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Anthaxia (Anthaxia) magnanii Baiocchi, 2011, n. sp.
No full text<i>Anthaxia (Anthaxia) magnanii</i> n. sp. <p>(Figs. 1,3,4,13,14,15,31,37,39,45,51,57,60,63,64)</p> <p> <b>Description of holotype</b> 3 (Fig. 1). Body suboval, rather convex; length: 6.0 mm, maximum width at humeral height: 2.5 mm, length/width ratio: 2.4 times longer than wide; dorsal colouration brilliant bronze with slight coppery tinge on head, pronotum; discal area of pronotum with two longitudinal, indistinct, blurred maculae, interrupted in frontal 1/2; legs, antennae, ventral surface of same bronze colour as rest of the body; last five antennomeres yellowish at respective base.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 13) slightly narrower than anterior pronotal margin; eyes not projecting beyond outline of head; vertex flat, rather narrow (0.4 times as wide as width of head), with an evident dark median line; frons (Fig. 31) wide, slightly depressed in middle; inner ocular margins S-shaped, moderately converging on vertex, diverging on lower frontal portion; sculpture of vertex very weak, shallow in middle, strongly stretched near the upper ocular margins, consisting of irregular cells, with finely microsculptured brilliant bottom and tiny setigerous punctures; sculpture of frons areolate, consisting of deep irregular cells, rather oblong on mid area, with slightly microsculptured bottom and large, flat, central grain; sculpture along inner ocular margins deep, longitudinally stretched; frons covered with long, yellowish, recumbent pubescence, slightly divergent on upper frontal portion, convergent near lower ocular margin; pubescence of vertex subtle, short, hardly visible; clypeus feebly prominent, flattened frontally, lateral margins subparallel, anterior margin smooth, deeply roundly incised.</p> <p> Antennae (Fig. 39) slender, 1.2 times longer than middle pronotal length; antennomeres 6 <i>–</i> 11 yellowish at base; scape finely club-shaped; pedicel oval, 1.4 times longer than wide; antennomere 3 subcilyndrical, 1.1 times longer than pedicel; antennomere 4 subconical; antennomeres 5 <i>–</i> 10 sharply triangular, slightly longer than wide, slender at base, with sinuate inner margin; last antennomere elliptically elongate.</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 13) transverse, 1.7 times wider than long, more convex on anterior 1/2, with maximum width and shallow trasversal depression at midlength; anterior margin rather deeply emarginate, with feeble central lobe; anterior angles acute; lateral margins regularly arched, distinctly narrowed before the obtuse posterior angles; posterior margin slightly narrower than elytral base, moderately arched backward; lateroposterior depressions wide, shallow; sculpture areolate and regularly polygonal only on anterior angles; lateroposterior corner cells irregular, longitudinally prolonged, separated by dark, thick borders; middle discal area rather glossy, with sculpture consisting of large, contiguous, irregularly lengthened cells, bordered by long furrows, very shallow on mid anterior portion, deeper in the mid posterior 1/2, forming a curvilinear, exarate pattern, hosting multiple, tiny, setigerous punctures; whole pronotal surface very finely microsculptured, sparsely covered with very short, whitish pubescence.</p> <p>Scutellum (Fig. 13) dull black, subtrapezoidal, wider than long, more convex on posterior 1/2, with finely microreticulated surface.</p> <p>Elytra subparallel, 1.9 times longer than wide, basal 2/3 rather convex, apical 1/3 more flat, feebly, arcuately tapering to separately, obtusely, subrounded apex; basal transverse depressions wide, slightly deeper at humeral angles, not reaching the scutellum; humeral swellings normally developed; one rounded, shallow, postscutellar depression at the basal 1/3, and longitudinal depressions on the posterior portion of each elytron; lateral elytral groove complete, shallow, narrow, weakly wider at humeral height and along part of apical 1/3; epipleura broad, not complete, expiring before the apex; surface coarsely sculptured at base and along outer edges, smoother, brighter along the slightly raised elytral suture; pubescence transparent, very short and sparse.</p> <p>Ventral surface (Fig. 4). Anterior margin of prosternum straight; prosternal process rather wide, with lateral sides poorly incurved and posterior apex moderately long; posterior end of central metasternal suture shortly, narrowly divergent; protrocantheres unarmed; mesotrochanters with obtuse posterior spine; metatrochanters with acute posterior spine; sculpture of sternum variolate, consisting of cells of varying depth, with tiny central pore; sculpture of ventral abdominal surface extremely shallowly variolate, with very fine basal microreticulation; coxae and ventral face of legs finely microreticulated; ventral pubescence sparse, short and transparent.</p> <p>Anal ventrite (Fig. 351 wider than long; preapical area flat, depressed, with fairly rounded, smooth, strongly raised apical edge; lateral margins weakly serrate.</p> <p> Legs. Foretibiae slightly curved at base; foretarsomeres 1 <b>–</b> 4 equal, tarsomere 5 longer; mesotibiae straight, inner margin weakly incised, feebly serrate on distal 1/3; mesotarsomeres 1 <b>–</b> 4 equal, tarsomere 5 longer; metatibiae (Fig. 45) straight, flattened distally, inner margin slightly incised, serrate on apical 1/4; metarsomeres 2 <b>–</b> 4 equal, shorter than 1, tarsomere 5 as long as 1; tarsal claws thick, distinctly incurved, smoothly enlarged at base, brown with darker tips.</p> <p>Aedeagus strongly bottle-shaped, 4.9 times longer than wide, widest at midlength; basal 1/2 and apical margins yellowish, rest of anterior 1/2 very dark; phallobasis subparallel, parameres (Fig. 14) subcylindrical at base, anterior 1/2 strongly narrowed, apical lobes feebly enlarged, sharply pointed, slightly convergent, setigerous portion lengthened, hidden within the apicolateral membranaceous margin; median lobe (Fig. 15) subparallel, 9 times longer than wide, distinctly convex at base, apical 1/4 mildly tapered, apex slightly narrowed, acute but not sharp, anterior portion of dorsal surface feebly depressed in middle, slightly rugulose, posterior portion smoother, preapical portion of lateral margins very finely serrate, basal apodemes 1/3 of total length.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> Medium-sized species (4.1 <b>–</b> 7.2 mm); body suboval, rather convex; the size of males ranges from 4.3 mm x 1.7 mm to 6.9 mm x 2.8 mm (holotype: 6.0 mm x 2.5 mm), while the females vary from 4.1 mm x 1.7 mm to 7.2 mm x 3.0 mm (allotype: 6.0 mm x 2.5 mm). Sexual dichroism absent, except for the colouration of antennae, which in the female are completely dark bronze (Fig. 3); the female also differs with the following features: lower part of inner ocular margins usually less divergent; meso- and metatibiae with smooth inner margins; posterior margin of anal ventrite slightly angulated at apex. Ovipositor of the allotype illustrated (Fig. 57). Concerning the morphological characters, <i>A. magnanii</i> has proved to be poorly variable, although convexity and sculpture of pronotun can be more or less pronounced, as well as the depth of the median frontal depression; in several specimens the widest point of the body is located on the posterior 1/2 of the elytra; the shape of male genitalia is rather constant, but in some specimens the subcylindrical basal portion of parameres is slightly longer; concerning the colouration, a weak variability is present in the extension of the basal yellow colouration of male antennomeres; some specimens show a deeper coppery tinge on head and pronotum, while in others it can be slightly more greenish; generally, the colouration of the body may be somewhat lighter or darker, but never so dark as in closely related species.</p> <p> <b>Specimens examined</b>. Holotype, 3: Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 27 <b>–</b> 29.IV.2006, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 28.III.2007; allotype, Ƥ: Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 27 <b>–</b> 29.IV.2006, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 20.III.2007; paratypes: Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 12.V.2005, Baiocchi leg. (1 Ƥ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 27 <b>–</b> 29.IV.2006, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 16 <b>–</b> 28.III.2007 (23 3 25 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 25.IV.2007, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 4 <b>–</b> 20.III.2008 (5 3 9 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 25.IV.2007, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. II.2009 (19 3 19 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 4 <b>–</b> 6.V.2008, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 5 <b>–</b> 29.III.2009 (26 3 49 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’N 51°54’E, 4 <b>–</b> 6.V.2008, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 17 <b>–</b> 29.III.2010 (3 3 5 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’00’’N 51°54’50.7’’E, 1 <b>–</b> 3.V.2009, Baiocchi leg. (7 3 2 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), 2050 m., 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, 29°38’00’’N 51°54’50.7’’E, 1 <b>–</b> 3.V.2009, Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 4 <b>–</b> 17.III.2010 (2 3 3 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 27.IV.2006, D. Gianasso leg. (1 3); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 27.IV.2007, D. Gianasso leg. (1 Ƥ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 27.IV.2007, D. Gianasso leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus rotundifolia</i> 11.II–16.III.2008 (2 3 3 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 4 <b>–</b> 6.V.2008, D. Gianasso leg. (2 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 4 <b>–</b> 6.V.2008, D. Gianasso leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus rotundifolia</i> 26.I <b>–</b> 12.III.2009 (40 3 47 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 4 <b>–</b> 6.V.2008, D. Gianasso leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus rotundifolia</i> [adult dead in pupal cell], 3.V.2009 (1 ex.); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 1 <b>–</b> 3.V.2009, D. Gianasso leg. (3 3 2 ƤƤ); Iran, (Fārs), m. 2050, 7 km. W Dašt-e Arjan, N29°38’00” E51°54’50.7”, 1 <b>–</b> 3.V.2009, D. Gianasso leg. / ex larva <i>Fraxinus rotundifolia</i> 28. II.2010 (1 3); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.055, 7 km W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani (2 3 2 ƤƤ); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 08.III.2008 (2 3 1 Ƥ); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 10.III.2008 (2 3 1 Ƥ); Iran – Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 15.III.2008 (4 3 5 ƤƤ); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 18.III.2008 (1 3); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. 