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Thermo-hydro-chemical couplings considered in safety assessment of shallow tunnels subjected to fire load
No full textFire loading of concrete tunnel linings is characterized by various physical, chemical, and mechanical processes, resulting in spalling of near-surface concrete layers and degradation of strength and stiffness of the remaining tunnel lining. In this paper, the governing transport processes taking place in concrete at elevated temperatures are considered within a recently published fire-safety assessment tool [Savov K, Lackner R, Mang HA. Stability assessment of shallow tunnels subjected to fire load. Fire Safety J 2005; 40: 745-763] for underground structures. In contrast to consideration of heat transport only [Savov et al.], a coupled thermo-hydro-chemical analysis, simulating the heat and mass transport in concrete under fire loading, is performed, giving access to more realistic temperature distributions as well as gas-pressure distributions within the tunnel lining. These data serve as input for the structural safety assessment tool considering, in addition to the temperature dependence of mechanical properties, the effect of the gas pressure on the strength properties of the heated lining concrete. The combination of the two analysis tools (coupled analysis of governing transport processes and structural safety assessment) is illustrated by the fire-safety assessment of a cross-section of the Lainzer tunnel (Austria) characterized by low overburden (shallow tunnel)
A MAP kinase homolog, mpk-1, is involved in ras-mediated induction of vulval cell fates in Caenorhabditis elegans
No full textThe results showed that mpk-1 plays an important functional role as an activator in ras-mediated cell signalling in vivo in C. elegans..RE: 81 ref.; SC: CA; ZA; PE; 0TSource type: Electronic(1) http://upei-resolver.asin-risa.ca?sid=SP:CABI&id=pmid:&id=&issn=0890-9369&isbn=&volume=8&issue=2&spage=160&pages=160-173&date=1994&title=Genes%20and%20Development&atitle=A%20MAP%20kinase%20homolog%2c%20mpk-1%2c%20is%20involved%20in%20ras-mediated%20induction%20of%20vulval%20cell%20fates%20in%20Caenorhabditis%20elegans.&aulast=Lackner&pid=%3Cauthor%3ELackner%2c%20M%20R%3bKornfield%2c%20K%3bMiller%2c%20L%20M%3bHorvitz%2c%20H%20R%3bKim%2c%20S%20K%3C%2Fauthor%3E%3CAN%3E19942305511%3C%2FAN%3E%3CDT%3EJournal%20article%3C%2FDT%3
UBS M III 77 : [Gratulation an Fürsterzbischof Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn zum Namenstag]
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Hypocaccus (Nessus) curtus Lackner & Seres 2018, comb. nov.
No full textHypocaccus (Nessus) curtus (Rosenhauer, 1847) comb. nov. (Figs 32, 40–44, 46–54) Saprinus curtus Rosenhauer, 1847: 26 (original description). MARSEUL (1855): 751 (redescription). Saprinus (Hypocaccus) curtus: GANGLBAUER (1899): 389 (redescription). Hypocacculus (Nessus) curtus: REICHARDT (1932): 49, 122 (keyed, redescription, incl. pl. IV, fig. 9); REICHARDT (1941): 285, 300 (keyed, redescription, incl. fig. 147C). Saprinus puncticollis Küster, 1849: 30 (original description). MARSEUL (1855): 755 (redescription); BICKHARDT (1916): 96 (synonymy). Saprinus (Hypocaccus) puncticollis: GANGLBAUER (1899): 389 (redescription). Hypocacculus (Nessus) puncticollis: KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT (1976): 204, 213 (keyed, redescription); VIENNA (1980): 179, 181 (keyed, redescription, incl. fig. 64b); MAZUR (1984): 89 (catalogue); MAZUR (1997): 254 (catalogue); YÉLAMOS (2002): 320 (keyed, redescription, incl. fig. 157f); MAZUR (2004): 94 (catalogue); MAZUR (2011): 209 (catalogue); LACKNER et al. (2015): 118 (catalogue). Saprinus cribellaticollis Jacquelin du Val, 1858:99 (original description). Fauvel in GOZIS (1886): 202 (as synonym of Saprinus puncticollis). MARSEUL (1862): 509 (redescription). Saprinus (Hypocaccus) cribellaticollis: SCHMIDT (1885): 312 (keyed). Saprinus sicanus Marseul, 1862: 490 (original description, incl. pl. XVII, fig. 47). BAUDI DI SELVE (1864): 233 (as synonym