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Iselma cedarbergensis Pitzalis & Bologna 2008, sp. n.
No full textIselma cedarbergensis sp. n. Diagnosis. A middle-large sized Iselma, completely black without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum elongate, the latter with subparallel sides convergent anteriorly; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; head, pronotum and elytra with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra convex, without humeral depression; legs with regular black setae; male last visible abdominal hemisternite internally only slightly curved; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli as long as the basal third of them and with a very long tuft of setae at apex. Description. Body uniformly black, without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum setation with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra and ventral setation similar to that on head and pronotum, but the light setae are denser and the black ones are longer on sides and on apex of elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 7.0–15.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.1–2.5 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.4–4.4 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles and head capsule subequal in length; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, sides parallel behind eyes; front quite flat; frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep except in a middle longitudinal narrow area, intermediate surface shiny; labrum longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres III–VII quite widened at apex in male, subcylindrical in female, VIII–XI progressively subcylindrical in both sexes, XI 1.5 as long as X; antennomeres I–II with normal elongate setae, III–XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides subparallel from base to middle, progressively convergent anteriorly; maximal width in the middle, slightly wider than head at eye level; punctures as on head. Mesonotum slightly elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation and without humeral depression, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and less deep than pronotum and head. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive, slender and spoonlike, inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite almost straight on both external and internal margins, the portion not depressed wide and the depressed part progressively sloping. Dorsal margin of male gonostylus sinuate in lateral view, with apical microsetae; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli at least as long as the basal third of the gonostylus and with a very long tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 2i). Type material. Holotype male (CB), 6 males and 16 females Paratypes (CB, 1 male and 1 female SAMC) " South Africa, Western Cape, Nieuwodt Pass (10 km NW of Cederberg Pass) 200–600 m a.s.l., maquis, 15.IX.1994, P. Audisio, M. Biondi & M. A. Bologna leg."; 2 males and 5 females Paratypes (CB) " Sudafrica, W. C., N7 17 km S Clanwilliam 32.30802°S 18.90854°E 285 m a.s.l., 9.IX.2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis"; 12 females Paratypes (CB, 1 female MCSN) " Sudafrica, W. Cape, 12.8 km S Clanwilliam, 32.25193°S 18.85628°E, 240 m a.s.l., 21.IX.2005, M. Bologna, M. Pitzalis "; 8 females Paratypes (CB) " South Africa, Western Cape, 12 km NNW Algiria 32.28941°S 18.99268°E 240 m a.s.l., 5.X.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis "; 1 female Paratype (CB) " South Africa, Western Cape, 22 km NNW Algiria, 8 km SE Clanwilliam 32.23259°S 18.93550°E 130 m a.s.l., 5.X.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ". We added the labels " Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) Iselma cedarbergensis sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008". Additional material. (South Africa, Western Cape) 1 ex. " 17 km S Clanwilliam on road N7, 32.30802°S 18.90854°E 285 m a.s.l., 9.IX.2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis"; 2 exx. "12.8 km S Clanwilliam, 32.25193°S 18.85628°E, 240 m a.s.l., 21.IX.2005, M. Bologna, M. Pitzalis"; 1 ex. " 12 km NNW Algiria 32.28941°S 18.99268°E 240 m a.s.l., 5.X.