20.III.2009 (1 3 1 Ƥ); Iran <b>–</b> Fārs, m. 2.050, 7 km. W. Dašt-e Arjan, 25.IV.2007, leg. G. Magnani / ex larva <i>Fraxinus</i> sp. [adults dead in pupal cell], IV.2010 (9 3 7 ƤƤ).</p> <p>The holotype, allotype and some paratypes are deposited in D. Baiocchi collection (Rome, Italy); paratypes in the following collections: Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO) of the University of Alicante (Spain); National Musem of Prague (Czech Rep.), Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute (Tehran, Iran), Zoological Institute - Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia), C. L. Bellamy (Sacramento, U.S.A.), S. Bílý (Prague, Czech Rep.), J. De La Rosa (Madrid, Spain), D. Gianasso (Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy), M. Gigli (Rome, Italy), F. Izzillo (Naples, Italy), M. Kafka (Neratovice, Czech Rep.), V. Kubáň (Brno, Czech Rep.), A. Liberto (Rome, Italy), G. Magnani (Cesena, Italy), H. Mühle (Munich, Germany), M. Niehuis (Albersweiler, Germany), G. Novak (Wien, Austria), and M. Škorpík (Lukov, Czech Rep.).</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Despite some morphological and bionomical affinities with <i>A. bicolor</i>, we consider <i>A. magnanii</i> to be more closely related to <i>A.</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>chaerodrys</i> Szallies, 2001 (Fig. 2), a relict species with a peculiar distribution, and known so far only from Turkey (Szallies 2001) and Spain (Arnáiz Ruiz & Bercedo Páramo 2007 a, b; De La Rosa 2007). Both species show an overall dark colouration resembling that of <i>A.</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>vladivostokana</i> Obenberger, 1938 and <i>A.</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>majzlani</i> Bílý, 1991, the two easternmost species of the <i>A.dimidiata-fulgurans</i> species-group. We agree with the opinion of Bílý (1991) according to whom, although showing a rather different pattern of pronotal sculpture, <i>A. majzlani</i> and <i>A. vladivostokana</i> represent a separate complex of dark species within their species-group, in which we consider are to be included also <i>A. chaerodrys</i> and <i>A. magnanii</i>.</p> <p> At the time Obenberger gave his definition of the <i>A. dimidiata</i> species-group (Obenberger 1917), all the above mentioned taxa were still unknown and, for the same reason, most of them had neither been included in the <i>A.dimidiata-fulgurans</i> species-group as defined by Bílý (Bílý 1984) and Niehuis (Niehuis 1990); since then, further new species have been described, and the group is in the need of a new, more detailed revision.</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia magnanii</i> <b>n. sp.</b> <i>Anthaxia chaerodrys</i> Szallies, 2001</p> <p>Body (Fig. 1) suboval, brilliant light bronze, usually with a Body (Fig. 2) subparallel, more angularly shaped, uniformely slight more coppery tinge on head and pronotum dark brown, with very faint purple tinge on pronotal lateral margins, elytral base and along a short basal portion of the elytral suture</p> <p>Head (Fig. 13) slightly narrower than anterior pronotal mar- Head (Fig. 16) distinctly narrower than anterior pronotal margin; vertex 0.4 times as wide as width of head; pubescence of gin; vertex narrower, 0.3 times as wide as width of head; frons yellowish; upper lobe of eye acutely rounded; frons pubescence of frons withish; upper lobe of eye more obtusely (Fig. 31) with bright copper colouration; anterior margin of rounded; frons (Fig. 32) with strong purple tinge, greenish at clypeus distinctly more deeply emarginate lower ocular angles; anterior margin of clypeus weakly emar-</p> <p>ginate</p> <p>Antennae (Fig. 39) 1.2 times longer than middle pronotal Antennae (Fig. 40) 1.1 times longer than middle pronotal</p> <p> length; scape with equal lateral sides; antennomeres 5 <i>–</i> 10 length; scape with inner lateral side strongly gibbous, outer slender, acutely triangular shaped; last antennomere more side slightly bent outward; antennomeres 5 <i>–</i> 10 more compact, elliptically elongate distinctly trapezoidal; last antennomere subrhomboidal</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 13) less transverse, 1.7 times wider than Pronotum (Fig. 16) more transverse, 1.8 times wider than long, long, widest at midlength; lateral margins uniformely arched, widest at anterior 1/3; lateral margins distincly angulated at distinctly sinuate before posterior angles; lateroposterior anterior 1/3, more directly tapered posteriorly; lateroposterior depressions smaller, extended for 1/3 of the pronotal length; depressions wider, extended for 1/2 of the pronotal length; disdiscal sculpture deeper, distinctly curvilinear, consisting of cal sculpture shallower, less clearly curvilinear, consisting of larger, contiguous, irregularly lengthened cells, bordered by smaller, irregularly polygonal, areolate cells, bordered by shaldeep furrows low furrows</p> <p>Elytra tapereded on distal 1/3; inner portion of basal depres- Elytra tapered on distal 1/4; inner portion of basal depression sion shallow; humeral swellings well developed; apex (Fig. deep; humeral swellings poorly developed; apex (Fig. 38) 37) not incurved downward; apical lateromarginal punctures slightly bent downward, deeply punctured along the apicolatabsent eral margins</p> <p>Apical portion of foretibiae slightly sinuate externally; inner Apical portion of foretibiae straight externally; inner margin of margin of mesotibiae weakly incised, feebly serrate on distal mesotibiae straight, slightly serrate on distal 1/3; metatibiae 1/3; metatibiae (Fig. 45) flattened distally, inner margin (Fig. 46) thicker, inner margin straight, acutely serrate on distal incised, slightly serrate on apical 1/4; mesotarsomere 1 1/3; mesotarsomere 1 much longer than 2; metatarsomere 1 slightly longer than 2; basal metatarsomere 1.5 times longer twice as long as 2</p> <p>than 2</p> <p>Aedeagus: narrowed portion of parameres (Fig. 14) longer Aedeagus: narrowed portion of parameres (Fig. 17) shorter (1/ (nearly 1/2 of parameral length); dorsal surface of median 3 of parameral length); dorsal surface of median lobe (Fig. 18) lobe (Fig. 15) more distinctly rugulose on anterior portion less rugulose on anterior portion</p> <p> Some of the distinctive morphological features of the <i>A. dimidiata-fulgurans</i> species-group, in this new species seem to be poorly developed or even completely absent and, although characters as the partial yellow colouration of male antennomeres, the typical bottleneck shape of anterior portion of the aedeagus, and the peculiar pronotal sculpture, undoubtly set <i>A. magnanii</i> in this group, the lateroposterior depressions of pronotum more shallow than in close species, and the absence of deep punctures along the lateroapical elytral margins (Fig. 37), denote that it is one of the most derived species within it.</p> <p> The character states that differentiate <i>A. magnanii</i> from <i>A. chaerodrys</i>, are listed in table 1.</p> <p> <b>Bionomy and distribution.</b> At present <i>A. magnanii</i> has been collected only in its “locus typicus” (Fig. 60, 63), but its peculiar timid and hiding behaviour, shared also with its closest species <i>A.</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>chaerodrys</i> Szallies, 2001, (Fig. 2) suggests that it might be more widespread than it actually seems; nearly all known specimens of both species were reared exclusively from branches of <i>Fraxinus</i> species, while only few specimens have been caught on yellow flowers of Asteraceae, and few others were found walking on fallen dead branches, or hiding under bark (Szallies 2001; De La Rosa pers. comm.).</p> <p> The larva of <i>A. magnanii</i> develops preferably in the trunk and in large size branches of its host plant, boring long, tortuous galleries under the bark (Fig. 64); the larval development takes two years, and the imago spends the second winter as adult in its pupal cell, ready to emerge in early spring.</p> <p> Other species of <i>Anthaxia</i> which emerged from samples of <i>Fraxinus</i> collected in the same locality are the following: <i>A.</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) patsyae Baiocchi 2008
No full text<i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>patsyae</i> Baiocchi, 2008 <p>(Figs. 66, 67, 68, 69, 80, 81, 96, 97, 102, 107, 111, 117, 124, 129, 134, 137)</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>patsyae</i> Baiocchi, 2008: 323, 324 (Fig.1), 326, 327, 328 (Figs 2,3), 329 (Figs 6‒9), 330, 331. Type locality: “Iran, (Fārs), 7 km W Dašt-e-Aržan, 2050 m, 29°38’N 51°54’E”.</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>patsyae</i>: Ghahari <i>et al</i>., 2015: 89 (faunistic catalogue); Kubáň <i>et al</i>., 2016: 500 (catalogue).</p> <p> <b>Type specimens studied</b>. <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>A</i>.) <i>patsyae</i>: holotype by monotypy (♀, DBCR: Fig. 68, 81, 117, 129).</p> <p> <b>Additional material studied. Iran</b>: Būyer Ahmad-o-Kūhgīlūye: IRAN, Zagros Mt., Prov. Kohgiluyeh a Boyer-Ahmad, YASUJ eoj., 0 3.06.2011, Jaroslav DALIHOD lgt. (1♂ DBCR, Figs. 66, 67, 80, 96, 124, 134); IRAN Zagros Mt., Province—Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Tang-e-Sorkh 13 km S, 30°29’25.78’’S,51°39’26.64’’V 2144M, Jaroslav DALIHOD lgt. 30.5.2015 (1♂ DGCC); IRAN (SSE Yasuj) 2390m, (Būyer Ahmad-o-Kūhgīlūye), NE of Malashoreh pass, 30°29'24"N 51°39'29"E, 10‒13.V.2016 Baiocchi leg. (1♂ DBCR). Ilam: IRAN, Ilam prov. Abdanan, Dinar Kouh, elev.1830m, 32.915N 47.301E +/‒ 300m, M. Kafka lgt. 12.5.2016 (1♂ MKCN). Fārs: Iran, Fārs, Kuhhā-ye Zagros, 5km NE of Dasht-e Arzhan, 29º40’18"N 52º01’48"E, 2160m, 29‒30 IV 2016, leg. Andrzej Lasón (1♀ ALCB); IRAN Fars prov., 15 km S of Dasht Arjan, 29°33'8.57"N; 51°56'22.22"E, 2.‒6.V.2016 2.261 m., M.Obořil lgt. (10♂♂6♀♀ MOCO; 1♂1♀ DBCR);IRAN, S Fars prov., 7 km SW—Dasht Arjan, 2000mnm—žlutá miska [yellow bowl]—29°38’12’’N, 51°55’03’’E— 5.V.2016 leg. David Frank (1♂ DFCP).</p> <p> <b>Morphology and variability</b>. As in all other species of the group, the size of <i>A. patsyae</i> is moderately variable. The size of males ranges from 6.1 x 2.5 mm to 7.5 x 3.3 mm, while in females it ranges from 6.4 x 2.6 mm to 8.2 x 3.6 mm (holotype), with an average length to width ratio of 2.3 times longer than wide.</p> <p> Although following the same pattern as in its western relatives, the habitus of <i>A. patsyae</i> is much more variable. In fact, together with specimens with a colouration very similar to the typical pattern, we find many others with a very clear and bright appearance, sometimes with a completely different aspect than the typical one. This is due in particular to the lack of the discal spots on the pronotum, which makes its habitus the brightest in its speciesgroup. In fact, the discal part of the pronotum shows only a vaguely hinted tinge of spots, determined by light incidence on the sculpture, and not of pigmentary origin. The brightness of most specimens is determined also by the golden-reddish background colour of the elytra. In addition, the dark discal macula on the elytra, which in the other species is very dark with a bluish or greenish tinge, in many specimens of <i>A. patsyae</i> is largely replaced by gold, and becomes hardly distinguishable against the background colour. This different colouration however, is seemingly better defined and closer to the normal habitus if seen under a diffused light (Fig. 66). The green colouration of the elytral base is much more expanded than in the other species, and the sutural part is exceptionally enlarged at the apex, being moreover occasionally of a more bluish-green tinge, however, some specimens show the normal colouration usually found in the western species, e.g. the holotype (Fig. 68).