of Saprinus puncticollis). Saprinus kuesteri Marseul, 1862: 715 (catalogue; unecessary replacement name for S. puncticollis Küster, 1849). Saprinus revisus Marseul, 1876: 39 (original description). BICKHARDT (1916): 97 (as synonym of Saprinus curtus). Type material examined. Saprinus curtus Rosenhauer, 1847. LECTOTYPE (present designation): ♁ (Fig. 40), originally pinned with pin-hole in its right elytron, mounted on a rectangular mounting card, right antennal funicle and left mesotarsus missing, genitalia extracted and disarticulated, glued to the same mounting card as the specimen, ‘curtus / Rosenh. [written] // Hungaria [written] // herbeus Mars. [written] // Ex Musaeo / Rosenhauer [black-margined, printed label] // pas synonime / d’Herbeus Mars. / Dr. Auzat 1917 [written-printed] // Hongrie / Ex-Musaeo / ROSENHAUER [printed] // Hypocacculus / (Nannolepidius) curtus / (Rosenhauer, 1847) / Dr. Auzat Dét. 1917 [printed] // Exemplaire provenant de la / collection Vauloger de Beaupré / Marcel (1862-1904) et inclus dans / la collection S. Risser en 2011 [black-margined, printed label] // Saprinus curtus / Rosenhauer, 1847 / LECTOTYPE / Des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, printed]’ (ZSM). Saprinus puncticollis Küster, 1849. LECTOTYPE (present designation): ♁ (Fig. 42), glued onto a rectangular mounting card, two left and three right mesotarsomeres missing, genitalia extracted, disarticulated and glued to the same mounting card as the specimen, ‘Typ! [written] // Cagliari / Dr. Küster [written] // puncticollis / Küst. [written] // Saprinus / curtus Rosenh. [written] // Saprinus puncticollis / Küster, 1849 / LECTOTYPE / Des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, printed]’ (ZSM). Saprinus cribellaticollis Jacquelin du Val, 1858. LECTOTYPE (present designation): ♀ (Fig.41), glued on a rectangular mounting card, both antennal funicles broken off; legs: except for right foreleg and left foretibia, all tibiae broken off; with the following labels:tiny, green rectangular label that is glued onto much larger translucent plastic mounting card (original mounting card of J. du Val) and tiny, red, quadrate label, followed by, ‘ Saprinus cribellaticollis / Jacquelin du Val, 1858 / LECTOTYPE / Des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, printed]’ (MNHN; coll. Jacquelin du Val). Saprinus sicanus Marseul, 1862. LECTOTYPE (present designation):♁ (Fig. 43), glued onto a rectangular mounting card, right antennal funicle, both protarsi, two segments of right mesotarsus, as well as both metatibiae missing, male genitalia extracted, disarticulated and glued onto the same mounting card as the specimen, with the following labels: small, square-shaped blue label, followed by, ‘ Saprinus / sicanus m. / Schaum ‘59 [round label, written] // 129c / Saprinus / sicanus m. / Sicile / Schm 679 [round label, written] // 47 (129c) Saprin / sicanus m60 / Sicil. [written] // MUSEUM PARIS / Coll. De Marseul / 2842-90 [printed] // TYPE [red-printed label; followed by: “ Saprinus sicanus / Marseul, 1862 / LECTOTYPE / Des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, printed]’ (MNHN). Saprinus revisus Marseul, 1876. LECTOTYPE (present designation): ♀ (Fig. 44), left antennal funicle, left protarsus, and left metatarsus missing, glued onto a rectangular mounting card, female genitalia extracted, glued to the same card as the specimen, ‘ Saprinus / revisus / rest of label illegible [round, blue label, written] // MUSEUM PARIS / Coll. / De Marseul 1890 [light-green label, printed] // TYPE [red-printed label] // Saprinus revisus / Marseul, 1876 / LECTOTYPE / Des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, printed]’ (MNHN). Additional material examined. ALGERIA: ANNABA: Bône [= Annaba], 1 ♀, coll. Dr. Buysson (MNHN; coll. Thérond); Bône [= Annaba], 1 ♁, Desbr. (MFNB). EGYPT: Egypt, no further data, 1 ♀, coll.Ancey, (MNHN; coll. Thérond). FRANCE: BOUCHES- DU- RHÔNE: Camargue, 2 ♁♁, L. Puel lgt., Auzat coll. (MNHN; coll. Thérond); Camargue, Vaccares, no date, 1 ♁, 29.v.1937, 1 ♁, J. Thérond lgt. (MNHN; coll. Thérond); Camargue, La Sauvage, 1.v.1928, 1 ♁, L. Puel lgt. (MNHN; coll. Thérond); St. Maries de la Mer, 18.vii.1922, 1 ♀, Dr. A. Chobaut lgt., coll.Dr.Auzat (MNHN; coll.Thérond). ITALY: SARDINIA: Cagliari, Saline di Stato, 10.v.1989, 1 ♁, 3 ♀♀, C. Meloni lgt. (1 ♁ in CTLA, 3 ♀♀ in MSNG); Stagno di Molentargius, 27.iii.1979, 1 ♁, C. Meloni lgt. (CPVV), 29.v.1988, 1 ♁, 1 ♀, C. Meloni lgt. (MSNG); Serdiana, 8.vi.2003, 6 ♁♁, 6 ♀♀, Fancello lgt. (MSNG); Molentargius, 31.i.1979, 1 ♁, C. Meloni lgt. (MSNG); Cagliari, Campo Santa Gilla, 28.iii.1983, 2 ♀♀, C. Meloni lgt.