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis "; 1 ex. " 22 km NNW Algiria, 8 km SE Clanwilliam 32.23259°S 18.93550°E 130 m a.s.l., 5.X.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis "; 2 exx. " R364 3– 5 km ENE Clanwilliam, 32.14325°S 18.90635°E 210 m a.s.l., 5.X.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ". All these specimens are preserved in ethanol 95% or acetone (CB). Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, Cedarberg Mts., Nieuwodt Pass. Etymology. The name of this species refers to the Cedarberg (called also Sederberge or Cederberg), the South African mountain chain where the species is distributed. Affinities. This species belongs to the group of I. ursus, among which could be separated, together with I. lorenzettii sp. n. and I. simillima Kaszab, 1953, in a different subgroup distinguishable morphologically (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished). It seems related to I. lorenzettii sp. n. because of the common structure of the male last visible sternite (the male last abdominal sternite of I. simillima and I. lorenzetti sp. n. are represented respectively in Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b). Remarks. Cited as I. planidorsis Péringuey, 1909 by Bologna et al. (2001).Published as part of Pitzalis, Monica & Bologna, Marco A., 2008, Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae), pp. 35-59 in Zootaxa 1876 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/513367
Hycleus amoenus Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis 2018
No full textCb) Hycleus amoenus species group This southern African group of species is well distinct by the reduced number of antennomeres (eigth) and molecular analyses (Pitzalis 2007) pointed out its division in some sub-groups. Because of the antennal feature, the species of this group were erroneously referred to the genus Actenodia (see Bologna et al. 2008a), but actually they belong to Hycleus, as pointed out by Bologna & Pinto (2002), and by Pitzalis (2007). This group includes (Pitzalis & Bologna in preparation): H. amoenus, H. bushmanicus, H. deserticolus, H. devylderi, H. kochi, H. politus, H. vansoni, and the new species H. planitiei. Two other eastern African and Arabic species, namely H. afrotropicus (Kaszab, 1983) and H. yemenicus (Kaszab, 1983) have a similar reduced number of antennomeres (Bologna 1990; Bologna & Turco 2007) and for this reason they were erroneously described as Actenodia (Kaszab 1983). Relationships between these two assemblages of species are not defined, but probably the reduction of antennomeres is only a parallelism more than a synapomorphic condition. Hycleus amoenus (Marseul, 1872) comb. n. (Fig. 4J) Actenodia amoena Marseul, 1872; Kaszab 1952 Actenodia amoena ssp. anthicoides Kaszab, 1955b syn. n. Types. Types of this species were examined at MNHN, and those of the ssp. anthicoides at NHP. Distribution. Botswana, southwestern Namibia (new species record for this country), and western South Africa. Material examined. [Karas] Lüderitz: Kaukausib Riverbed, Diamond Area 1, 26.8833°S 15.4167°E (CB; SMWN); C13, 4.5 km N Rosh Pinah, 27.82909°S 16.72726°E (CB). Other records: Namibia (Pitzalis et al. 2014). Remarks. Kaszab (1955b) described the ssp. anthicoides from the South African Richtersveld, just close to the southwestern Namibian border. After the examination of several specimens of different populations, we consider this subspecies as a synonym of the nominate form. Hycleus bushmanicus (Kaszab, 1952) (Fig. 4K) Actenodia bushmanica Kaszab, 1952 Distribution. South Namibia and northwestern South Africa. Material examined and literature records. [Hardap] Mariental Urban: 11 km W Mariental (road C19), 24.6167°S 17.8500°E (CB). [Karas] Keetmanshoop Rural: D608, 35 km S Keetmanshoop, 26.90790°S 18.26411°E (CB); D608, 87 km S Keetmanshoop, 27.32571°S 18.27616°E (CB); D608, 95.5 km S Keetmanshoop, 27.37944°S 18.22418°E (CB); C12, 33 km W Grunau, 27.57847°S, 18.10557°E (CB). Karasburg: M21, 21.5 km S Karasburg, 28.20340°S 18.72978°E (CB); M21, 4 km N Warmbad, 28.39832°S 18.75766°E (CB); C13, 44.5 km N Noordoewer, Grape