Coleoptera, Elateridae)

Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 53 (31/12/2013): 121–124.

NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF CLICK BEETLES FROM THE PALEARCTIC REGION (COLEOPTERA, ELATERIDAE)

Giuseppe Platia

Via Molino Vecchio, 21/a, 47043 Gatteo (FC), Italia – [email protected]

Abstract: Two new species belonging to the genus Athous from Romania and Serbia are described. New records or comments involving eleven other species belonging to the genera Conoderus, Athous, Megathous, Harminius, Ampedus, Melanotus, Car- diophorus and Dicronychus are given. Key words: Coleoptera, Elateridae, new species, new records, Palearctic Region.

Especies nuevas y nuevas citas de elatéridos de la Región Paleártica (Coleoptera, Elateridae) Resumen: Se describen dos especies nuevas pertenecientes al género Athous, de Rumania and Servia. Se incluyen citas nuevas o comentarios sobre otras once especies de los géneros Conoderus, Athous, Megathous, Harminius, Ampedus, Mela- notus, Cardiophorus y Dicronychus. Palabras clave: Coleoptera, Elateridae, especies nuevas, nuevas citas, Región Paleártica.

Taxonomy / Taxonomía: Athous (Orthathous) telciuensis sp. n. Athous (Orthathous) maljenensis sp. n.

Introduction Results

The examination of abundant material of Athous of the sub- Tribe OOPHORINI Gistel, 1848 genus Orthathous from Romania and Serbia has given me the Conoderus posticus (Eschscholtz, 1822) opportunity to recognize two new species previously con- MATERIAL EXAMINED. 3 ♂ - Portugal: Madeira, Porto Santo Isl., 17- fused with A. (Orthathous) lomnickii and A. (O.) picipennis 20.IX.2012, E. Ricchiardi. Greece: Creta Isl., Georgioupoli beach, Reitter. Other important results of this study are the very 16.VI.2005, S. Peslier (CPP). quick spread of the neotropical species Conoderus posticus DISTRIBUTION. E: Portugal (Azores Is.), Neotropical Reg. (Cate, (Eschzcholtz, 1822) before the 2010 known only from the 2007), Spain (Platia, 2010); Malta, Italy (Sardinia & Sicily) (Wurst Azores. But the most interesting surprise was the examination and Mifsud, 2012), Italy (Campania & Lazio) (http://www.entomo of four specimens of Harminius florentinus (Desbrochers des logiitaliani.net), Basilicata (Jarzabek-Müller pers. comm.). Loges, 1870) collected from Romania; this species was till New to Madeira Is. and Greece. now known as endemic from the italian peninsula. Can be a Tribe DENDROMETRINI Gistel, 1848 new introduction?

Athous (Orthathous) telciuensis n. sp. Material and methods Fig. 1, 1a, 9, 12, 13.

Body measurements: Body length is measured along the mid- MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype ♂ - Romania: Rodna Mts., line from the anterior margin of the frons to the apex of the Telciu env., 28.VI.1989, J. Mertlik. (CHKM). 62 Paratypes elytra; the width is measured across the broadest part of the (61 ♂, 1 ♀) same data as Ht, 24-28.VI.1989, V. Dusanek entire beetle. & M. Samek. (CDZ; CMHK; CPG; CSP). Pronotal measurements: The pronotal length is measured along the midline; the width at the broadest part, which DIAGNOSIS. A species allied to A. picipennis Reitter, 1905, is usually at the hind angles. it can be separated by the frons more impressed from the middle and the second antennal article less twice longer Abbreviations. The material studied is preserved in: than wide. CPG, Platia coll., Gatteo (Italy) CDZ, Dusanek coll., Zábřeh na Moravĕ, Kralove DESCRIPTION. Male. Moderately shiny; antennae, head, CKB, Kuban coll. Brno (Czech Rep.) pronotum, sometimes except for the apices of posterior angles CLB, Lasoń coll., Bialystok (Poland) lighter, scutellum, blackish; elytra lighter, dark brown with CMHK, Mertlik coll., Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) undefined ferruginous shadings, legs ferruginous; covered CPP, Peslier coll., (Perpignan) with dense and yellowish pubescence. CSH, Svanda coll., Holice, (Czech Republic) CSP Samek coll. Prĕdmĕřice (Czech Rep.) Head with eyes a little narrower than anterior margin of MNHP, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France/C. pronotum, frons triangularly impressed from middle to the Girard) anterior margin, this regularly arcuate, moderately thickened, NME, Naturkundemuseum Erfurt (Germany/M. Hartmann). directed downwards and touching the clypeus at middle; puncturation coarse, punctures strongly umbilicate, contigu- The tribal placement of genera listed below follows ous and also confluent. Bouchard et al. (2011).

