2376
Author
Pierotti, Helio
Author
Bellò, Cesare
Author
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-26
2376
1
96
journal article
11755334
Euplister setabensis
(Hustache)
comb. n.
(
Figs. 33a–c
,
54c
,
74
)
Peritelus setabensis
Hustache, 1921: 5
;
Cobos, 1949: 608
;
Torres Sala, 1962: 360
;
Pierotti & Bellò, 1998: 104
;
Gurrea Sanz & Sanz Benito, 2000: 239
;
Alonso-Zarazaga, 2002: 24
.
Peritelus (Peritelus) setabensis
Hustache
:
Lona, 1937: 260
.
Diagnosis
. Species of small size (3.5–4.0 mm), characterised by indistinct pterygia, robust antennal funicle with at least first three desmomeres bearing moderately dense setae slightly broadening apicad, flattened eyes and elongate elytra with short, wide, appressed setae uniformly distributed on interstriae. Aedeagus as in
Figs. 33a–b
, endophallic structures as in
Fig. 33c
; spermatheca as in
Fig. 54c
(
lectotype
). Females present more elongate elytra and hardly recognisable metatibial denticles.
Distribution
. Iberian endemite: eastern
Spain
(
type
locality: Játiva,
Valencia
). Spanish literature records:
Valencia
: Játiva (
type
loc.), Tabernes de Valldigna (Torres-Sala, 1962); Málaga: Hoya de Málaga (
Cobos, 1949
). In fact the latter seems unlikely and probably based on misidentification.
Material examined
(
Fig. 74
).
Lectotype
female (here designated), labelled: 1) recto:
Jativa
,
Valencia
,
Hispania
, col.
E. Moroder
; verso: 24.3.921; 2) type; 3)
Peritelus setabensis
Hust.
; 4) type; 5)
♀
(
HUS
)
.
Other specimens:
Spain
:
Valencia
:
Játiva
, 24.III.21, leg.
Moroder
(
HUS
); do., m. 350,
N38º59'034"
W00º31'090", 1.
V
.01, leg.
Bellò
(BEL); do., leg.
Pierotti
(
PIE
); do., 10.IV.03, leg.
Bellò
(BEL); do., leg.
Pierotti
(
PIE
),
31.III.2004
, leg.
Bellò
(BEL)
.
Biology
. As commented by
Hustache (1921)
, this species is usually found on
Coronilla juncea
L. (
Fabaceae
) at end of March and beginning of April; we have found it also in May on different shrubs.
Notes
. A specimen in HOF labelled “Béjar,
Espagne
, 8.5.53, leg. Gandon” seems to be referable to this species, but the locality is rather imprecise and the exact provenance of the specimen is doubtful.