Valley, 28.41803°S 17.44408°E (CB); C10, 23 km N Velloorsdrif, 28.52194°S 19.18402°E (CB). Other records: Namibia (Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014). Remarks. Types of this species were examined at NHP. Hycleus deserticolus Wellman, 1908 (Fig. 4L) Actenodia deserticola Wellman, 1908 Zonabris (Actenodia) annulipes Pic, 1910 Actenodia annulipes, Kaszab 1955 Distribution. Southern Angola, Namibia. Material examined and literature records. [Kunene] Epupa: Hartmann's Valley, 17.3833°S 12.2500°E (SMWN); Dunes, 17.3833°S 12.2500°E (SMWN); Okakatuwo, 17.4000°S 12.7333°E (SMWN); Okakatuwo, 17.4500°S 12.7000°E (SMWN); Kandao, 17.6167°S 12.5000°E (SMWN); Ondundujengo River, 17.8000°S 12.3167°E (SMWN). Opuwo: 30 km WNW Orupembe, 18.1167°S 12.3500°E (SMWN); Oropembe, 18.1833°S 12.5167°E (SMWN); Kaokoveld, Anabib (Orupembe), 100 miles W Ohopoho, 18.1833°S 12.5167°E (Kaszab 1956, as ab. anticedisrupta: Kaszab, 1956); Kaokoveld, Orupembe, 18.1833°S 12.5167°E (Kaszab 1956, as ab. anticedisrupta); Kaokoveld, Sanitatas, 85 miles WSW Ohopoho, 18.2833°S 12.6667°E (Kaszab, 1956); Kunene distr., C43, 18.9562°S 13.7573°E (CB). Sesfontein: Khowarib River, 19.2667°S 13.8667°E (SMWN); D2650, near Kamanjab, 19.8087°S 14.5128°E (CB). Kamanjab: C35, 35 km NW Kamanjab, 19.5000°S 14.8000°E (CB); C40, 26 km E Kamanjab, 19.6957°S 15.1046°E (CB); C39, 25 km E Khorixas, 20.3061°S 15.1867°E (CB). Khorixas: Bethanis 514. 20.4000°S 14.4000°E (SMWN); Twyfelfontein, 20.5667°S 14.3667°E (SMWN); C35, 54 km N Uis, 20.7788°S 14.8692°E (CB); Duineveld 529, 20.7833°S 14.6333°E (SMWN); Onverwag 412, 20.8370°S 14.9610°E (SMWN). [Kavango] Mashari: Kaukau-Kungveld, Samengaigai, 19.0833°S 20.2000°E (Kaszab 1956 as ab. anticedisrupta:). [Otjozondjupa] Otjiwarongo: C63, Outjo-Kalkfeld 15 km N of Kalkfeld, 20.7537°S 16.2210°E (CB). [Erongo] Dâures: Brandberg, Hungorob Valley, 21.1900°S 14.5282°E (Bologna 2000a; SMWN); Brandberg, Messum valley, 21.2215°S 14.5163°E (Bologna 2000a; SMWN); C35, 2 km E Uis, 21.2325°S 14.8973°E (CB); Gross Spitzkoppe, 21.8167°S 15.1667°E (CB); Spitskoppe, 21.8518°S 15.1484°E (CP; SMWN). Omaruru: near Omaruru, 21.4333°S 15.9333°E (CP). Karibib: D1935, 30 km N jct. B2, 21.7732°S 15.4699°E (CB); D1935, 30 km NNW Usakos, 21.7833°S 15.5000°E (CB); Karibib-Okahandja, 21.9333°S 15.8333°E (CP); B2, 16 km W Karibib, 21.9358°S 15.7056°E (CB); Karibib, 21.9417°S 15.8509°E (CB); Usakos, D1935 6 km N jct. B2, 21.9475°S 15.5851°E (CB); Karibib, D 1953, 100 m jct. C32, 21.9552°S 15.8493°E (CB); B2, 16 km W Karibib, 21.9702°S 15.6868°E (CB); B2, 2, 6 km W Usakos, 21.9989°S 15.5647°E (CB); B2, 2 km W Usakos, 21.9992°S 15.5696°E (CB); Navachab 67, 22.0167°S 15.7333°E (SMWN); D1980, 27 km S Karibib, 22.1500°S 15.8333°E (CB); C32, 42 km S Karibib, 22.29447°S 15.8351°E (CB); D1953, near Karibib, 45 km jct. C32, 22.2963°S 16.0658°E (CB); C32, 54 km S Karibib, Swakop River, 22.3954°S 15.8343°E (CB). Arandis: Rossing Mine, 22.4667°S 15.0333°E (SMWN); N Namib, 22.5667°S 14.7167°E (SMWN); C14, Kuiseb Pass, 23.3045°S 15.7526°E (CB); C14, Kuiseb River, 23.30457°S 15.77184°E (CB). Walvis Bay Rural: Rostock, Windhoek, 23.3833°S 15.7500°E (SMWN); C14, 36 km N Solitaire, 23.5823°S 15.8182°E (CB). [Omaheke] Aminius: C20, Gobabis-Leonardville 5 km S of Aais, 23.2593°S 18.7237°E (CB). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Kos 28, 23.2667°S 16.1333°E (SMWN); D1228, 7 km ENE Rehoboth, 23.2833°S 17.2333°E (CB). [Hardap] Rehoboth Rural: B1, 28.5 km S Rehoboth, 23.5833°S 17.1500°E (CB). Gibeon: C19, 8 km S Solitaire, 23.9774°S 16.0063°E (CB); Waltevrede Game Farm, 24.1779°S 15.9802°E (CB); C14, 10 km S Waltevrede, 24.2377°S 15.9040°E (CB); Sesriem 137, River, 24.4833°S 15.9500°E (SMWN); C14, 1 km W Maltahöhe, 24.8589°S 16.9751°E (CB); Wereldend 115, 25.1500°S 16.2333°E (SMWN); Gorrasis 99, 25.3184°S 15.9089°E (SMWN). Mariental Urban: C19, 11 km W Mariental, 24.6167°S 17.8500°E (CB). Mariental Rural: M29, 25 km E Mariental, 24.7825°S 18.1612°E (CB); M 29, 118 km S Mariental, 25.4479°S 18.6138°E (CB). [Karas] Keetmanshoop Rural: Khabus 146, 26.2833°S 18.2333°E (SMWN); Khabus 146, 26.3000°S 18.2167°E (SMWN); Karas distr., 27.1352°S 19.4941°E (CB). Keetmanshoop