121 Antennae exceeding by 2,5-3 articles past the apices of than wide, third conical on average 1,5x longer than second; posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrate from fourth second and third, taken together, 1,2-1,3x longer than fourth; article on; second article subcylindrical, twice longer than fourth-tenth subtriangular, on average 2,4-2,6 longer than wide, third conical, a little longer than second; second and wide; last longer than penultimate with subparallel sides, third, taken together, 1,25-1,3x longer than fourth; fourth- constricted symmetrically before the apex. tenth subtriangular, subequal in length, on average 2,8x Pronotum 1,1x longer than wide at the apices of the pos- longer than wide; last article longer than penultimate, with terior angles, convex, sometimes with moderate and irregular subparallel sides, only before the apex symmetrically con- depressions at sides of basal slope; sides subparallel to a little stricted. arcuate not or just sinuate before the posterior angles, the Pronotum just longer than wide, normally widest at the latter not or slightly divergent, short, truncate, not carinate; apices of the posterior angles, in some specimens behind the puncturation rather uniformly distributed, punctures on the middle, very and regularly convex on the disk sometimes with disk umbilicate, with very short, shiny intervals, gradually shallow punctiform depressions at sides of the basal slope; denser towards the sides, contiguous at the lateral extremities. sides very moderately arcuate, widest behind the middle more Scutellum smaller than the interelytral space, subrectan- or less sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter short, gular, moderately convex, coarsely punctured. truncate, more or less divergent, not carinate; puncturation Elytra 3-3,1x longer than pronotum and wider than it at rather uniformly distributed, punctures distinctly umbilicate, base, convex; sides subparallel from base to the middle, fur- on the disk with very short, shiny intervals, gradually denser ther slighlty dilated and gradually tapering to the apices; striae to the sides, contiguous or confluent at the lateral extremities. regularly marked and punctured, interstriae flat, densely and Scutellum smaller than the interelytral space, subrectan- finely punctured. gular, more or less convex, coarsely punctured. First three tarsal articles regularly decreasing in length, Elytra 2,9-3x longer than pronotum and wider than it, fourth much more narrower but longer more than the half of convex; sides subparallel from base to behind the middle, third. further gradually narrowing to the apices; striae regularly Aedeagus as in fig. 2, 2a (length 1,1 mm). impressed and punctured; interstriae flat with rough surface Female unknown. and densely and finely punctured. Size. Length 7,8-10,5 mm; width 2,11-2,71 mm. First three tarsal article decreasing regularly in length, ETYMOLOGY. The name is derived from Maljen planina, the fourth much more smaller and narrower than third and long as mountains where the majority of specimens were collected. the half of it. Aedeagus as in fig. 1, 1a (length 1,05 mm). Athous (Orthathous) hetzeli Platia, 2004 Female. Body stouter and broader, antennae short, not MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♂ - Azerbaijan: Lerik rayonu, Talish Mts., 2 reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, pronotum km NE of Peştatü, 15.VI.2012, A. Lasoń. (CLB). as long as wide. Length 9,7 mm, width 2,81 mm. DISTRIBUTION. Turkey (Cate, 2007). Georgia (Platia & Nemeth, Size. Length 7,8-10 mm; width 2,12-2,75 mm. 2011). New to Azerbadijan.

