New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region
Author
Ziani, Stefano
Author
Bezděk, Aleš
Author
Branco, Tristão
Author
Hillert, Oliver
Author
Jákl, Stanislav
Author
Král, David
Author
Mantič, Marion
Author
Rössner, Eckehard
Author
Sehnal, Richard
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Insecta Mundi
2015
2015-02-12
2015
409
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5181742
1942-1354
5181742
BC346F5E-BEEC-4FF7-84DF-C12F9D30B61E
Chasmatopterus zonatus
Escalera, 1925
Material examined:
SPAIN
: Spain mer.,
Andalucia
, Porto de las Atalayas,
6 km
NE of Ardales,
36°54’36’’N
04
°48’34’’
W
, lesostep – na květech [= forest-steppe, on flowers],
13.v.2010
, M. Mantič leg. (
2 ♂♂
and
2 ♀♀
in TBCP,
1 ♂
and
1 ♀
in IECA,
4 spec.
in
MMCH
).
Distribution.
Escalera (1925)
described
Ch. zonatus
from “
Ceuta
en el Hacho”.
Baraud (1965)
examined Escalera’s material and stated: “Il faut pourtant reconnaître que personne ne semble avoir repris
Ch. zonatus
depuis Escalera” [= It should be noted, that nobody seems to have collected
Ch. zonatus
since Escalera]. Some years later,
Decelle (1972)
reported collecting
eight specimens
at Smir-Restinga, between
Ceuta
and Tetuan.
Baraud and Branco (1991a)
designated as
lectotype
the only male in Escalera’s material (the other
11 specimens
are females), but they did not add any new record.
Chasmatopterus zonatus
can be separated from all other known species of the genus with the key provided by
Branco (2004)
.
The above mentioned recently collected specimens from the province of Málaga represent the first record of
Ch. zonatus
for Iberian Spain. One of us (TB) compared these specimens to those from Monte Hacho,
Ceuta
, that he had previously compared to the
lectotype
of
Ch. zonatus
, and confirmed their identity beyond any doubt.
Responsible authors: T. Branco, A. Bezděk and M. Mantič