Urban: B1, near Keetmanshoop, 26.5833°S 18.1333°E (CB). Berseba: B4, 73 km W Keetmanshoop, 26.7809°S 17.4657°E (CB). Karasburg: 5 km S Warmbad, 28.4833°S 18.7667°E (SMWN). Other records: Namib Sand Sea desert (Seely 2012); Namibia (Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014). Remarks. Types of annulipes were examined at MNHN. Hycleus devylderi (Borchmann, 1928) (Fig. 4M) Actenodia devylderi Borchmann, 1928 Distribution. Namibia (endemic). Material examined and literature records. [Kunene] Khorixas: N of Doros Crater, Skeleton Coast Park, 20.3667°S 14.1333°E (SMWN). [Otjozondjupa] Otjiwarongo: C63, Outjo-Kalkfeld, 15 km N of Kalkfeld, 20.7537°S 16.2210°E (CB). Okahandja: 30 km W Okahandja, 21.9260°S 16.5768°E (CB; CP). [Erongo] Dâures: Brandberg, Hungorob Mouth, 21.2267°S 14.5167°E (Bologna 2000a, as sp. aff. devylderi; SMWN); Messum River, 21.2500°S 14.4667°E (SMWN); D2342, 17 km SE Messum Valley, 21.3048°S 14.6574°E (CB). Omaruru: C33, 3– 9 km S of Omaruru, 21.4948°S 15.9705°E (CB). Karibib: D2306, 33 km N Usakos, 21.7764°S 15.4578°E (CB); D1935, 30 km NNW Usakos, 21.7833°S 15.5000°E (CB); C33, 17 km jct. B2, 21.8390°S 15.9233°E (CB); B2, 16 km W Karibib, 21.9358°S 15.7056°E (CB); D1953, jct. C32, 21.9552°S 15.8493°E (CB); B2, 8 km W Usakos, 21.9876°S 15.5057°E (CB); B2, 2, 6 km W Usakos, 21.9989°S 15.5647°E (CB); D1953, 6 km jct. C32, 22.0078°S 15.8861°E (CB); B2, Swakopmund-Usakos, 210 km W Usakos, 22.0199°S 15.5296°E (CB); B2, 52 km W Usakos, 22.1499°S 15.1930°E (CB); D1953, 45 km jct. C32, 22.2963°S 16.0658°E (CB). Arandis: 6 km N Arandis, 22.3667°S 14.9833°E (SMWN); Upper Ostrich Gorge, 22.4833°S 14.9833°E (SMWN); Upper Panner Gorge, 22.4833°S 15.0167°E (SMWN). Walvis Bay Rural: C14, 45 km N Solitaire, 23.5364°S 15.7827°E (CB). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Windhoek, Heroes Acre, 22.62°S 17.07°E, (OSU); D1261, Nauchas-Rehoboth, 1–40 km NW Nauchas, 23.5763°S 16.4588°E (CB). [Hardap] Gibeon: C14, 10 km S Waltevrede, 24.2377°S 15.9040°E (CB); C14, Maltahohe-Bullsport, after Fish River, 24.4022°S 16.8217°E (CB). [Karas] Lüderitz: near Aus, 26.6667°S 16.2667°E (CP). Other records: Damaraland (Borchmann 1928); Namibia (Bologna 2000a, also as “sp. aff. devylderi ”; Pitzalis et al. 2014). Remarks. Types of this species were not examined, but specimens compared with types were studied at HMNH. Hycleus kochi (Kaszab, 1952) (Fig. 4N) Actenodia kochi Kaszab, 1952 Distribution. Namibia (endemic). Material examined and literature records. [Kunene] Epupa: C43, near Opuwo, 17.8554°S 13.7981°E (CB). Opuwo: D3710, near Opuwo, 18.1589°S 13.9173°E (CB); D3710, near Opuwo, 18.2011°S 13.8994°E (CB); Kunene distr., C43, 18.6788°S 13.7135°E (CB); Kunene distr., C43, 18.7599°S 13.7489°E (CB); C 35, 110 km NW Kamanjab, 18.9167°S 14.3833°E (CB). Outjo: Abachaus, 19.7167°S 16.5800°E (Kaszab, 1952; SMWN). Kamanjab: C38, 40 km N Outjo, 19.80883°S 15.91281°E (CB). [Oshikoto] Guinas: C38, 1 km jct. B1, 18.7725°S 17.2491°E (CB). Omuthiyagwiipundi: Site 1/ Row D, Term. / Tamboti forest, 18.8725°S 17.0550°E (SMWN). [Otjozondjupa] Grootfontein: D2859, Hoba Meteorite, 19.5833°S 17.9333°E (CB). Otjiwarongo: B1, 13.6 km N Otjiwarongo, 20.3728°S 16.7393°E (CB); Hedwigstal 77, 20.8750°S 16.1250°E (SMWN). Omatako: 140 km N Okahandja, 20.4925°S 16.9872°E (CP); Waterberg, jct. C22-2512, 20.6333°S 17.1500°E (CB); B1, 28 km S Otjiwarongo, 20.6806°S 16.7787°E (CB); Erindi Osave 170, Otjiwarongo, 20.9800°S 16.7600°E (SMWN). Okahandja: Ovita, 21.5228°S 16.2539°E (SMWN). [Omaheke] Steinhausen: Alkm ar 512, 21.8700°S 19.8800°E (SMWN). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Windhoek, D 1535, 5 km jct. B6, 22.3681°S 17.6675°E (CB). [Karas] Keetmanshoop Rural: Noachabeb 97/ Rotegab 95, 27.3833°S 18.4667°E (SMWN). Karasburg: Eendoorn 106, 28.7333°S 18.9667°E (SMWN). Other records: Namib Sand Sea desert (Seely 2012); Namibia (Bologna 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014). Remarks. Types of this species were examined at NHP and at HMNH.Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on pages 67-70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/115172
Iselma lorenzettii Pitzalis & Bologna 2008, sp. n.