</p> <p> Despite the peculiar habitus of most specimens, <i>A. patsyae</i> has proved to be morphologically very close to <i>A. cebecii</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., however, some diagnostic characters in the habitus, are consistently different and serve to distinguish this species, e.g. the constant lack of the pronotal spots and the strong development of the basal green macula of the elytra, a feature that earlier authors (Obenberger, 1925; Schaefer, 1938) had also indicated as an important diagnostic character. In addition, slightly different but consistent characters are found in the male genitalia, and although the overall shape of the tegmen is actually very similar to <i>A. cebecii</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, the shape of the upper lamella in the apex of the median lobe is slightly different (Figs. 110, 111).</p> <p>With regard to sexual dimorphism, we observed the same as in the other species, with females showing a stouter and more parallel body, shorter antennae with less acutely shaped last antennomeres, simple metatrochanters, smooth tibiae, and a slightly more round anal ventrite. No strict sexual dichromatism was observed.</p> <p> <b>Bionomy and distribution</b>. <i>Anthaxia patsyae</i>, as far as is known, is endemic of the Zagros Mountain Range, in Western Iran, and is the rarest species of the group. In fact, although the research program of the last years led to the finding of several specimens, the density of the single populations turned out to be very low. Unlike other species, <i>A. patsyae</i> seems to be well adapted to live in very dry, rocky areas, although it has been found mostly in rather grassy and fresh micro-habitats with an adequate coverage of <i>Acer</i> trees.</p>Published as part of <i>Baiocchi, Daniele & Magnani, Gianluca, 2018, A revision of the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 201-254 in Zootaxa 4370 (3)</i> on pages 235-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1145577">http://zenodo.org/record/1145577</a>
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) simandli Baiocchi, 2013, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Anthaxia (Anthaxia) simandli</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1, 2, 3, 21, 28, 30, 34, 47, 52, 57, 60)</p> <p> <b>Type specimen studied</b>. Holotype Ƥ: W IRAN (Lorestan) Zagros mts., 2400 m., 25 km SE Dorud, 5 km SE Darband, 14.VI.2011 J. Simandl leg. / on <i>Salix</i> sp.</p> <p>The holotype is deposited in the author’s collection (DBCR).</p> <p> <b>Description of the female holotype</b> (Fig. 1). Large and robust species; body stout, strongly convex, distinctly narrowed in the anteropronotal and posteroelytral regions; length: 9.5 mm, maximum width behind the humerus: 3.8 mm, length to width ratio: 2.5 times longer than wide; dorsal colouration: head and pronotum garnet-red with a green saddle-shaped mark along mid anterior pronotal margin, more intensively coloured laterally; vertex and elytra brilliant blueish-green; antennae, scutellum and legs black; ventral colouration entirely magenta-red; pubescence white.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 3) slightly narrower than anterior pronotal margin; eyes (Fig. 21, 28) rather large, not projecting beyond outline of head; vertex flat, narrow, 0.33 times as wide as width of head; frons (Fig. 21) wide, flat; inner ocular margins slightly divergent on lower 2/3, strongly convergent on upper 1/3; clypeus flat, deeply sculptured, about 0.3 times as wide as total width of head, lateral margins subparallel, anterior margin unsculptured in middle, deeply triangularly emarginate; sculpture of frons deeply foveate-reticulate, very dense, consisting of round foveae, slightly larger in middle, with narrow, smooth interspaces; sculpture of vertex consisting of irregularly shaped foveae, rather confusedly divided in the middle; bottom of foveae slightly microsculptured, with a very small, central, setigerous pore; pubescence erect, very long on frons, shorter, very sparse and poorly visible on vertex.</p> <p>Antennae (Figs. 3, 21) long, slender, 1.3 times longer than pronotal length in midline; scape and pedicel bearing long white pubescence, antennomeres 4–11 moderately flattened; scape 2.8 times longer than wide, slightly bent, strongly convex on inner side; pedicel 1.4 times longer than wide, nearly subcylindrical; antennomere 3 slightly subconical, weakly bent, 1.5 times longer than pedicel; antennomeres 4–10 about 1.5 times longer than wide, progressively shorter, subtrapezoidal; last antennomere subrhomboidal, 2.5 times longer than wide.</p> <p>Pronotum (Figs. 3, 28) transverse, nearly 1.6 times wider than long, rather convex, widest in posterior 1/2; anterior margin slightly bisinuate, with well pronounced central lobe; posterior 1/2 with central, very shallow, longitudinal depression; anterior angles slightly obtuse; lateral margins strongly converging at anterior 1/3, subparallel for a short distance in middle, feebly, rectilinearly narrowed on posterior 1/3; posterior margin straight, very bright black; lateroposterior angles slightly obtuse; lateroposterior depressions rather large, shallow; lateral pronotal carina (Fig. 28) sharp, complete, extending from lateroposterior angle to anterior pronotal margin; discal sculpture deep, irregularly areolate-rugose on central 1/3, regularly subpolygonal on lateral parts, consisting of cells of various size, somewhat larger on lateroposterior depressions; cell bottom rather smooth, very shiny, with tiny setigerous pore; pronotal pubescence long, erect, sparse and inconspicuous.</p> <p>Scutellum (Fig. 3) black, pentagonal, finely microreticulate, more convex on posterior portion.</p> <p>Elytra wide, strongly convex, 1.9 times as long as wide, slightly narrowed at base, subparallel on anterior 2/3 of their length, apical 1/3 strongly narrowed, slightly sinuate; elytral base slightly bisinuate, as wide as posterior pronotal margin; basal transverse depressions rather deep, irregular, reaching scutellum; humeral swellings moderately developed; suture strongly raised in posterior 1/2; lateral elytral groove wide, shallow, distinctly wider behind the humerus, disappearing before apex; lateral margins slightly serrate on apical 1/3; apex separately rounded, irregularly serrate; elytral epipleura moderately wide, subparallel, disappearing before apex; elytral sculpture rough, homogenously imbricate-punctulate, somewhat more uneven at base; elytral pubescence rather long, conspicuously erect.</p> <p>Ventral surface (Figs. 2, 30) strongly convex; prosternum with transverse, shallow depression in middle; anterior margin slightly arched; prosternal process moderately wide, lateral margins distinctly curved, lateroposterior angles slightly acute, posterior apex long, well developed; prosternal sculpture irregularly, transversely stretched along anterior margin, oblong, more widely spaced along lateral sutures, rather roughly imbricate in middle and on prosternal process; proepisternal sculpture areolate-rugose, polygonal, very shallow, rather longitudinal near lateral pronotal edge, with the setigerous punctures placed close to the cell margin; mesosternum deeply, rugosely sculptured; metasternal sculpture areolate, deep and sparse, posterior margin unsculptured; posterior end of central metasternal suture divergent for a short distance; mesepisternum sculptured only on proximal portion; pro- and mesocoxae deeply sculptured; sculpture of femora imbricate, weak and sparse; all trochanters unarmed; ventral abdominal sculpture imbricate, weak and sparse.</p> <p>Anal ventrite (Fig. 34) subtriangular, 1.6 times wider than long, shallowly depressed along lateral margins, apex subround, with a semicircular notch in middle, lateral margins slightly, irregularly serrate.</p> <p>Legs thick, rather long, inner margins of tibiae smooth, tarsomeres moderately elongated, progressively enlarged; protibiae slightly enlarged on outer edge at apex, protibial carina of outer edge weakly sinuate apically, inner margin densely covered with short whitish bristles; protarsomere 1 slightly longer than 2 and 3, tarsomere 4 shorter than 3, tarsomere 5 longer than 1; mesotibiae straight, slightly flattened; mesotarsomeres 2–4 subequal, each distinctly shorter than 1, tarsomere 5 slightly shorter than 1; metatibiae straight, strongly flattened; metatarsomere 1 much longer than 2, tarsomere 3 shorter than 2, tarsomere 4 shorter than 3, tarsomere 5 as long as 2; tarsal claws dark brown, thick, distinctly curved, strongly enlarged at base.</p> <p>Ovipositor: (Fig. 47).</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Despite the different habitus, with a reversed pattern of colouration, the closest species to <i>A. simandli</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is <i>A. magnifica</i>. Both species are only known from a very few specimens, mostly females. This did not allow a sufficient evaluation of the intraspecific variability, thus the distinction is based, as well as on a different pattern of colouration that I usually do not consider to be sufficient, upon a few other characters which, although weak, I judged to be consistent enough to allow the species to be distinguished. One of these characters is the lateral pronotal carina (Fig. 28), which is rather unusually extended for the whole lateral pronotal length, differing from most other species where it never reaches the anterior pronotal margin (Fig. 29).