic, 1894
) comb. nov.,
M. arenaria
Bonadona, 1956
,
M. babaulti
(Pic, 1921) comb. nov.,
M. bonnairii
(Fairmaire, 1883) comb. nov.,
M. cervi
sp. nov.
,
M. cyanipennis
(Grilat, 1886) comb. nov.,
M. dolichocephala
(
Baudi di Selve, 1877
) comb. nov.,
M. erythraea
(Pic, 1899) comb. nov.,
M. fuscomaculata
(
Pic, 1893
) comb. nov.,
M. gestroi
(
Pic, 1895
) comb. nov.,
M. henoni
(Pic, 1892) comb. nov.,
M. irregularis
(Pic, 1932) comb. nov.,
M. lomii
(Pic, 1953),
M. marginicollis
(Pic, 1951) comb. nov.,
M. mesopotamica
(
Pic, 1912
) comb. nov.,
M. nigroterminata
(Pic, 1909) comb. nov.,
M. paupercula
(
LaFerté-Sénectère, 1847
)
comb. nov.
,
M. pierrei
Bonadona, 1956
,
M. postluteofasciata
(
Pic, 1938
) comb. nov.,
M. rabinovitchi
(Koch, 1935),
M. semiviridis
(Pic, 1951) comb. nov.,
M. schimperi
(
Pic, 1898
)
comb. nov.
,
M. siccensis
(Normand, 1950) comb. nov.,
M. yemenita
(
Nardi, 2004
)
comb. nov.
,
M. spinipennis
(
Pic, 1898
) comb. nov., and
M. sulaimanica
sp. nov.
Remarks.
The species of this group have been previously treated in various genera, mostly as
Tenuicomus
, but also as
Clavicomus
,
Microhoria
, and
Anthicus
(
CHANDLER et al. 2008
, the former two as
Tenuicollis
and
Clavicollis
). They are closely related to the members of
M. fasciata
species- -group based on similarity, but are more elongate with more slender legs, and differ mainly by the pointed protrusion of the elytral apices in males (cf.
Figs 42
versus
41) and by morphology of the tegmen, which is somewhat less sclerotized, having a bilobed or rather rounded apex.