No full text<i>Iselma lorenzettii</i> sp. n. <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. A middle-large sized <i>Iselma</i>, completely black without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum elongate, the latter with subparallel sides convergent anteriorly; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; head, pronotum and elytra with isolated longer black setae mixed with dense, short and light, recumbent setae; elytra convex, without humeral depression; legs with regular black setae; male last visible abdominal hemisternite internally only slightly curved; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli longer than the half of the gonostylus and with a short tuft of setae at apex. Extremely similar to <i>I. cedarbergensis</i>, but differing by male genitalia features; the female is almost morphologically indistinguishable.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. Body uniformly black. Head and pronotum setation with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra and ventral setation similar to that on head and pronotum but the light setae are denser and the black one are longer on sides and on apex of elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles to apex of elytra): 7.5–13.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.3–2.8 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.1–3.2 mm.</p> <p>Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles and head capsule are subequal in length; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, sides parallel behind eyes; front quite flat, frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep, except along the median longitudinal narrow area, intermediate surface shiny; labrum longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres III–VII quite widened at apex in male, subcylindrical in female, VIII–XI progressively subcylindrical in both sexes, XI 1.5 as long as X; antennomere I–II with normal elongate setae, III–XI with dense microsetae.</p> <p>Pronotum with sides subparallel from base to middle, progressively convergent anteriorly; maximal width in the middle, slightly wider than head at eye level; punctures as on head. Mesonotum slightly elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation and without humeral depression, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and less deep than in pronotum and head. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive, slender and spoonlike, the inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I.</p> <p>Last visible male abdominal sternite (Fig. 3b) almost straight on both external and internal margins, the portion not depressed wide and the depressed part evidently sloping. Dorsal margin of male gonostylus subrectilinear in lateral view in the basal third and ventrally progressively narrowed; male gonostyli depressed on sides from base to the apical third, with microsetae apically, the dorsal appendix longer than half of the gonostylus with a short tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 2j).</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. Holotype male (CB), 7 males and 20 females Paratypes (CB, 1 male and 1 female SAMC) “ Sudafrica, W. C., N7 29 km N Clanwilliam 31.97857°S 18.74409°E 88 m a.s.l., 9.IX.2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis”; 1 female Paratype (CB) “ Sudafrica, W. Cape, N7 10.2 km N Klawer 31.85130°S 18.60993°E 130 m a.s.l., 21-IX-2005 M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) <i>Iselma lorenzettii</i> sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008”.</p> <p> <b>Additional material</b>. (South Africa, Western Cape) 1 ex. ”C.P. Wiedouw 309 Vanrhynsdorp 31°44’S 18°47’E ”, “ 20–23 Sept. 1982, S. Louw, NMBH 8948” (CB); 1 ex. ” SW Cape Prov Clanwilliam 29 km N 31.47 S - 18.43 E, 29.8.1989; E-Y: 2675 ground & vegetation, Endrödy & Klimaszew” (CB).</p> <p>The following specimens are preserved in ethanol 95% or acetone (CB). (South Africa, Western Cape) 2 exx. “N7 29 km N Clanwilliam 31.97857°S 18.74409°E 88 m a.s.l., 9.IX.2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. “N7 10.2 km N Klawer 31.85130°S 18.60993°E 130 m a.s.l., 21-IX-2005 M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”.</p> <p> <b>Type locality</b>. South Africa, Western Cape, 29 km N of Clanwilliam 31.97857° S 18.74409° E, 88 m a.s.l..</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. This species is named after our friend ornithologist Emanuela Lorenzetti (Rome), who actively collaborated during one field expedition in South Africa and collected the first specimen.</p> <p> <b>Affinities</b>. Affinities are discussed in the corresponding paragraph of <i>I. cedarbergensis</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Pitzalis, Monica & Bologna, Marco A., 2008, Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae), pp. 35-59 in Zootaxa 1876 (1)</i> on pages 45-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5133678">http://zenodo.org/record/5133678</a>
Iselma elephantula Pitzalis & Bologna 2008, sp. n.