</p> <p> In order to make an appropriate comparison of the same sex, the holotype of <i>A. simandli</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> was compared to a fresh, reared female of <i>A. magnifica</i> which had itself been previously compared with its holotype. The character states that differentiate the two species are listed below:</p> <p> <b> <i>Anthaxia (Anthaxia) simandli</i> sp. nov. <i>Anthaxia (Anthaxia) magnifica</i> Bílý, 1983</b> Body (Fig. 1) stout, about 2.5 times longer than wide; head Body (Fig. 4) slightly slender, 2.6 times longer than wide; and pronotum red, elytrae blueish-green head and pronotum green, elytrae red-purple Head: sculpture of frons (Fig. 21) very densely foveate- Head: sculpture of frons (Fig. 22) more sparsely foveolate reticulate</p> <p>Antennae (Fig. 3): scape 2.9 times longer than wide Antennae (Fig. 6): scape 3.1 times longer than wide Pronotum (Fig. 3) 1.6 times wider than long; lateral carina Pronotum (Fig. 6) 1.5 times wider than long; lateral carina (Fig. 28) complete, extending from laterobasal angle to (Fig. 29) incomplete, disappearing at 3/4 of lateral pronotal anterior pronotal margin length</p> <p>Elytral sculpture rough; lateral groove homogenously deep Elytral sculpture smoother; lateral groove flat on posterior 1/</p> <p>3</p> <p>Ventral surface (Figs. 2, 30): posterior end of central Ventral surface (Figs. 5, 31): posterior end of central metasternal suture distinctly divergent; metasternal sculpture metasternal suture not divergent; metasternal sculpture more distinctly, densely imbricate-areolate sparsely imbricate-foveate</p> <p>Legs: protibial carina of outer edge (Fig. 52) irregular but Legs: protibial carina of outer edge (Fig. 51) irregular, not emarginate distinctly emarginate apically</p> <p>Anal ventrite (Fig. 34) 1.6 times wider than long, lateral Anal ventrite (Fig. 35) 1.5 times wider than long, lateral margins straight, apex more deeply notched margins weakly arched, apex feebly notched</p> <p> <b>Bionomy and distribution</b>. The only known specimen of <i>A. simandli</i> <b>sp. nov</b>. is a female found in a narrow valley (Fig. 60) about 25 km southeast of Dorud, in the Lorestan province. According to this single topotypical locality, this new species is tentatively classified in the W-Iranian endemic chorotype (Vigna Taglianti <i>et al.</i> 1999).</p> <p> The specimen was caught on a decorticated area of a trunk of <i>Salix</i> already showing a number of large exit holes, probably of Cerambycidae (Simandl, pers. comm.), and it was apparently probing the wood, in search of a suitable place to lay eggs. This behaviour suggests that <i>Salix</i> most probably represents a host-plant for this new species, as this is a host for its closest relative <i>A. magnifica</i>. Since the type of riparian habitat in which it was collected is commonly found in the whole country, and is not well studied, I expect this new species to be more common than a single record would suggest.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. <i>A. simandli</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is dedicated to my friend Jiri Simandl (České Budĕjovice, Czech Rep.), the first collector of this magnificent species.</p>Published as part of <i>Baiocchi, Daniele, 2013, The Anthaxia (Anthaxia) manca (Linnaeus, 1767) species-group in Iran, with description of a new species and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 455-481 in Zootaxa 3613 (5)</i> on pages 462-466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/247248">http://zenodo.org/record/247248</a>
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) nabataea Baiocchi & Magnani, 2013, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Haplanthaxia</i>) <i>nabataea</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1,3,4,5,6,7,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,27)</p> <p> <b>Description of the male holotype</b> (Fig. 1). Body slightly wedge-shaped, strongly convex. Length: 5.6 mm; maximum width behind the humerus: 2.1 mm; length to width ratio: 2.6 times longer than wide. Dorsal colouration golden bronze, slightly brighter on head and pronotum; clypeus, lower part of frons and anterior angles of pronotum with slight greenish lustre; ventral surface (Fig. 3) bronze with strong greenish tinge; legs bronze, with a slight greenish lustre on dorsal part of protibiae.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 5) slightly wider than anterior pronotal margin; eyes large, slightly projecting beyond outline of head; vertex flat, 0.5 times as wide as width of head; frons (Fig. 11) wide, very slightly depressed in middle, covered with recumbent yellowish pubescence; inner ocular margins slightly divergent on lower 1/3, subparallel in middle, moderately convergent on the vertex; sculpture of frons foveate-reticulate well defined only in central part of upper 1/2, consisting of very shallow cells with more obvious borders, slightly microreticulate bottom and large central grain; sculpture of remaining area consisting of hardly distinguishable cells merged in a widely diffused microsculpture, with cell borders becoming nearly indistinct; fronto-clypeal area slightly depressed; clypeus weakly protruding, sculpture slightly deeper, densely foveolate, anterior margin weakly arched.</p> <p>Antennae (Fig. 5) slightly longer than pronotal length in midline; antennomeres not flattened; scape stout, moderately long, club-shaped, strongly convex on inner margin; pedicel short, pyriform, as long as wide; antennomere 3 slightly longer than 2, weakly sub-conical; antennomeres 4–10 sub-trapezoidal, strongly transverse; last antennomere sub-rhomboidal.</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 5) transverse, 1.5 times wider than long, widest in anterior 1/3, strongly convex, slightly flattened along midline; anterior margin weakly bisinuate, median lobe rather narrow, strongly pronounced; lateral margins subparallel in basal 2/3, abruptly narrowed in anterior 1/3; posterior margin feebly arched backward in middle; lateroposterior angles slightly obtuse; lateroposterior depressions rather deep, transversally extended; sculpture areolate, shallow; sculpture of mid discal area consisting of irregular sub-round cells, with shiny bottom and eccentric grain; lateral sculpture partly consisting of a series of slightly oblong and contiguous cells, arranged in longitudinal, inconspicuous sequences; sculpture of laterobasal corners more regularly polygonal; pronotal pubescence whitish, thin, short and recumbent.</p> <p>Scutellum (Fig. 5) sub-trapezoidal, slightly vaulted, finely microreticulate.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 1) slightly wedge-shaped, 1.9 times longer than wide, widest behind the humerus, slightly narrowed at midlength, rectilinearly taperered and strongly costulate on distal 1/3, till the separately rounded apices; basal transverse depressions shallow, nearly reaching the scutellum; humeral swellings moderately developed; a well relieved callosity present on each elytron between humeral swellings and suture; wide central depression at basal 1/3; suture strongly raised on apical 1/4; lateral grooves wider and weakly serrated in apical 1/ 3; epipleura sub-parallel, disappearing before apex; superficial sculpture rather rough, irregularly imbricatepuncticulate.</p> <p>Ventral surface (Fig. 3). Anterior margin of prosternum straight; prosternal process wide, with sub-parallel lateral margins; posterior end of central metasternal suture widely divergent for a very short distance; all trochanters unarmed; sculpture of prosternum areolate, irregular, consisting of very shallow cells with small setigerous grain, slightly lengthened on the prosternal process, transversely stretched along anterior margin; sculpture of metasternum areolate-foveate, consisting of sub-round cells with fine central grain; metacoxal plates irregularly sculptured, with small cells mostly turning into simple punctures; abdominal sculpture widely imbricate-variolate, very shallow, with small setigerous pores; anal ventrite (Fig. 13) moderately depressed along the slightly raised, serrated lateral margins, apex smooth, sub-round; whole ventral surface covered with short, whitish, recumbent pubescence, denser laterally and on anal ventrite.</p> <p>Legs. Protibiae (Fig. 21) weakly bent, with smooth, densely pubescent inner margins; protarsomere 1 slightly longer than each of 2 and 3, tarsomere 4 as long as 1 and shorter than 5; mesotibiae with inner margin slightly sinuate, weakly serrated on apical 1/3; mesotarsomere 1 slightly longer than each of 2, 3 and 4, tarsomere 5 longer than 4; metatibiae (Fig. 19) rather flattened, sub-parallel, inner margin weakly serrated on distal 1/2; metatarsomere 1 longer than 2 and as long as 3 and 4 together, tarsomere 5 longer than 4; in the meso- and metatibiae the whitish pubescence is distally mixed with stout dark bristles; claws robust, light brown with darker tips.</p> <p>Aedeagus (Fig. 6) slender, subcylindrical, 7.5 times longer than wide, basal 1/2 subparallel; phallobase representing 1/4 of the total length; parameres more strongly chitinised, weakly narrowed before the slightly sinuate, sharply pointed apex (Fig. 15); apical part of inner margin straight; setigerous areas oblong, narrow, located on lateral sides of the apex, bearing long setae; median lobe (Fig. 7) narrow, subparallel, about 14 times longer than wide, rather convex at midlength, strongly chitinised in anterior 1/3; basal apodemes extending for more than 1/3 of the total length; pre-apical part with fine, irregular, laterodorsal serration; apex (Fig. 17) smooth, acute, strongly bent upward.</p> <p> <b>Variation</b>. Small to medium size species (3.8–7.5 mm); body subparallel to slightly wedge-shaped; the size of males ranges from 5.5 mm x 2.0 mm, to 7.0 mm x 2.6 mm (holotype: 5.6 mm x 2.1 mm), while the females vary from 3.8 mm x 1.4 mm, to 7.5 mm x 2.9 mm (allotype: 5.5 mm x 2.1 mm); females lack the greenish frontal lustre, and differ from males also in the smooth inner margin of meso- and metatibiae, and the more acutely shaped anal ventrite; in some males the greenish frontal lustre may be reduced or even absent; although rather constant, the overall colouration of both sexes can sometime turn to greenish bronze, and in few specimens, mostly females, the tone is more reddish; the lateroposterior pronotal depressions may occasionally be deeper, and in some of the male specimens, including the holotype, the head is slightly wider than the anterior pronotal margin, and meso- and metatibiae tend to be slightly bent inwards.</p> <p>Ovipositor: (Fig. 27).</p> <p> <b>Specimens studied.</b> The following specimens were studied to compare <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> with the most similar species.</p> <p> <b> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> sp. nov.</b> : holotype 3: Jordan (Tafilah prov.), 650 m, Wadi Araba - road 60 Feifa- Tafila km 15, 21.III.1998 G. Magnani leg. / ex larva <i>Astragalus</i> sp. 8.VII.1998 (GMCC); allotype Ƥ: Jordanien CW, Al Karak env., 16.4.2002, lgt. V. Křivan (DBCR); paratypes: Jordan (Tafilah prov.). 650 m, Wadi Araba - road 60 Feifa-Tafila km 15, 21.III.1998 G. Magnani leg. / ex larva <i>Astragalus sp.</i> 18.VI.– 10.VII.1998 (25 exx., GMCC, DPPAJ); Jordanien CW, Al Karak env., 16.4.2002, lgt. M. Snížek (10 33 3 ƤƤ, DBCR, MKCN, VKCP); Jordanien CW, Al Karak env., 16.4.2002, lgt. V. Křivan (433 2ƤƤ, DBCR, MSCL); Jordan—Tafila, dint. Dana m. 1.500, G. Sama leg., 13/ 16.V.1999 / ex larva <i>Astragalus spinosus</i> (Forssk.) 2.V.1999 (13, GMCC), 24.V.1999 (13, GMCC), 29.V.1999 (14 exx., GMCC), 2. VI.1999 (2 exx., GMCC); Jordan (Tafilah prov.). 