ETYMOLOGY. The name is derived from Telciu, the locality Athous (Orthathous) lomnickii Reitter, 1905 where the species was collected. The species recorded from Bosnia-Herzegovina (Duzi) and Serbia & Montenegro (Danilovgrad) (Platia & Gudenzi, 2007) are to referred Athous (Orthathous) maljenensis n. sp. to other species. Fig. 2, 2a, 10, 14. DISTRIBUTION. Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Ukraina (Cate, 2007).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype ♂ - Serbia: Maljen planina, Megathous hispanicus Platia & Gudenzi, 2005 Duskovce env., 8.VII.2009, J. Mertlik. (CMHK). 134 Para- MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 ♂ - Spain: Catalonia, Tarragona, Serra del types ♂♂ - (133) same data as Ht, 8-9.VII.2009 and V. Du- Boix, Cardó, 29.VII.2003, S. Peslier. (CPG; CPP). sanek; (1) Zlatibor, Kokin brod, 1.VI.2007, R. Udrzal (CDZ; Described from Valencia on a single specimen (length 12 mm; CMHK; CPG). width 3,2 mm). The two specimens are of a smaller size, length 8,2-11 mm; DIAGNOSIS. Species confused with A. lomnickii Reitter, 1905, width 2,18-3,06 mm. it can be separated for the pronotum longer than wide, with coarser puncturation and punctures clearly umbilicate and Harminius florentinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870) fourth tarsal article proportionally smaller compared to third. Fig. 3, 3a, 15. MATERIAL EXAMINED. 4 ♂ - Romania: Bajle Herculane, 12.V.2010, DESCRIPTION. Male. Moderately shiny; head, pronotum and A. Popadič, at light. (CPG; CSH). scutellum darker, blackish except normally for the extremities Aedeagus as in fig. 3, 3a (length 1,62 mm). of posterior angles of pronotum, reddish; antennae and elytra DISTRIBUTION. Till now was known as endemic species from NW of dark-brown with undefined ferruginous shadings, legs fer- the italian peninsula (Platia, 1994). The presence in Romania is ruginous; covered with dense, yellowish, pubescence. surprising. Introduced? Head with eyes a little narrower than anterior margin of Tribe AMPEDINI Gistel, 1848 pronotum, frons triangularly impressed from middle to the anterior margin, this subarcuate, moderately thickened, at Ampedus bergeri Platia, 2013 middle slightly protruding and touching the clypeus; punctu- Fig. 5, 11, 16. ration coarse, punctures umbilicate and contiguous. MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 ♀ - Greece: Lesbos Is., Argennos, 370 m, Antennae exceeding by about 2,5 articles past the apices 24.IV.2010, S. Peslier (CPG; CPP). of the posterior angles of pronotum slightly serrate from Described on a male specimen. fourth article on; second article subcylindrical 1,4-1,5 longer Female. Body larger than male with shorter antennae not

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Fig. 1-4. Male genitalia in dorsal view. 1, 1a. Athous (Orthathous) telciuensis n. sp.; 2, 2a. Athous (Orthathous) maljenensis n.sp.; 3, 3a. Harminius florentinus (Desbrochers des Loges); 4, 4a. Cardiophorus niponicus Lewis. Fig. 5-8. Sclerites of bursa copulatrix. 5. Ampedus bergeri Platia; 6. Cardiophorus angelinii Platia; 7. Cardiophorus niponicus Lewis; 8, 8a, 8b. Cardiophorus heydeni Buysson. Fig. 9-11. First articles of antennae. 9. Athous (Orthathous) telciuensis n. sp. ? ; 10. Athous (Orthathous) maljenensis n.sp.; 11. Ampedus bergeri Platia, ? . Fig. 12-19. Habitus in total or partial view. 12. Athous (Orthathous) telciuensis n. sp. ? ; 13. Athous (Orthathous) te lc iue nsis n. sp. ? ; 14. Athous (Orthathous) maljenensis n.sp.; 15. Harminius florentinus (Desbrochers des Loges) ? ; 16. Ampedus bergeri Platia, ? . 17. Cardiophorus angelinii Platia; 18. Cardiophorus 17 18 19 niponicus Lewis, ? ; 19. Cardiophorus heydeni Buysson, ? .