(MSNG). SICILY: Sicily, no further data, 1♁., 1 spec., Krtz. (MNHN); Sicilia, no further data, 1 ♀ (MFNB). LIBYA: TRIPOLI: Tripolis, no further data, 1 ♀ (MFNB). SPAIN: ANDALUSIA: Andalusia, no further data, 1♀ (MFNB). TUNISIA: TUNIS: Tunis, 1 spec., collector unknown, Reitter coll. (ZSM); Tint, i.–ii.1882, 1 ♁, G. & L. Doria lgt. (ZIN); Carthage, vii. 1914, 1♁, Novak lgt. (ZIN); Tunis, no further data, iv.[18]83, 1 ♁ (MFNB); Tunis, no further data, 6 ♁♁, 3 ♀♀ (MFNB); Tunis, ii.–iii.1882, 1♁, G. & L. Doria lgt. (MFNB); Radès, iv.1933, 1♁, M. Grossclaude (MNHN; coll. Thérond). SOUSSE: Sebkha Kelbia lake near Sousse, 8.iv.1962, 1 ♁, Cl. Besuchet lgt. (MSNG). Redescription. PEL: 1.60–2.00 mm; APW: 0.75–1.00 mm; PPW: 1.40–1.60 mm; EW: 1.50–1.75 mm; EL: 1.00–1.40 mm. Body (Fig. 40) oblong, oval, rather convex, cuticle dark-brown to black with faint to pronounced greenish hue; legs and antennal funicle light reddish-brown; antennal scape somewhat darker. Head: mandibles densely punctate dorsally; clypeus densely and coarsely punctate, almost rugose-lacunose, anterior margin slightly elevated; frontal disc with similar, if somewhat weaker punctation; occasionally this punctation is confluent and forms tiny rugae; frontal stria slightly outwardly arcuate, complete to reduced to interrupted medially, supraorbital stria well developed; eyes flattened, but visible from above. Basal third of frontal disc with irregular rounded glabrous area; occipital stria weak, but visible. Antennal scape somewhat darker than reddish antennal funicle, antennae similar to other species of the subgenus, sensory structures of the antennal club studied by DE MARZO & VIENNA (1982). Pronotum convex, lateral sides slightly narrowing anteriorly; anterior pronotal angles obtuse, marginal pronotal stria complete, its lateral portion observable in some cases from lateral view only. Entire pronotal disc covered with punctures separated by one to several times their diameter, punctation weakens medially. Scutellum very small, triangular. Elytra: elytral epipleuron impunctate, marginal epipleural stria complete, marginal elytral stria well developed, complete, continued as apical elytral stria for short distance. Humeral elytral stria well developed, present on basal elytral third; internal subhumeral stria present as a median fragment. Dorsal elytral striae 1–4 well developed, first the longest, slightly bisinuate, reaching approximately two-thirds of elytral length apically, occasionally even slightly longer, striae 2–4 shorter, reaching approximately elytral mid-length apically, while second stria may be longer than striae 3–4; fourth stria usually the shortest, formed in most cases of beads of punctures, stopping short of elytral mid-length apically. Fourth dorsal elytral stria usually not connected (connected in specimens that belong to form ‘ cribellaticollis ’) with the basal end of (in)complete sutural elytral stria, which is in punctures and can be basally shortened. Elytral punctation covers approximately apical half of elytral disc, slightly surpassing elytral mid-length basally, slightly and scatteredly entering elytral intervals in some specimens; punctation rather dense, punctures separated by approximately their own diameter. Basal elytral fifth, fourth elytral interval, elytral flanks and extreme elytral apex impunctate, or with scattered microscopic punctation only. Propygidium and pygidium: propygidium covered with punctation similar to that