650 m, Wadi Araba - road 60 Feifa-Tafila km 15, 21.III.1998 D.Baiocchi leg. / ex larva <i>Astragalus</i> sp. 30.IV-17.V.1998 (1733 20ƤƤ, DBCR, ALCR, FICO, DGCC, ZIN, SBCP, IRSNB, MGCR, MNHN, NMPC, SBCP); SW Jordanien / Prov. Tafila, Wadi Dana, ca 200 m h auf Dornstrauch, M.Ringler leg. 0 4.05.2006 (131Ƥ, HMCM); Jordan, Tafilah, 30°51,39’ N 35°32,78’ E, ex larva 2012, M. Kafka lgt. (3433 36ƤƤ, MKCN, DBCR); JORDANIE - Dana, N30.68236 / E35.61434 / 1305 m, 0 5.06.2011 leg. C. Monnerat (1Ƥ, MNCA); CW JORDAN, Tafilah, 6 km NW Altafila, ex larva, 30°51’30”N 35°32’41”E, 4.5.2012 lgt. R. Rejzek (1533 18ƤƤ, RRCP, DBCR); CW JORDAN, Tafilah, 6 km NW Altafila, 900m., 30°51ʹ30ʺN 35°32ʹ41ʺE, 4.5.2012, lgt. M. Škorpík [adults in pupal cell in <i>Astragalus</i> sp., M. Škorpík pers. comm.] (633 7ƤƤ, MSCL).</p> <p> <b> <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) nabataea</i> sp. nov. <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) gedrosiana</i> Bílý, 1983</b> </p> <p>Body (Fig. 1) slightly duller, bronze, often with golden- Body (Fig. 2) with more brilliant appearance, golden-green coppery lustre to reddish bronze</p> <p>Head (Fig. 5). Eyes large; lower part of inner ocular margins Head (Fig. 8). Eyes slightly smaller; lower part of inner more divergent, not particularly pubescent; frons (Fig. 11) ocular margin subparallel, more densely pubescent; frons wide, 0.65 times as wide as total width of head; sculpture of (Fig.12) slightly wider, 0.7 times as wide as total width of frons well defined only on central part of upper 1/2, with head; sculpture of frons areolate and better defined on upper remaining parts rather unclear, consisting of widely diffused 1/2, consisting of sub-rounded cells with rather shiny microsculpture and poorly distinct cell borders; bottom, central grain, and finely microsculptured frontoclypeal area more deeply depressed; clypeus distinctly interspaces; in lower 1/2 the sculpture turns more foveateprotruding forward; frontal pubescence yellowish, rather reticulate and largely microsculptured; frontoclypeal area translucent and slightly shorter very shallowly depressed; clypeus scarcely prominent, almost flat; frontal pubescence somewhat longer and more evident</p> <p>Antennae (Fig. 5) somewhat more robust, antennomeres Antennae (Fig. 8) less robust, antennomeres slender; scape thicker; scape stout, proportionally shorter; antennomeres 4– slender, proportionally longer; antennomeres 4–10 as long 10 wider than long as wide</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 5) more transverse, on average 1.5 times Pronotum (Fig. 8) slightly less transverse, on average 1.45 wider than long; anterior margin weakly bisinuate, central times wider than long; anterior margin strongly bisinuate, lobe rather narrow, well developed; pronotal sculpture central lobe wide, strongly pronounced; pronotal sculpture regularly areolate on mid disc; lateral sculpture partly more confusedly areolate on mid disc; lateral sculpture consisting of series of slightly oblong and contiguous cells, largely consisting of series of strongly lengthened and arranged in rather inconspicuous longitudinal sequences; contiguous cells, arranged in obvious longitudinal lateroposterior depressions rather deep, transversal sequences; lateroposterior depressions wide, shallow Elytra (Fig. 1) sub-parallel, slightly wedge-shaped; lateral Elytra (Fig. 2) strongly wedge-shaped; lateral elytral groove elytral groove wider in distal 1/2; elytral sculpture rather homogenously narrow, parallel; elytral sculpture finer rough</p> <p>Legs proportionally shorter, somewhat thicker; male inner Legs proportionally longer, more slender; male inner protibial margin smooth (Fig. 21); inner margin of male protibial margin feebly but distinctly serrated on apical part meso- and metatibiae feebly serrated on distal part; male (Fig. 22); inner margin of male meso- and metatibiae with metatibia proportionally wider, moderately enlarged at apex clearly visible denticulation on distal part; male metatibiae (Fig. 19); meso- and metatibial pubescence of both sexes slender, with strong inner apical spur (Fig. 20); meso- and sparse, whitish, distally mixed with dark stout bristles metatibial pubescence of both sexes very scant, fully</p> <p>yellowish</p> <p>Aedeagus. Apex of parameres very sharply pointed, with Aedeagus. Apex of parameres not so sharp, with apical part apical part of inner margin straight (Fig. 15). Median lobe of inner margin distinctly, shallowly notched (Figs. 16, 25). with apex smoothly tapered, acutely pointed (Fig. 17), Median lobe with apex sub-trapezoidal (Figs. 18, 25), strongly bent upward; latero-dorsal denticulation irregular; slightly bent upward; latero-dorsal denticulation regular; basal apodemes longer, extending for 1/3 of the total length basal apodemes shorter, extending for 1/4 of the total length (Fig. 7) (Fig. 10)</p> <p> <b> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> Bílý, 1983</b> : holotype 3: SE. Iran, Rask, vall. riv. Sarbaz 3– 4.4.1973, loc. no. 146. Coll. Nat. Mus., Prague, cat. no. 26651 (NMPC); paratype 3: SE. Iran, 25 km W. Ghasre-ghand, 9– 10.4.1973, loc. no. 153 (NMPC); non typical specimens: SE Iran, 1– 2.4.1973, env. Sarbaz, valley of river Sarbaz / Loc. no. 145, Exped. Nat. Mus. Praha (13, NMPC); SE Iran, Ziarat, 23 km NWN Bila’i, 14– 15.5.1977 / Loc. no. 330, Exped. Nat. Mus. Praha (13, DBCR); IRAN, Baluchestan, Bampur, ex larva 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, M. Kafka (various ex., MKCN, DBCR, GMCC, VKCP, SBCP); Iran, Hormozgan prov., 4 km NNE Hosagan (N Bandarabbas), 30.IV.2002 P. Kabatek leg. (13, MSCL); Iran, Kerman prov., Deh Bakri (Bam) 7–12.V.2004 S. Prepsl leg. (13, SPCV); IRAN (Hormozgan), env. Genu, 70 m, 27°26’N 56°19’E, 19–22.IV.06 D.Baiocchi leg. [beating of <i>Acacia</i> sp.] (1Ƥ, DBCR).</p> <p> <b> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>sagartiana</i> Baiocchi & Magnani, 2011</b> : holotype 3: Iran, Ispahan [Eşfahān], R. Bénard 1966 / ouest Na-in [Nāīn] 3000 m / Juin (NMPC); allotype Ƥ: Deh Bala, Yezd [Yazd], Persia, 31.VII.35, 9000 ft, Coll. H.E.J.Biggs (NMPC).</p> <p> The holotype of <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is deposited in GMCC; allotype in DBCR; paratypes in ALCR, DBCR, DGCC, DPPAJ, FICO, GMCC, HMCM, IRSNB, MGCR, MKCN, MNCA, MOCB, MSCL, NMPC, RRCP SBCP, VKCP, ZIN.</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. Although <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> show a strong morphological resemblance, the overall colouration helps in separation, since <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> has a constant deep bronze colouration, while <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> is strongly variable and goes from completely bright green to dark reddish bronze, often with a different tone of pronotal and elytral colouration. Despite this different dorsal colouration, it may occasionally be difficult to separate females of these two species, though they are easily differentiated by a distinctive character in meso- and metatibial pubescence; moreover the anal ventrite of <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> is usually more roundly shaped than in <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, which has a more acute apex. Additional highly distinctive and reliable characters are also found in male genitalia. All the characters that differentiate <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> from <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> are listed in Table 1.</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>sagartiana</i> is currently only known from a single pair of specimens, and a complete evaluation of its intraspecific variability is therefore not possible, though the species is easily separated from the other two by its homogenous areolate pronotal sculpture (Baiocchi & Magnani 2011: Fig. 11).</p> <p> <b>Bionomy and distribution.</b> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is the only representative of its species-group known to develop in <i>Astragalus</i> species, although <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>sagartiana</i> is also suspected to develop in the same plant, differing from <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>gedrosiana</i> that was reared by our collegue M. Kafka (pers. comm.) on <i>Calotropis procera</i> (Ait.) R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae), from Bampur, in south-eastern Iran (first hostplant record). A further interesting species that was also reared from <i>Astragalus</i> sp. in the same area of <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is <i>Anthaxia (Anthaxia) amasina</i> ssp. <i>maceki</i> Bílý, 1980, a new species for Jordan (Bílý 1997, 2006; Katbeh Bader 1996).</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> represents the westernmost species of the <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>winkleri</i> species-group and at present it seems to be endemic to Jordan, though likely to be found also in southern Israel and in the Arabian Peninsula. With regard to this possibility, an unidentified specimen of <i>Anthaxia</i> that might be referred to this species, is reported in a recent study of the fauna of U.A.E. (Bílý <i>et al.</i> 2011). If its identity is confirmed, and the presence of this new taxon is also confirmed from the Arabian Peninsula, it is possible to hypothesize that this interesting complex of species, ancestrally originated in the Makran area, across the Arabian Sea. More than 10000 years ago, before of the so called “megafloods”, the catastrophic inundations that occurred at the end of the latest glacial period, the area currently regarded as the Persian Gulf was an entirely dry basin, a fertile lowland crossed by the Tigris-Euphrates rivers, and represented a natural route through which many middle eastern species have expanded their distribution westwards. Similar patterns of distribution are found also in other relatively closely related species as <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) iranica</i> (Richter), 1949 and <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) pinda</i> Bílý & Baiocchi, 2009 (Bílý & Baiocchi 2009; Bílý <i>et al.</i> 2011), or in the distribution of <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) roxana</i> Bílý, 1983 (Bílý 1983; Bílý <i>et al.</i> 2011). Nevertheless, since the actual distribution of this new species is still far from being well known, for the time being we will tentatively assign <i>A.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> to the Arabian chorotype (Vigna Taglianti <i>et al.</i> 1999).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>nabataea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is named after the Nabateans, an ancient Arabic people that settled in the area of Petra, in southwestern Jordan, from the seventh century B.C.</p>Published as part of <i>Baiocchi, Daniele & Magnani, Gianluca, 2013, Description of a new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Jordan, with notes on the Anthaxia winkleri species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), pp. 374-384 in Zootaxa 3637 (3)</i> on pages 375-383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/217593">http://zenodo.org/record/217593</a>
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) oberthuri Baiocchi & Magnani 2018, stat. nov.