No full text<i>Iselma elephantula</i> sp. n. <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> A middle-large sized <i>Iselma</i>, black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown. Head elongate, antennae slightly subserrate, particularly in male, which has antennomeres IV–IX only slightly widened at apex; body setation yellow or with isolated longer black setae on head, pronotum and elytra; metatibial spurs shorter than half metatarsomere I; ventral margin of male gonostylus sinuate in the apical half in lateral view.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body black without metallic reflection, but elytra uniformly brown. Body setation dense and yellow; head, prothorax and coxae with short, dense and recumbent yellow setae mixed with longer, isolated, thicker, erected and truncate black setae; elytra with similar setation but the black isolate setae are few and distributed on base, sides and posterior third. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 9.5–15.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.8–3.0 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.8–4.5 mm.</p> <p>Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles), particularly in male; mandibles shorter than head capsule, particularly in female; head narrower at tempora than at eye level, but in female less slender, sides parallel behind eyes; front flat, frontal suture subarcuate; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum subequal in length to clypeus. Maxillary and labial palpomeres slender, last maxillary male palpomere about twice as long as penultimate. Antennae slender, extending to base of elytra, quite subserrate, particularly in male: antennomere I cylindrical, twice as long as II, slightly shorter than III; II very short, subglobose; III shorter than followings, IV–X subequal in length, III subtriangularly enlarged apically, IV–X subserrate, subtrapezoidal, largest at apex, particularly segments VI– VIII, IX–X less enlarged apically than the previous subserrate ones; XI one third longer than X, elongate, slender, conically narrowed in the apical third; antennomere I–III with normal elongate setae, IV–XI with dense microsetae.</p> <p>Pronotum with sides slightly divergent from base to middle, evidently convergent to apex, slightly depressed longitudinally; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle, about 1.5 that of head at eyes. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures vaguely subrugose. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore tarsi elongate, more robust in female, last tarsomere longer than III and IV together, and middle tibial spurs slander; hind spurs both massive and spoonlike, inner spur 1.2 longer than external, both shorter than half tarsomere I.</p> <p>Last visible male abdominal sternite evidently curved on both external and internal margin, the nondepressed portion narrowed on the fore half. Ventral margin of male gonostylus sinuate in the apical half in lateral view; male gonostyli with a short basal appendix with a tuft of setae (Fig. 2b).</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype female (CB), 1 male and 11 females Paratypes (10 CB, 1 SAMC) “ South Africa, W. Cape, R62 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679°S 21.22382°E 420 m a.s.l., 3.X.2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 2 male and 1 female Paratypes (CB) idem, but 3.X.2007; 6 females Paratypes (CB) “ R341 12.8 km E De Rust 33.48782°S 22.66632°E 533 m a.s.l., 2.X.2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (female and male) <i>Iselma elephantula</i> sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008”.</p> <p>Types are in good condition except two Paratypes with damaged antennae.</p> <p> <b>Additional material.</b> (South Africa, Western Cape) 3 exx. “ R62 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679°S 21.22382°E 420 m a.s.l., 3.X.2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. idem, but 28.IX.2007; 2 exx. “ R341 12.8 km E De Rust 33.48782°S 22.66632°E 533 m a.s.l. 2.X.2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. All these specimens are preserved in ethanol 95% or acetone (CB).</p> <p> <b>Type locality</b>. South Africa, Western Cape, R 62, 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679°S 21.22382°E 420 m a.s.l.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The name of this species refers to the elephant shrew <i>Macroscelides proboscideus</i> (Shaw, 1800) (Mammalia, Macroscelidea, Macroscelididae). During the sampling of this new species one sociable specimen of elephant shrew climbed on the foot of one of us to be photographed.</p> <p> <b>Affinities.</b> This species belongs to the group of <i>I. kaszabi</i> (see above). It differs from both <i>I. audisioi</i> sp. n. and <i>I. kaszabi</i> sp. n., which appear close to each other, by the antennomeres less widened apically and the gonostyli shape. Phenetically, <i>I. elephantula</i> sp. n. could be confused with <i>I. piscatrix</i>, which has antennomeres more serrate, hind spurs longer and the setation entirely yellow.</p>Published as part of <i>Pitzalis, Monica & Bologna, Marco A., 2008, Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae), pp. 35-59 in Zootaxa 1876 (1)</i> on pages 40-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5133678">http://zenodo.org/record/5133678</a>
Hycleus congoensis Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis 2018
No full textAe) Hycleus congoensis species group Hycleus congoensis (Pic, 1909) comb. n. (Fig. 3U) Zonabris (Decatoma) congoensis Pic, 1909 Types. The holotype of this species was examined at MNHN. Distribution. Northeastern Namibia (new species for this country), South Africa, and R. D. Congo. Material examined. [Kavango] Mukwe: Popa Falls, eastern bank, W. Caprivi, 18.1167°S 21.5833°E (SMWN). [Otjozondjupa] Omatako: Okosongomingo 148, 20.6167°S 17.1333°E (SMWN). Remarks. In this species the mesosternum is smooth and without distinct “scutum”. The elytral pattern is similar to that of H. arabicus (Pallas, 1872), a species from the Arabic peninsula, belonging to the same macrolineage (see Bologna & Turco 2007). Possible relationships between these two species need additional study.Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/115172