of elytra; pygidium with much finer and sparser punctation. Prosternum: prosternal process slightly to moderately concave (observed from lateral view); carinal prosternal striae carinate, divergent on prosternal apophysis, running convergent to sub-parallel to almost approximate apically; from mid-length of prosternal process slightly divergent anteriorly, apically united under tiny loop; interspaces between carinal prosternal striae with scattered punctures. Lateral prosternal stria strongly carinate, convergent apically, united in front of united carinal prosternal striae; lateral sides of prosternal process densely punctate; prosternal foveae moderately large, deep. Mesoventrite: disc of mesoventrite approximately three times as wide as long, with scattered punctures (occasionally almost glabrous); marginal mesoventral stria complete, slightly inwardly arcuate medially; meso-metaventral stria undulate, bisinuate, in punctures, slightly distanced from meso-metaventral suture medially. Metaventrite: disc of metaventrite apart from several rows of tiny punctures situated along basal margin entirely glabrous; lateral metaventral stria almost straight, slightly bisinuate, deeply impressed, in punctures, stopping short of metacoxa; lateral disc of metaventrite depressed, with large oval deep punctures separated by less than their diameter; metepisternum with similar punctation, punctures of smaller sizes than those of lateral disc of metaventrite. First visible abdominal ventrite striate laterally, with scattered fine punctation, occasionally almost impunctate. Legs: protibia (Fig. 32) on outer margin with 8–11 short to moderately long denticles diminishing in size proximally, protibial groove deep; rest of leg characters similar to preceding species. Male genitalia: sternite VIII (Figs 46–47) narrowing apically; sternite VIII and tergite VIII fused laterally (Fig. 48). Tergite IX medio-laterally with tiny acute projection (Figs 49–50). Spiculum gastrale (Figs 51–52) similar to other congeners. Aedeagus (Figs 53–54) almost subparallel, bluntly pointed apically. Distribution. Hungary (?), France, Italy: Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt. Biology. According to VIENNA (1980), who repeats THÉROND (1975), H. (N.) curtus is found under detritus in sand near the seacoast, where it was collected from near Suaeda sp. and Statice virgata W. plant roots. Remarks. The type specimen was part of Rosenhauer’s collection, which later became partly a part of R. Oberthür’s collection (A. Taghavian, pers. comm. 2017), currently housed in MNHN. The senior author has visited MNHN multiple times and failed to locate the type specimen(s) of this species in the collections of MNHN (including R. Oberthür’s collection). Mr. Serge Risser (Pleucadeuc, France) recently purchased the Histeridae collection of the late Marcel René Paul de Vauloger de Beaupré and published its contents in two separate papers (RISSER 2013a,b). When reading RISSER’ S paper (2013a) we were intrigued by a specimen identified as Hypocacculus (Nannolepidius !) curtus originating from Hungary and from ‘Musaeo Rosenhauer’. Mr. Risser was kind enough to send this specimen to one of us (T. L.). Having examined it as well as compared it to Rosenhauer’s original description we concluded that this is the long-lost type specimen of Rosenhauer’s species Saprinus curtus. This species was described based on an unspecified number of specimens and therefore we designate a lectotype to fix the species identity. Saprinus curtus has become a mystery practically since its description, which was, however, rather detailed and served the purpose well. The reason for this was probably the fact that the type specimen(s) were unavailable for comparison and perhaps also because no more specimens matching this species were ever reported from ‘Hungary’. Based on the description alone, BICKHARDT (1916) correctly synonymized the H. (N.) puncticollis (Küster, 1849) with H. (N.) curtus, which was also followed by REICHARDT (1932). MÜLLER (1937), however, doubted the