No full text<i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>oberthuri</i> Schaefer, 1938 stat. nov. <p>(Figs. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 84, 85, 88, 90, 91, 100, 105, 113, 118, 121, 126, 131, 136)</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>oberthuri</i> Schaefer, 1938 <b>stat. nov.</b> (by present change in rank; originally described as <i>Anthaxia midas oberthuri</i>): 206, 208, 209, 281. Type locality: [France] “Forét de la Sainte Baume, Var” [subsequent designation by Cobos (1986: 164)].</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia midas oberthuri</i>: Schaefer, 1939: 218 (faunistics); 1940: 23‒25 (faunistics); Théry, 1942: 90 (monograph); Peyerimhoff, 1948: 72 (faunistics); Schaefer, 1950: 22, 244, 268, 269, 487, Table XIV, Figs 274, 275 (faunistic catalogue; taxonomy; biology); Hervé, 1953: 563 (biology); 1957: 820, 823 (Fig.) (faunistics, biology); Baudon, 1957: 251 (faunistics, taxonomy); Schaefer, 1957a: 127 (faunistics); 1957b: 128, 129 (biology); 1959: 228 (faunistics); 1963: 19 (faunistics; biology); Cassola, 1968: 30, 31 (faunistics); Schaefer, 1970: 78‒79 (faunistics); Baudon, 1978: 98 (faunistics); Moraguès & Ponel, 1984: 15 (faunistics); Angelini, 1987: 36 (faunistics); Pupier, 1993: 35 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistics); Curletti, 1994: 94, 228 (Fig. 77), 269, 277, 296, 298 (faunistic catalogue); Clavier, 1994: 348 (faunistics); Sparacio, 1997: 53, 54 (Fig. 59) (faunistic catalogue); Muñoz <i>et al</i>., 1999: 199 (faunistics); Gobbi, 2002: 45 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistics); Sabella & Sparacio, 2004: 495 (biology).</p> <p> <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>Anthaxia</i>) <i>midas oberthuri</i>: Schaefer, 1971: 283 (faunistics; biology); Magnani & Sparacio, 1985: 104, 106, 108 (faunistics; biology); Cobos, 1986: 62, 164, 309, 355, Table XXIX, Figs. 168, 169 (faunistic catalogue; taxonomy); Gobbi, 1986: 220, 254 (Biology); Gobbi, 1993a: 50, 71 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistics); 1993b: 77 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistics); Gobbi, in Gobbi & Platia, 1995: 14 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistic catalogue); Bílý, 1997: 28, 98, 150 (catalogue); Arnaiz Ruiz <i>et al</i>., 2001: 114, 145 (map 29) (faunistics); 2002: 50, 73 (Fig.81) (faunistics); Curletti, 2005: CD-ROM: species code nr. 0 52.117.0.014.0.002 (<i>oberthueri</i> [sic!] incorrect subsequent spelling) (faunistic catalogue); Murria Beltrán & Murria Beltrán, 2005: 10, 22 (faunistics); Verdugo Páez, 2005: 118, 119 (map), 308 (Fig. A) (faunistic catalogue); Bílý, 2006: 372 (catalogue); Sakalian, 2007: 13 (taxonomy); Bellamy, 2008: 1426, 1440 (catalogue); Izzillo, 2010: 3, 4 (Fig. 1), 5 (faunistics); Murria Beltrán & Murria Beltrán, 2010: 503, 504, 505 (Figs 7‒8) (faunistics; taxonomy); Petitprêtre & Marengo, 2011: 93, 185 (faunistic catalogue); Izzillo, 2013: 223 (faunistics); López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412 (faunistics); Kubáň <i>et al</i>., 2016: 499 (catalogue).</p> <p> Unavailable name: <i>Anthaxia midas</i> ab. <i>fagniezi</i> Schaefer, 1933: 100 (taxonomy); 1938: 206, 208, 210, 281 (faunistic catalogue); Obenberger, 1938: 193 (taxonomy); Théry, 1942: 90, 91 (monograph); Schaefer, 1950: 268, 269, 270, 487 (faunistic catalogue; taxonomy; biology); 1971: 283 (faunistics; biology); Cobos, 1986: 164 (faunistic catalogue; taxonomy); Bílý, 1997: 133 (catalogue); Bellamy, 2008: 1426 (catalogue).</p> <p> Unavailable name: <i>Anthaxia midas oberthuri</i> ab. <i>massanensis</i> Schaefer, 1968: 76 (faunistics); 1971: 283 (faunistics; biology).</p> <p> <b>Type specimens studied.</b> <i>A. midas oberthuri</i>: lectotype by present designation (♂, MNHN: Figs. 31, 32; original labelling: Fig. 33); paralectotypes: [h] Foret de la Massane, Pyr. Or.le 8/7 // [p] Ex Musaeo V.Mayet 1909 (1♀ DBCR); [p] SAINTE-BAUME (Var) [h] 26.5.1931 [p] L. Schaefer leg. (1♀ SBCP); [h] S te Baume (Var) 25.6.32 [p] L. Schaefer // [h] renoncule (1♂ DBCR); [p] SAINTE-BAUME (Var) [h] 9.6.34 [p] L. Schaefer (4♂♂3♀♀ MNHN; 1♂ DBCR); same data, 24.5.36 (8♂♂4♀♀ MNHN; 4♂♂1♀ DBCR; 1♀ NMPC); 6.6.36 (2♂♂ MNHN); 29.5.37 (4♂♂ MNHN); <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>A</i>.) <i>midas</i> ab. <i>fagniezi</i>: syntype (♂, MNHN: Figs. 37, 38; original labelling: Fig. 39); <i>Anthaxia</i> (<i>A</i>.) <i>midas oberthuri</i> ab. <i>massanensis</i>: holotype by monotypy (♂, MNHN: Figs. 34, 35; original labelling: Fig. 36).</p> <p> <b>Additional material studied. Algeria</b>: ALGERIA—Tizi Ouzou, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1200, 2/3.VI.1986, G. Magnani leg. (2♂♂1♀ GMCC; 1♀ DBCR); ALGERIA—KABYLIE, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani (27♂♂14♀♀ GMCC; 2exx. FICN; 2♂♂3♀♀ SBCP; 5♂♂ VKCB; 3♂♂1♀ DBCR; 1♂1♀ MNCA; 1ex. MKCN); ALGERIA—KABYLIE, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani // ex larva, ACER OBTUSADUS, sfarfallato il, III.81 (2♂♂ GMCC); ALGERIA—KABYLIE, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani // ex larva, ACER OBTUSADUS, sfarfallato il, IX.80 (3♂♂ GMCC); ALGERIA—KABYLIE, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani // ex larva, ACER OBTUSADUS, sfarfallato il, 7.XII.80 (1♂ GMCC); ALGERIA—KABYLIE, Ft. d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani // ex larva, ACER OBTUSADUS, sfarfallato il, IV.81 (1♀ GMCC); ALGERIA— KABYLIE, Foret d' Akfadou m 1000, 4/7.VI.1980, G. Sama—G. Magnani // ex larva, ACER OBTUSADUS, IV.81 (1♀ GMCC). <b>Morocco</b>: MAROC—Rif Occid., Jeb. Tazaot m. 1600, G. Magnani // Ex larva, Acer sp., 1.XI.91 (1♂ GMCC); MA[ROCCO] N[orth], Rif Mts., 5 km NE, Tamorote [Tamorot], les <i>Cedrus</i>, roztroušeně <i>Acer</i>, <i>Quercus</i>, 34°57’55’’N 4°43’55.6’’W, 8.V.2015 leg. David Frank (2♂♂ DFCP, 1♂ DBCR); Morocco—Rif mts., Bab Besene, 8.5.2015, 34.966411,‒4.731699, cedar forest lgt. O. Konvička (1♂ DFCP); MAROCCO. MEDIO ATLANTE, (Fes) Mischliffen, m 2000 ca. 17.V.1979, Audisio P. lg. (1♀ DBCR); Marocco, 15‒5‒1980, Medio Atlante, Azrou 1600m, Leg. D. Gianasso (1ex. DGCC); Marocco, 22‒5‒1981, Azrou, Medio Atlante, Leg. D. Gianasso (2exx. DGCC); MAROC Moyen Atlas, Ain Leuh m 1700, 22.V.85, G. Magnani leg. (7♂♂1♀ GMCC; 1♂1♀ DBCR); same data, Sama leg. (2♂♂ GMCC; 2♂♂ DBCR); MAROC MOYEN ATLAS, Ain Leuh m 1700, 26/27‒V‒82, G. Curletti—G. Magnani (4♂♂1♀ GMCC); MOROCCO C., 10 km NE, of Azrou, 1680 m a.s.l., 33°28’N, 05°09’w, 17.v., T. Růžička lgt. 2010 (1♂ NMPC; 1♂ VKCB); Azrou (20 km S), 33°20'N 05°35'W, 1750 m, 23.iv.2009, E.