Hycleus adamantinus Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis 2018
No full textCa) Hycleus adamantinus species group Monotypic group, endemic to xeric southwestern Africa. Hycleus adamantinus (Péringuey, 1888) comb. n. (Fig. 4I) Decapotoma adamantina Péringuey, 1888 Types. Types of this species were examined at SAMC. Distribution. Southwestern Namibia (new species for this country) and northwestern South Africa. Material examined. [Karas] Lüderitz: Aus, 26.6667°S 16.2667°E (CB; CP). Karasburg: Ortsansbaus 120, Warmbad, 28.3000°S 18.7000°E (SMWN). Remarks. Species related primarily to the Succulent Karoo and endemic to a narrow area extended in both South African and Namibian Namaqualand, and marginally in the South African Nama Karoo. Well characterized by the combination of the elytral colouration, with a posterior shiny orange spot, and 10 antennomeres.Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/115172
Iselma stellaris Pitzalis & Bologna 2008, sp. n.
No full textIselma stellaris sp. n. Diagnosis. A large sized Iselma, completely black but elytra with cupreous-greenish metallic reflection; head short and pronotum largely rounded on sides, with two suboval lateral depressions; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; mandibles evidently curved in the apical third; elytra convex, with humeral depression extended only to the basal third; last visible abdominal hemisternite slightly curved internally, apically with scarce long setae. Head and pronotum with dense long black erected setae. Description. Body uniformly black, but elytra with cupreous-greenish metallic reflection. Body setation black, composed by both long, dense, erected setae and scattered shorter setae; legs with elongate black setae, rare on tibiae. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 14.2–20.0 mm; pronotum length: 2.3–2.7 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.5–5.0 mm. Head short, only slightly longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles shorter than head capsule; tempora subsquared; front quite flat, frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep, except in the middle, intermediate surface shiny and subrougose; labrum slightly longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres subcylindrical, III–VIII subequal in length, but IV slightly shorter, antennomere IX slightly shorter than VIII and X, evidently shorter than VI and VII; antennomere I–II with normal elongate setae, III–X with dense microsetae and with elongate, erected setae at apex. Pronotum as long as wide, with sides progressively widened and then convergent in the fore third; maximal width at two thirds of its length, wider than head at eye level; a suboval depression on each side and one longitudinal unpunctuated raised area; punctures as on head, but wider. Sides of mesonotum convergent posteriorly. Elytra elongate, only slightly convex, about twice as wide as pronotum at base, without tracks of venation and with a depression extended from humerus to the basal third; punctures very dense, subrugose and less deep than on head and pronotum. Legs slender, with punctures dense and quite large; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs elongate and spoon-like, the inner one longer than the external, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last male visible abdominal sternite (Fig. 3d) slightly curved on internal margin and evidently curved on the external one, the portion not depressed wide, apically with scarce and scattered long setae. Male gonostyli in lateral view slender and very narrow, depressed longitudinally in the middle as well as on dorsal side, at base and on ventral side in the apical third; sides subparallel, apex conical, slightly curved and with microsetae, with a basal appendix as long as one third of the gonostylus with a tuft of setae reaching almost the apex of gonostylus (Fig. 2l). Type material. Holotype male (CB), 1 male Paratype (CB) " South Africa, Northern Cape, 19 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier 32.44902°S 20.49269°E 1500 m a.s.l., 27.IX.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ". 1 female Paratype (CB) " South Africa, Northern Cape, 27 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier 32.40078°S 20.45220°E 1345 m a.s.l., 27.IX.2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ". We added the labels Holotype / Paratype, male and female, " Iselma stellaris sp.n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008". Type locality. South Africa, Northern Cape, 19 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier, 32.44902°S 20.49269°E, 1500 m a.s.l. Etymology. The name of this species is inspired by the type locality, Sutherland, a town well known for its starry sky and the astronomical observatory (in latin star = stella). Affinities. This new species belongs to the group of I. ursus, and is particularly related to I. ursus and I. lanuginosa (Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished). Phenetically it is very similar to the latter species, which clearly differs because of the shape of last male sternite (Fig. 3c) and the presence of two hooks on the distal portion of aedeagus (Fig. 2k).Published as part of Pitzalis, Monica & Bologna, Marco A., 2008, Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae), pp. 35-59 in Zootaxa 1876 (1) on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/513367
Iselma mimica Pitzalis & Bologna 2008, sp. n.