two species are synonymous since the apical elytral stria in H. (N.) curtus reaches only mid-length of elytral apex, while, according to MÜLLER (1937) it is complete in H. (N.) puncticollis. Furthermore, MÜLLER (1937) advocated using Küster’s H. (N.) puncticollis as the valid (albeit not the earliest) name for this species and suggested, perhaps because of the incomplete description or the absence of the type material, that H. (N.) curtus was a dubious taxon. In the latest treatise on the Histeridae of the USSR (KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT 1976), which in fact included almost the entire Palaearctic fauna, Kryzhanovskij upheld MÜLLER’ S (1937) opinion, and the name Hypocaccus (Nessus) puncticollis gained priority. This was followed by MAZUR (1984, 1997, 2011) in all three editions of his world catalogue of the Histeridae as well as by the latest edition of the Palaearctic Catalogue by LACKNER et al. (2015). Having examined both type specimens as well as numerous non-type specimens we can conclude that the two species are synonymous, and the earlier described taxon (H. (N.) curtus) has the priority. Regarding external morphological variation of this species, see Remarks section of H. (N.) curtus . Saprinus puncticollis was described from a specimen found in Cagliari by Küster himself, as well as from specimen(s) brought by Mr. Handschuh from Cartagena (Spain) (KÜSTER 1849). The depository of the Spanish specimens is unknown and hence we designate the male specimen from Cagliari (Sardinia) as the lectotype to fix the identity of this taxon for purpose of synonymy. Saprinus cribellaticollis was described based on unknown number of specimens.A single specimen was located in the original collection of Jacquelin du Val, deposited in MNHN, under the label ‘ Saprinus cribellaticollis ’. Jacquelin du Val did not provide his specimens with any labels, but, according to the curator of Coleoptera in MNHN, A. Taghavian, he kept his types in his private collection. Therefore we presume that this specimen, which completely matches J. du Val’s description, is a syntype. The species was described based on an unknown number of specimens and therefore we designate the lectotype to fix the taxon identity for purpose of synonymy. Saprinus sicanus was described from Sicily (Italy) based on an unspecified number of specimens, therefore we designate the lectotype to fix the taxon identity for purpose of synonymy. Saprinus revisus was described from Algiers (Algeria) based on an unknown number of specimens, therefore we designate the lectotype to fix the taxon identity for purpose of synonymy. The type of S. curtus was found in mid-19 th century ‘Hungary’. This vague locality could refer to anywhere in the former Hungarian monarchy, which stretched south to the Adriatic Sea. It is possible that this species will be discovered in countries of the former Yugoslavia. It is a rather rare and seldom-collected species apparently spread around the Mediterranean Sea. Its rarity and slight morphological differences regarding dorsal punctation or course of carinal prosternal striae probably account for its numerous synonymies. Hypocaccus (Nessus) controversus (G. Müller, 1937) (Figs 45, 55–63) Hypocacculus controversus G. Müller, 1937: 115 (original description). Hypocacculus (Nessus) controversus: KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT (1976): 204, 212 (keyed, redescription); MAZUR (1984): 89 (catalogue); MAZUR (1997): 252 (catalogue); MAZUR (2004):93 (catalogue). Hypocaccus (Nessus) controversus: MAZUR (2011): 208 (catalogue); LACKNER et al. (2015): 117 (catalogue). Type material examined. Hypocacculus controversus. LECTOTYPE (present designation): ♀ (Fig. 45), mounted on a triangular mounting card, right metatarsus missing, ‘ ♀ [written] // Banat 1909 / Herkulesbad / leg. M. Hilf / Coll. O. Leonhardt [printed] // sbsp. / controversus [written] // TYPUS [light-ochre label, printed] // scat. / Hist. 6 [yellow label, written] // Hypocacculus / (Nessus) / controversus / G. Müller, 1937 / LECTOTYPE / des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, written]’ (CST). PARALECTOTYPES: 1 ♀, side-mounted on a triangular mounting point, left meso- and metatarsus missing, ‘Athen / Phaleron [written] // Da Scat. / 6 [yellow label, written] // Hypocacculus (Nessus) / controversus Müll. / Det. T. Lackner 2017 [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / (Nessus) / controversus / G. Müller, 1937 / PARALECTOTYPE / des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, written]’ (CST). 