+P. Hajdaj leg. (1♀ VKCB); Azrou, 17.iv.1989 (1♀ SBCP); Ain Leuh, 26.v.1982 (1♀ SBCP); Ifrane, vi.1943 (1♀ SBCP). <b>Spain</b>: Requesens GI, 19/5/97 660 m, Soler & Muñoz (2♂♂1♀♀ JSCG; 1♂1♀ DBCR); LA JUNQUERA, GIRONA—ESPAÑA, J. SOLER LEG. (2♂♂2♀♀ LTCZ); ESPAÑA, Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, (30SWH11) 15/ 20‒06‒2015 Marcos A. López Vergara leg. (2♀♀ MLCJ); same data, 28‒10‒2015 (2♂♂ MLCJ); same data, 8‒11‒2015 (1♀ MLCJ); ESPAÑA, Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, (30SWH11) M. López leg. // Ex <i>Acer opalus granatense</i> [different dates of emergence] 13/28‒03‒2016 (27♂♂14♀♀ MLCJ; 2♂♂2♀♀ DBCR; 1♂1♀ ACCJ; 1♂1♀ MBCC; 1♂1♀ GNCS; 1♂1♀ JRCG; 1♂1♀ PCCS). <b>France</b>: AIGUINES, Forét de Marges, 14.V.1976, P.Berger leg.83 (1♂ MCLF); FRANCE (Var), Forèt d’Aiguines, June 1998, local collector (2♂♂ DBCR); Var, Aiguines, 25.v.1969 (1♂ SBCP); PLAN CANJUERS, VAR VI.57 (1♂ DBCR); La S. Baume al. 900, Forêt, rte du S. Pilon, Var 5.6.1946 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (1♀ DBCR); La S. Baume, Forêt, rte du S. Pilon al. 900, Var 25.5.1950 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (2♂♂1♀ DBCR); La S. Baume, Forêt, rte du S. Pilon al. 760, Var 25.5.1950 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (1♂ DBCR); La S. Baume, Forêt, rte du S. Pilon al. 900, Var 31.5.1946 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (3♂♂1♀ DBCR); La S. Baume, rte du S. Pilon al. 870, Var 12.6.1951 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (1♂ DBCR); La S. Baume, Forêt, rte du S. Pilon al. 900, Var 1.6.1946 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (3♂♂ DBCR); La S. Baume, Forêt, rte de la Grotte al. 890, Var 31.5.1946 (+ two labels with weather conditions) (1♂1♀ DBCR); Ste BAUME, P. Veyret // COLL. A. JUNG, 1984 (underside of insect label: Ste. B., 24/V, 1954) (1♀ DBCR); SAINTE—BAUME, VAR // COLL A JUNG, 1984 (1♂1♀: underside of insect label: S. B, 25/V, 1954) (2♂♂3♀♀ DBCR); Ste Baume, Var. Madon (1♀ DBCR); Ste Beaume // 13720 (1♂ DBCR); Ste. Baume, R. Oberthur, Juin 1876 (1♂ DBCR); Ste Baume // Ex Musaeo GAMBEY 1892 (1♀ DBCR); Ste Baume // Ex Musaeo MAYET 1909 (1♀ DBCR); S. Baume // Coll. Jul. Moser (1♂ MFNB); Ste Baume (1♀ DBCR; 1♀ NMPC); Ste Baume, J. C. (1♂ DBCR); St. Baume // Abeille; (one ex. with separate label stating “Abeille”) (2♂♂1♀ NMPC); S.te Baume. ‒6, Mol. de Boissy (1♂ NMPC); Sainte Baume, E. Abeille (1♂ NMPC); Sainte Baume 20.iii.1900, Abeille de Perrin (1♀ VKCB); Sainte Baume, Pic (1♂ NMPC); Sainte Baume, 6., Mol. de Boissy (1♂ NMPC); Sainte Baume, (Var) 24.5.36, L. Schaefer (1♂ GGCR); Var, Sainte Baume (1♂2♀♀ NMPC); croesus, Ste Beaume (1♂ DBCR); croesus, Ste. Baume (1♂ NMPC); Ga. m., Var, 10.6.78, Sainte Baume, leg. Moragues (1♂ PBCK); Ga.m.Var M6, St.Pilon 76, leg.P.Brandl (2♂♂ PBCK); FRANCE, (Pyrénées Orientales), Forèt des Albères, 21.V.1994, local collector (2♀♀ DBCR); Pyrénées orientales, La Massane, 18.vi.1939, L. Schaefer leg. (1♂ NMPC); La Massane, P. Or. 18.6.39, L. Schaefer (1♀ NMPC; 3♂♂ DBCR); La Massane, (P. O.) 4.6.46, L. Schaefer (1♀ MCLF; 1♂ FTCR); La Massane, (P.O) 6.47, L. Schaefer // dét. L. Schaefer, A. Midas, oberthuri m. (1♀ FTCR); La Massane, (P.O) 6.1954, L. Schaefer // Anthaxia Midas, ssp. oberthuri Schaef. (1♂ PBCK); Massane, (P.O) 6.54, L. Schaefer // dét. L. Schaefer, A. Midas, ssp. oberthuri m. (1♂ DBCR); Massane, (P.O) 6‒54, L. Schaefer (1♂ DBCR); La Massane, (P.-O.) 6.60, L. Schaefer // Anth. Midas, oberthuri Schaef. (1♂ DBCR); La Massane, (P.-O.) 6.60, L. Schaefer // dét. L. Schaefer, A. Midas, oberthuri m. ♂ (1♂ PBCK); La Massane, (P.-O.) 6.60, L. Schaefer // dét. L. Schaefer, A. Midas, oberthuri Schaef. ♂ (1♂ FTCR); La Massane, (P.-O.) 6.1960, L. Schaefer (1♂ GGCR); La Massane, (P.-O.) 6, L. Schaefer (1♂ GGCR); La Massane, (P.O) 6.1963, L. SCHAEFER (1♂ MCLF); La Massane, (P. O.) 5.1965, L. Schaefer (1♂ IRSNB; 1♂1♀ M NCA; 3♂♂ FTCR; 1♀ DBCR); Massane, 5.65 // leg. Ferrero (1♂ MCLF); France—66, La Massane, 20.VI.1979 (1♂ HMCM); F.t de Lamassane, ‒66‒20.V.1977, Moragues (1♂ PBCK); Gallia / Pyr. or., Foret de la Massane, 1.VI.1977, leg. Feller (1♂ HMCM); Loc. La Massane Alt.—Dpt.66, Date: 30/06/82, H.Labrique (1♂1♀ MCLF); Ft La Massane, (66) 22.V.82, F. Ferrero (1♂ MCLF); same data, 3.VII.85 (1♀ MCLF); France/Pyrenees orient, Forest de la Massane, 05.07.97; C.Dolderer lgt. (2exx. MKCN); France/Pyrenees orient, Forest de la Alberes, ex.l., 0 4.05.95 C.Dolderer lgt. (1ex. MKCN); F-66 Forest du Alberes, 02.VII.1991, lgt. Guerroumi (2exx. MKCN); France—66, Ft. de Sorede, 2.VI.1975 (1♂ DBCR); Ft de Sorède, (66) 25.VI.84, F. Ferrero (1♀ MCLF); FRANCE, (Pyrènées-Orientales), Forēt de Sorède, 15. V. 2002 (1♂ SGCB); S. Frankreich (1ex. DGCC); Francia, La Massane, 20‒5‒1966, Leg. F. Ferrero (1ex. DGCC); same data, 6‒1970 (1ex. DGCC); same data, 3‒6‒1974 (1ex. DGCC); same data, 4‒6‒1974 (1ex. DGCC). <b>Italy</b>: ITALIA (Umbria), Sant'Anatolia di Narco, Gavelli, 1217m, 1.VI.2014 M. Luna leg. (1ex. MLCF); ITALIA (Umbria), Sant'Anatolia di Narco, Gavelli, 1170m, 19.V.2015 M. Luna leg. (1 ex. MLCF); LAZIO Filettino, Fiumata 4.VII.1965, Sorgenti F. Aniene, F. Cassola leg. (1♀ DBCR); Lazio (FR), NW Filettino, 41°54’13.3’’N 13°17’31.09’’E, 1000m VI.1970 M.Gigli leg. (1♀ MGCR); Lazio (FR), NW Filettino, 41°54’16.88’’N 13°17’17.37’’E, 1030m 2.VI.1985 M.Gigli leg. (8 exx. MGCR); LAZIO: Roma M.te Semprevisa, 1000m., 25.IV.2010, Leg. A. Degiovanni (1♂ DBCR); Italia Lazio Süd Mt. Semprevivo [=Semprevisa] ca. 1200 m 24‒05‒83 leg. Anton (1ex. MNCA); ITALY (Lazio) 1100m, SE of Carpineto Romano, 41°33'44.22''N 13°7'12.74'E, 26.V.2014 M. Gigli leg. (11♂♂2♀♀ DBCR; 1♂ JSCG; 1♂ PBCK; several exx. MGCR); ITALY (Lazio) 1100m, SE of Carpineto Romano, 41°33'44.22''N 13°7'12.74'E, 13.V.2015 D. Baiocchi leg. (22♂♂8♀♀ DBCR; 1♂ ALCB; 1♂ JLCH; 1♂ RKCK); same data, M. Gigli