Cucujus tulliae sp. n. - an endemic Mediterranean saproxylic beetle from genus Cucujus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Cucujidae), and keys for identification of adults and larvae native to Europe
Author
Bonacci, Teresa
Author
Mazzei, Antonio
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Horak, Jakub
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Brandmayr, Pietro
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.212.3254
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.212.3254
1313-2970-212-63
Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763)
Note.
We examined several specimens of this taxon, both from Italy as well as from the National Museum of Prague. This species is very abundant in the pine forest of the Sila National Park in Calabria.
Examined material.
PBC:
Cucujus cinnaberinus
: 1 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 05.04.2011, aedeagus slide n. 2. 1 ♀, Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 06.05.2011, slide n. 6. 1 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 05.04.2011, slide n. 9. 2 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Monte Pettinascura, San Giovanni in Fiore (CS), 1650 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 19.08.20092 ♀, Calabria, Sila, Monte Pettinascura, San Giovanni in Fiore (CS), 1650 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 29.05.2009. 1♀, Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 05.04.20113 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 05.04.2011. 1 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Arnocampo, San Giovanni in Fiore (CS), 1250 m a. s. l., lg. Maz
zei
, 06.07.2009. 1 ♀, Calabria, Sila, Cozzo del Principe, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1350 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 12.08.2009. 1 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Cozzo del Principe, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1350 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 12.08.2009. 4 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Golia Corvo Natural Reserve, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 07.07.2009. 4♀, Calabria, Sila, Golia Corvo Natural Reserve Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., lg. Mazzei, 07.07.2009.
MCV:
Cucujus cinnaberinus
, 1 ♀ ex coll. Brasavola, Sila, Bosco Gariglione, IX. 1 ♂, Calabria, Sila, Silvana Mansio,
VIII-
1960, det. Ratti, 1971.
NMP: about 120 specimens from many countries of Europe.
Cucujus cinnaberinus
larvae: 5 larvae (
V-VI
instar), Calabria, Sila, Vallone Freddo, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., 29.6.2009, lg. Mazzei; 18 larvae (
IV-VI
), Calabria, Sila, Monte Pettinascura, San Giovanni in Fiore (CS), 1650 m a. s. l., 12.09.2009, lg. Mazzei. 7 larvae (
V-VI
), Calabria, Sila, Golia Corvo Natural Reserve, Spezzano della Sila (CS), 1300 m a. s. l., 30.05.2009, lg. Mazzei.
Figures 13-22. Male genitalia of four
Cucujus
species/subspecies. 13-15
Cucujus cinnaberinus
(Sila N. Park) 13 Median lobe and median strut with flagellum, dorsal view 14 Median lobe 15 flagellum
"ball"
inside the endophallus 16-18
Cucujus haematodes
(Sila N. Park) 16 Median lobe and median strut with flagellum, dorsal view 17 Median lobe 18 Abdominal end of flagellum, with the basal part of the endophallus and genital duct 19-20
Cucujus tulliae
(Sila N. Park) 19 Median lobe and median strut with flagellum removed 20 Median lobe 21-22
Cucujus caucasicus
(
"Caucasus"
) 21 Median lobe and median strut with flagellum, dorsal view 22 Median lobe.