Revision of the flightless click-beetle genus Dima Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini) in the Balkan Peninsula
Author
Mertlik, Josef
Pohřebačka 34, CZ- 53345 Opatovice nad Labem, Czech Republic
mertlik@elateridae.com
Author
Németh, Tamás
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross u. 13, H- 1088 Budapest, Hungary
haesito@gmail.com
Author
Kundrata, Robin
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, CZ- 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
robin.kundrata@upol.cz
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-01-13
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Dima isabellae
Dajoz, 1973
Fig. 245
.
Dima isabellae
Dajoz, 1973
: 103
;
Chassain 1984
: 92
;
Schimmel 1996
: 142
;
Wurst 1997
: 4
;
Cate 2007
: 184
;
Schimmel & Platia 2008
: 581
.
Type depository.
Holotype, ♀ (MHNP?).
Type
locality.
Greece
:
Euboea
,
Mt. Dirphys
[Ile d'Eubée, mont Dirphys vers
1400 m
].
Diagnosis.
Dima isabellae
is known only from the female
holotype
, which is not available for study (
Schimmel 1996, pers. comm.
). Therefore, we must rely only on the original description (
Dajoz 1973
).
Dima isabellae
is a medium-sized species (body length:
12.5 mm
) with relatively short antennae, moderately long pubescence, and dense punctation on the pronotum (
Dajoz 1973
). This species occurs in Dirphys Mts. together with
D. giachinoi
, which has also short antennae and dense pubescence of pronotum (
Figs 42–44
,
135
). It is possible, that
D. isabellae
was described from the specimen with denser, non-typical pronotal punctation (see similar situations in
D
.
assingi
/
D
.
peloponnensis
and
D
.
fthiotidensis
/
D
.
scutellaris
) and that the specimens determined later as
D
.
giachinoi
are conspecific with
D
.
isabellae
. However, until we find specimens with very dense pronotal punctation, as in
D
.
isabellae
, within a population of
D. giachinoi
, we refrain from making any taxonomic conclusions.
Distribution.
Greece
(Euboea: Dirphys Mts.;
Fig. 245
).
Remark.
The
type
material has not been located. The material mentioned under
D
.
isabellae
by
Schimmel & Platia (2008)
was redetermined and belongs to
D
.
arndti
(Taygetos Mts.; 4 ex.),
D
.
assingi
(Kilini Mts.; 1 ex.) and
D
.
parnonensis
(Parnon Mts.; 1 ex.).