leg. (several exx., MGCR); same data, S. Bruschi leg. (9 exx, SBCR); ITALIA, Campania, Bagnoli Irpino (AV), dint. Lago Laceno, F. Izzillo leg. (various collecting dates) (17 exx., FICN; 1♂ DBCR); ITALIA, Campania, Castelcivita (SA) dint., strada della montagna, 9.VI.2012 I. Adamo leg. (1 ex., FICN; 1 ex. IACN); ITALIA— Abruzzo, (L’Aquila) Pereto 1400 m, 13.VII.2009 M. Gigli legit (1♂ DBCR); Frosinone, Finneta [unknown loc.], 2.vi.1989 (2♂♂ SBCP); ITALIA, Basilicata, Accettura (MT) dint., F.sta Gallipoli/Cognato, F. Izzillo leg. (various dates) (151 exx. FICN); ITALY (Basillicata) (Mt.) Accettura Foresta Gallipoli-Cognato, 600m, 11.v.2003 F.Izzillo lgt. (1♂ MOCO); ITALY (Basisliscata [=Basilicata]) Accettura m 600, forests Gallipoli-Cognato, 11.V.2003 F.Izzillo leg. (2exx. MKCN); ITALY (BASILISCATA [=Basilicata]), ACCETTURA, 19.V.2003 D. Baiocchi leg. (12 exx. MKCN); ITALY (Basilicata, MT prov.), NW Accettura 587 m., Gallipoli-Cognato Forest, 40°32’27’’N 16°06’09’’E, 13‒26.V.2002 F. Izzillo leg. (5♂♂ DBCR); [ITALY] Basilicata (PZ), Foresta Gallipoli Cognato, 40°32'47"N‒016°06'14"E, m 600, 14.VI.1997 Liberto leg. (1 ex. ALCR); same data, 5‒7.VI.2001 (15 exx. ALCR); same data, 12‒13.V.2002 (20 exx. ALCR); same data, 19.V.2004 (21 exx. ALCR); same data, 22.V.2005 (1 ex. ALCR); same data, 13.V.2006 (2 exx. ALCR); [ITALY] Basilicata (PZ), Foresta Gallipoli Cognato, Monte La Croccia, 40°32'24"N‒016°08'06"E, m 940, 12‒13.V.2002 Liberto leg. (4 exx. ALCR); ITALY (Basilicata, MT prov.), NW Accettura 587 m., Gallipoli-Cognato Forest, 40°32’27’’N 16°06’09’’E 11‒12.V.2003 D. Baiocchi leg. (32♂♂15♀♀, DBCR; 1♂ HMCM; 1♂1♀ PBCK); same data, F. Izzillo leg. (8♂♂4♀♀, DBCR); same data, M. Gigli leg. (several exx., MGCR); same data, 19‒20.V.2004 (3♂♂ DBCR); same data, 13.V.2006 (3♂♂ DBCR); same data, 8.V.2008 (7♂♂3♀♀ DBCR); same data, 18.V.2010 (5♂♂ DBCR; 1♂ HMCM); Basilicata, Accettura, foresta Gallipoli-Cognato, 11.‒12.v.2003 (2♂♂ SBCP); Basilicata (MT), Accettura, 19‒5,2004, Leg. F. Izzillo (5exx. DGCC); ITALY Lucania (PZ) Bosco di Accettura (Su Liguliflore), 750m, 22.iv.2010, Bollino lgt. (1♂ MOCO); ITALY (Puglia, FG prov.), Gargano—Mt. Sacro, G. Sama leg., ex larva <i>Acer</i> sp. 30.III.2000 (1♀ DBCR); Italia Appulia 750 m, Monte Gargano, Foresta Umbra, 4.v.1997, K. Hùrka leg. (1♂ NMPC); ITALY (Puglia, FG prov.), Foresta Umbra 800m, Passo del Lupo, V.2007 G. Sama leg., ex larva <i>Acer</i> sp. (1♀ DBCR); I—Puglia— Gargano m800, Foresta Umbra, e.l. sf. III‒2000 G. Sama leg. (2 exx. DGCC); Puglia (FG), M. Sacro, Leg. G. Sama // ex larva Acer sp. 3‒4‒2000 (1ex. DGCC); Mt. Gargano, 12.v.1968 (2♂♂2♀♀ SBCP); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra, Leg. G. Sama // ex larva, Acer sp., III. 89 (2♂♂ GMCC); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra, Leg. G. Sama // Ex larva, Acer sp., 3/89 (1♂ GMCC); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra m.600, leg. G. Sama / / Ex larva, Acer sp., 16.III.89 (4♂♂7♀♀ GMCC); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra, 21.IV.84 m.600, Leg. G. Magnani // Ex larva, Acer sp. (2♀♀ GMCC); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra, 21.IV.84 m.600, Leg. G. Magnani // Ex larva, Acer sp. VII.84 (1♂ GMCC); I—PUGLIA: Gargano, Foresta Umbra, 21.IV.84 m.600, Leg. G. Magnani // Ex larva, Acer sp. 21/30.IV.84 (1♂6♀♀ GMCC); Puglie—Gargano, F. Umbra, m.750, (Bosco delle Ginestre), V‒67 Clementi (1♀ GGCR); Puglia—Gargano, Foresta Umbra, m 700, 1.VI.72 Carpaneto (1♂ GGCR); Sicile, F. Tebaldi // midas, KSW // MUSEUM PARIS, Coll. L. BEDEL 1922 (1♂ DBCR); I—Sicilia Madonie, Piano Zucchi, 25‒28. IV.84 m. 1100, Leg. G. Magnani (1♂2♀♀ GMCC); Sicilia—Madonie, Piano Zucchi m 1300, 30.IV/2.V.86, G. Magnani leg. (3♂♂3♀♀ GMCC; 3♂♂ DBCR); Sicilia (Pa) Madonie, Piano Zucchi m.1300, 30.IV.86, G. Sama leg. (1♂ DBCR); SICILIA—Madonie, PIANO ZUCCHI, m.1100 (PA), 5.V.86 leg.I.SPARACIO (1♂1♀ DBCR).</p> <p> <b>Additional data from literature. Algeria</b>: Sétif: Calotte du Babor, 1800m. (Peyerimhoff, 1948: 72; Schaefer, 1950: 269; Cobos, 1986: 164). <b>Morocco</b>: Fès-Meknès: Atlas Medio (Cobos, 1986: 164); Ifrane, Fôret d’Azrou, canton de Bou-Jirih, 1690m. (Peyerimhoff, 1948: 72; Schaefer, 1950: 269; Kocher, 1956: 136; Baudon, 1957: 252); Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima: Tanger (Obenberger, 1925: 57). <b>Spain</b>: Álava: Igoroin, (Arnaiz <i>et al</i>., 2001: 114, 2002: 50; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412); Gerona: L’Albera, La Jonquera 500/700 m. (Alt Empordà, Girona) (Muñoz <i>et al</i>., 1999: 199; Arnaiz <i>et al</i>., 2001: 114; 2002: 50; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412); Pirineos Orientales (Fuente, 1930: 112); Huesca: Valle de Ansó (Murria Beltrán & Murria Beltrán, 2005: 10; 2010: 504; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412); Islas Baleares: Mallorca, Son Sardina (Tenenbaum, 1915: 85; Cobos, 1986: 164; Arnaiz <i>et al</i>., 2001: 114; 2002: 50; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412 [false data: wrong identification]); Navarra: Sierra de Andía (San Martin <i>et al</i>., 2000: 78; Arnaiz <i>et al</i>., 2001: 114; 2002: 50; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412); Tarragona: Ports Tortosa (Arnaiz <i>et al</i>., 2002: 50; López Vergara <i>et al</i>., 2015: 412). <b>France</b>: Alpes-Maritimes: Collongues (Schaefer, 1950: 269, 270; 1970: 78; 1971: 283; Pupier, 1993: 35); Bouches-du-Rhône: Arenc (Caillol, 1913; Schaefer, 1938: 210; 1950: 270; 1970: 78; 1971: 283; Clavier, 1994: 349); Drôme: Bois de Briores, Aucelon (Pupier, 1993: 35); Hérault: Gorges d’Heric (Schaefer, 1970: 78; 1971: 283); Var: Camp Jouers (Baudon, 1957: 252). <b>Italy</b>: Calabria: Sila, bosco Pirillo (CS) (Gobbi, 1993b: 77); Lazio: La Tolfa (Curletti, 1994: 95 [material not traced; data need confirmation]); Puglia: Ginestra (Gridelli, 1949: 171; Angelini, 1987: 36; Curletti, 1994: 94); Sardegna: (Bertolini, 1872: 117; Luigioni, 1929: 587; Porta, 1929: 892; Curletti, 1994: 95 [material not traced; data need confirmation]).</p> <p> <b>Morphology and variability.</b> The size of males ranges from 5.0 x 2.2 mm to 7.5 x 3.4 mm, while in females it r
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