1 ♀, ‘Saloniki / Schatzmayr [written] // Da Scat. / 6 [yellow label, written] // Hypocacculus (Nessus) / controversus Müll. / Det. T. Lackner 2017 [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / (Nessus) / controversus / G. Müller, 1937 / PARALECTOTYPE / des. T. Lackner 2017 [red label, written]’ (CST). Additional material examined. CYPRUS: Cyprus, no further data, 1 spec. (probably a male, genitalia lost), Baudi, (MFNB). GREECE: Greece, 1 ♁ (genitalia lost, sexed by the protarsi), 1 ♀, Emge lgt., C. & O. Vogt coll. (1 ♀ in CTLA, 1 ♁ in MSNG); Greece, 1 ♁, (MFNB). ATTICA: Attica, no further data, 2 ♀♀ (MFNB). CRETE: Lerapetra E, 0–20 m, 17.–23.iv.2000, 1 ♀, A. Kopetz ltg. (MSNG). IONIAN ISLANDS: Zante [=Zakynthos],Kalamaki,1909, 1♁, M.Hilf lgt., Coll. O. Leonhard (MNFB). JORDAN: IRBID: 5 km NE of El Karama, 31.iii.1994, 31.58°N, 35.36°E, 200 m, 1 ♀, S. Bečvář jun. & sen. lgt. (dubious identification) (MSNG); Toten Meer [= Dead Sea], 10.v.1963, 1 ♀, J. Klapperich lgt. (dubious identification) (MSNG). ROMANIA: BANAT: Banat, Orșova, 1909, 1 ♀, M. Hilf lgt., coll. O. Leonhard (MFNB). TUNISIA: DJERBA: Rass Taguernes, 10.–20.ii.1997, 1 ♀, Egger Manfred lgt. (dubious identification) (MSNG). TURKEY: IZMIR: Smyrna? [=Izmir], no further data, 1 ♁ (MFNB). Diagnostic description. This species is externally rather similar to the preceding species and therefore here we provide only the diagnostic description outlining the differences between the two taxa. Body (Fig. 45) somewhat more round and more flattened, light to dark brown, with light bronze hue (never with greenish hue). PEL: 2.00–2.30 mm; APW: 1.00–1.10 mm; PPW: 1.50–1.70 mm; EW: 1.65–1.90 mm; EL: 1.25–1.50 mm. Frontal disc more finely punctate than the one of H. (N.) curtus; pronotum medially almost impunctate. The first dorsal elytral stria is only slightly longer than the second (apically both striae 1–2 surpass slightly elytral half), never reaching ¾ of the elytral length apically (in H. curtus the first dorsal elytral stria is substantially longer, occasionally surpassing ¾ of elytral length apically). Sutural elytral stria always connected basally with fourth dorsal elytral stria (in H. curtus these two striae are joined only in specimens that belong to the ‘ cribellaticollis ’ form), can occasionally be shortened apically. Carinal prosternal striae strongly convergent apically, their apices very approximate, stopping posterad of united lateral prosternal striae; their united apices not forming a ‘loop’ as in H. curtus. MÜLLER (1937) mentioned another character: the mesoventral punctation is supposed to be denser and coarser in ‘ controversus ’ than in ‘ puncticollis ’ (= H. curtus). According to our observations, this is a valid, but not entirely stable character, since even among the few ‘ controversus ’ specimens we were able to examine we saw a specimen with only weak mesoventral punctation; the majority of specimens had their mesoventrite densely punctate. Male genitalia (Figs 55–63) are generally similar to the preceding species, the aedeagi differ most markedly: the one of H. (N.) curtus is sub-parallel and blunted apically, while the one of H. (N.) controversus is shorter, stouter, slightly dilated in apical third with acutely pointed apex (compare Figs 53 and 62). Note. The two female specimens from Jordan as well as the female from Tunisia are generally somewhat narrower, and their frons is adorned with coarse elongate rugae in place of dense punctures that are present
Hypocaccus (Nessus) hungaricus Lackner & Seres 2018, sp. nov.