123 reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, third article Dicronychus versicolor (Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1856) slenderer (1,5x longer than wide) and as long as the fourth. MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♂ - Slovenia: Krim, Alisma, 7.V.2000 Bursa copulatrix sclerified as in fig. 5. (CPG). Size. Length 12,9-13,1 mm; width 3,7-3,75 mm. DISTRIBUTION. Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Tur- key (Cate, 2007). Tribe MELANOTINI Candèze, 1859 New to Slovenia.

Melanotus orbachorum Platia, 2010 MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 ♂ - Syria: Djebel Ansariya, Al Tamaza, 600 m, 7.V.1989, J. Macek; Djebel Ansariya, Qadmus env., 900 m, Bibliography 28.VIII.1988, J. Macek (Ckuban B; CKB, CPG). BOUCHARD, P., Y. BOUSQUET, A.E. DAVIES, M.A. ALONSO-ZARA- DISTRIBUTION: Israel, Jordan. New to Syria. ZAGA, J.F. LAWRENCE, C.H.C. LYAL, A.F. NEWTON, C.A.M.

REID, M. SCHMITT, S.A. ŚLIPINSKI & A.B.T. SMITH 2011. Fam- Tribe CARDIOPHORINI Candèze, 1859 ily group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, 88: 1-972. Cardiophorus angelinii Platia, 2010 CATE, P.C. 2007. Family Elateridae, Pp. 89-209 – In Löbl I. & Fig. 6, 17. Smetana A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♀ - Greece: Parnassos Mt., Arachova, 1750 vol.4. Elateroidea-Derontoidea-Bostrichoidea-Limexyloidea- m, 6.VI.2011, G. L. Agnoli. (CPG). Cleroidea- Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 935 pp. DISTRIBUTION. Turkey, described from Kastamonu prov. on the PLATIA, G. 1994. Coleoptera, Elateridae. In: Fauna d'Italia, vol. 33. Holotype ♀, I know further two female specimens from other two Calderini Bologna Ed. Bologna. XIV + 429 pp. localities: vil. Mersin, 5 km S Aydinlar, 3.VI.2011, F. Angelini; PLATIA, G. 2010. Descriptions of fourteen new species of click Kutahya prov., Hisarcick, Golcuk Geç., 24.VI.2011, F. Angelini. beetles from the Palearctic Region, with chorological notes. The male is still unknown. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Roma- Bursa copulatrix sclerified as in fig. 6. gna, 30: 103-130. New to Greece. PLATIA, G. 2013. New species, new records and notes on click- beetles from Greece (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Boletin de la Cardiophorus niponicus Lewis, 1894 Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 52: 97-104. Fig. 4, 4a, 7, 18. PLATIA, G. & I. GUDENZI 2005. Description of eleven new species of MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 (♂♀) - Russia: Primorje, Barabas-Levada, click-beetles of the palearctic region, a case of legs teratology 29.V.1980, Konovalov (CPG); Primorski Krai, 9 km WSW Preo- and new records of some species of the italian Fauna. brazhenie near Petrov and Beltsov Islands, 22-23.VI.2009, F. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Roma- Walther. (NME). gna, 21: 109-127. Aedeagus as in fig. 4, 4a. PLATIA, G. & I. GUDENZI 2007. Click-beetles species and records Bursa copulatrix as in fig. 7. new to the palearctic region (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae). DISTRIBUTION. Japan (Cate, 2007). New to Russia. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Roma-

gna, 24: 79-86. Cardiophorus heydeni Buysson, 1915 PLATIA, G. & T. NÉMETH 2011. On some Palaearctic click Beetles in Fig. 8, 8a, 8b, 19. the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Coleoptera: MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 ♀ - Russia: Ussuri reg., 11-14.VII.1989, S. Elateridae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Jakl (CPG); Primorski Krai, WSW Preobrazhenie near Petrov & Hungarici, 103: 1-42. Beltsov Islands, 22-23.VI.2009, F. Walther (NME) (compared with WURST, C. & D. MIFSUD 2012. Click beetles from the Maltese Is- Ht female, MHNP). The male is not described. lands (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Bulletin of the Entomological Bursa copulatrix sclerified as in fig. 8, 8a, 8b. Society of Malta, 5: 97-103. DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Far East (Cate, 2007).

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