No full textHypocaccus (Nessus) hungaricus sp. nov. (Figs 14–24) Type locality. Hungary, Bács-Kiskun megye, Kunpeszér, 47º06′07.5″N, 19º13′45.0″E. Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♁, mounted on a rectangular mounting card, genitalia extracted and disarticulated, mounted in Euparal on a separate translucent plastic slide under the specimen, ‘ HUNGARY Bács-K. c. / Kunpeszér, Peregi- / házak 29.III.2014 / leg. Gábor Seres [printed] // 47º06’07.5”N / 19º13’45.0”E / in burrow of / Spermophilus cit. [printed] // Hypocaccus (Nessus) / hungaricus sp.nov. / HOLOTYPE 2017 / Det.T. Lackner & G. Seres [red label, printed]’ (HNHM). PARATYPES (71 spec.): HUNGARY: 1 ♀, ‘Kalocza / 93 3 / 26T [written] // SAMML / DANIEL [printed] // Nessus / rufipes Payk / det.Dr. Herzer 1944 [printed-written]’ (ZSM); 1 ♁, ‘R. Palota / 31.iii.1891 / Hensen [written] // SAMML / DANIEL [printed] // Nessus / rufipes Payk / det. Dr. Herzer 1944 [printed-written]’ (ZSM); 1 ♀, ‘ Saprinus / longistrius / rufipes Pk. Du / Hong.? / Dej. 62 [round, written label] // MUSEUM PARIS / COLL. / DE MARSEUL 1890 [printed]’ (MNHN); 1 ♀, ‘133 / Saprinus / rufipes Pk. / rubripes Er.? / Hongrie / Krtz. 29 [round, written label] // Saprinus / antiquulus / rubripes? / further text illegible [round, written label] // MUSEUM PARIS / COLL. / DE MARSEUL 1890 [printed]’ (MNHN); 1 ♀, ‘ Ungarn [written] // Hist.-Coll. (Coleoptera) / Nr. 49200 / Saprinus antiquulus Illig. / Hungaria / Zool. Mus. Berlin’ (MFNB); 1♁ 2♀♀, ‘ HUNGARY / Kunpeszér / 19.iv.2015 / G. Seres lgt. [written]’ (CTLA); 4♁♁, 3♀♀, 1 spec., ‘ HUNGARY BácsK.c. / Kunpeszér, Peregi- / házak, pasture / 04.IV.2015 [printed] // inside the burrows of / Spermophilus / citellus / leg. Gábor Seres [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det.S. Mazur [printed]’ (CTLA, 1♀ and 1 spec. in CGSE); 2♁♁, 1♀, 8 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Bács-K. c. / Kunpeszér, Peregi- / házak 29.III.2014 / leg. Gábor Seres [printed] // 47º06’07.5’’N / 19º13’45.0’’E / in burrow of / Spermophilus cit. [printed]’ (TLAN; 2 spec. NMPC); 4♀♀, 1 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Kunpeszér / 02.IV. 2014 in burrow / of Spermophilus citellus / leg. Gábor Seres [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Pest. c. / Taksony 02.V.2014 / on cottage cheese bait / leg. Gábor Seres [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 ♀, with a specimen of Formica ant on a separate mounting card under the specimen, ‘ HUNGARY Pest c. / Taksony 26.IV.2014 / in a Formica sp. nest / leg. Gábor Seres [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Pest.c./ Monorierdő, Bogárzó / 01.IV.2014 / leg. László Nádai [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Pest. m. / Erdőkertes, HM / lőtér, 12.IV.2015 / leg.Attila Kotán [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 ♁, 9♀♀, 4 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Bács-Kiskun / c., Kunpeszér 14.IV.2017 / from Spermophilus citellus / burrow.leg. Gábor Seres [printed]’ (CGSE); 2 spec., ‘ HUNGARY Bács-Kisk.c. / Kunpeszér 19.V. 2013 in / burrow of Spermophilus / citellus leg. Gábor Seres [printed]’ (CGSE); 1 ♁, ‘Bpst Umgbg. / Albertfalva [black-framed, printed label] // rufipes / Payk. / coll. H. Diener [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (CTLA); 1 ♁, ‘Bpst Umgbg. / Issaszegh [printed] // coll. H. Diener [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (CTLA); 1 ♁, ‘Isasegh / 1908 v. 17. / coll. H. Diener [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (CTLA); 1 ♀, ‘Hu. Pest m. / Fót / Fóti Somlyón [written] // egyelés / 1980 iv.13 / leg.Ádám [written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det.S. Mazur [printed]’ (CTLA); 1 ♀, ‘ Budapest / HUNGARIA [black-framed, printed label] // Ex.Coll. / Dr.I. Pereg [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Albertfalva / 1922 iv. [printed-written] // rufipes / Payk. / coll. H. Diener [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Istvántelek / coll. Sajó // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘M-csanak [= Ménfőcsanak] / 1943, vii.27. / Révy D. [black-framed, written] // coll. Dr. D. Révy [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Hu.occ.1950 / Velencei-tó [printed] // Dinnyés,V.17 / homok-gödörben [printed] // legit. Dr. Kaszab [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘ Budapest / Újpest-Alag [printed-written] // 1931 v.1. / coll. H. Diener [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Hu. Pest m. / Táborfalva / legelő, egyelés [written] // 1981 iv. 8. / Leg. Migály [written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Nagykovácsi 1956 / Nagyszénás V. 9. [printed] // Exc. Kaszab / & Székessy // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘HUNG. Pest m. / Domony, Domonyvölgy, / autóshálózás, / 2015 IV.11., Merkl Ottó’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Bpst. Umgb. / Újpest-Alag [printed] // coll. H. Diener [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘Hu.occ.1950 / Velencei-tó [printed] // Dinnyés / V. 17-18 [printed] // legit / Dr. Kaszab // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 2 ♀♀, ‘Siófok / Lichtneckert [printed] // curtus / ROSENH. / det. S. Mazur [printed-written] // Hypocacculus (Nessus) / puncticollis (Küster) / P. Vienna det., 2004 [black-framed, printed label]’ (HNHM);1♁, ‘ Budapest [printed] // coll. / Dr. R.Streda [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes Payk. / det.Blühweisz [printed-written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes (Payk.) / det. S. Mazur [printed]’ (HNHM); 1 ♁, side-mounted on a triangular mounting card, genitalia extracted, ‘Hunga- / ria [printed] // Hypocacculus / rufipes Payk. / Coll. Schmidt- / Bickhard [printed]’ (MFNB). AUSTRIA: 1 ♁, ‘ Austria [written] // Hypocacculus / rufipes Payk. / Coll. Schmidt- / Bickhard [printed]’ (MFNB). All paratypes provided with following red and printed label: ‘ Hypocaccus (Nessus) / hungaricus sp.nov. / PARATYPE 2017 / Det. T. Lackner & G. Seres’ Differential description. The new species (Fig. 14) is generally very similar to H. (N.) rufipes, differing from it only slightly. Therefore we chose not to provide the new species with a full description, rather pointing out the most significant characters that differentiate it from H. (N.) rufipes . Body (Fig. 14) generally smaller (PEL: 1.40–2.00 mm; APW: 0.75–1.00 mm; PPW: 1.25–1.50 mm; EW: 1.45–1.80 mm; EL: 1.00–1.30 mm), more rectangular-oval (H. (N.) rufipes is more round-oval); pronotum more parallel-sided, anterior angles distinctly obtuse; punctation of pronotal disc laterally very coarse and dense, punctures sometimes almost forming elongate rugae (in H. (N.) rufipes punctation of pronotal disc likewise becomes denser laterally, but punctures never form elongate rugae); cuticle never metallic, rather dark-brown to almost black (in H. (N.) rufipes cuticle is variable, but often shiny to slightly metallic, can be with bronze or even greenish hue); alutaceous microsculpture among frontal punctures more marked than in H. (N.) rufipes. Males with two faint, but discernible small tubercles situated on basal third of metaventrite medially (Fig. 15). The two species differ in the form of male terminalia, especially eighth sternite, which is narrowing anteriorly in H. (N.) hungaricus while it is almost parallel-sided in H. (N.) rufipes (compare Figs 16–17 with 3–4). The aedeagus of H. (N.) hungaricus is slightly shorter and stouter than in H. (N.) rufipes (compare Figs 10 with 23). Etymology. Patronymic, named after the country of origin. Distribution. Known so far only from Hungary and Austria. Records from Austria do not carry any specified data and could also originate from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire meaning that they were actually collected in Hungary. An overlooked species, confused with H. (N.) rufipes, possibly spread over a larger area. Biology. So far found only in the burrows of European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766)); an apparent nidicole. A single specimen was collected in a nest of Formica sp., probably accidentally. Some specimens were collected in pitfall traps baited with cottage cheese. Note. Already REICHARDT (1941: 296) mentioned ‘some specimens from Hungary possess more parallel-sided pronotum with distinctly obtuse anterior pronotal angles, while their body measurements are generally smaller’. Unfortunately REICHARDT (1941) did not pay much attention to these character states and did not compare the male genitalia among populations. Obviously he also overlooked the faint metaventral tubercles.Published as part of Lackner, Tomáš & Seres, Gábor, 2018, Revision of the subgenus Nessus of the genus Hypocaccus from Central Europe, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae), pp. 419-439 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 58 (2) on pages 426-428, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0033, http://zenodo.org/record/450491
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