No full text<i>Iselma mimica</i> sp. n. <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. A large sized <i>Iselma</i>, with elytra lake red, very similar to <i>I. brunneipes</i>, but differing by the following characters: head total length less than twice the maximum width on tempora, less parallel, particularly in male; pronotum wider, with the fore half shorter than the basal one; claws curved from the base to the end; male gonostyli with apical setae longer and distributed on both lateral and ventral sides. Head and pronotum of both species are reported in Fig. 1a and Fig. 1b, respectively.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body black, but elytra entirely lake red. Body setation black without any reflection on elytra, uniformly distributed, shorter on elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 18–21 mm; pronotum length: 2.9–3.1 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 5.5–6.5 mm.</p> <p>Head slender and elongate (Fig. 1b), evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles), particularly in female; mandibles slightly shorter than head capsule; head slightly narrower at tempora than at eye level, but in male less slender, sides parallel behind eyes, vaguely squared in male; front flat, frontal suture subarcuate; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum slightly longer than clypeus. Maxillary and labial palpomeres slender, last maxillary palpomere about 1.5 as long as penultimate. Antennae slender, extending almost to the middle of elytra in both sexes, quite serrate in male, particularly VI–IX; male antennomere I cylindrical, 1.5 as long as II, evidently shorter than III, about 0.5 as long as III; II very short, subglobose; III markedly longer than the following antennomeres, particularly than IV; IV–X subequal in length, III–V subcylindrical particularly in female, VI–IX widened at apex in male, X–XI subcylindrical, XI 1.5 as long as X, XI tapered at apex; antennomere I–II with normal elongate setae, III–XI with dense microsetae.</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 1b), with sides subparallel or slightly divergent from base to middle, convergent anteriorly, its fore half shorter than the basal one, slightly depressed longitudinally and basally on sides; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle about 1.5 of head at eye level. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, slightly depressed on humeri, about 1.5 as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and distinct. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore tarsi elongate, with ticker and denser setae in male, last tarsomere longer than III and IV together, pro- and mesotibial spurs slender; both hind spurs slender and spoon-like, inner slightly longer than external, both shorter than half tarsomere I.</p> <p>Last visible male abdominal sternite evidently curved on both external and internal margin, the depressed portion wide and extended from the base to the apex. Male gonostyli in lateral view (Fig. 2d) with the ventral margin narrowed and curved in the apical third, widely depressed, with elongate apical setae on both lateral and ventral sides; dorsally without basal appendix and tuft of setae.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> 1 Holotype male (CB), 3 males and 1 female Paratypes (CB) “ South Africa, N. Cape, N7 11 km N of Garies, jct Kys 30,42384°S 17,93637°E 627 m a.s.l., 8.IX.2004, Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis”; 1 male and 2 females Paratypes (CB) “ South Africa, Northern Cape, 10 km NNW Garies (N7) 600 m a.s.l., 12.IX.1994, xeric maquis, M.A. Bologna leg.”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) <i>Iselma mimica</i> sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008”.</p> <p>One male Paratype has the antennae teratological (antennomere VIII basally fused with VII and with an external expansion); four paratypes of both sexes have antennae or tarsi partially damaged.</p> <p> <b>Additional material</b>. 1 male (HNHM) “ Cape b. sp.”.</p> <p> <b>Type locality</b>. South Africa, N. Cape, N7 11 km N of Garies, jct Kys 30,42384°S 17,93637°E 627 m a.s.l.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The name of this species refers to its extreme similarity with <i>I. brunneipes</i>, with which it has been confused (Bologna et al., 2001).</p> <p> <b>Affinities</b>. According to morphological evidences (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished), this species belongs to the group of <i>I. brunneipes</i>, subgroup of <i>I. brunneipes</i>, which includes also <i>I. flavipennis</i> and <i>I. endroedyyoungai</i>. Phenetically it is very similar to <i>I. brunneipes</i> but differs in the features indicated in the “Diagnosis” paragraph.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. Cited erroneously as <i>I. brunneipes</i> by Bologna et al. (2001).</p>Published as part of <i>Pitzalis, Monica & Bologna, Marco A., 2008, Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae), pp. 35-59 in Zootaxa 1876 (1)</i> on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5133678">http://zenodo.org/record/5133678</a>
Hycleus tripunctatus Bologna & Amore & Pitzalis 2018
No full textAb) Hycleus tripunctatus species group Hycleus tripunctatus (Thunberg, 1791) comb. n. (Fig. 3P) Meloe tripunctata Thunberg, 1791 Types. Types of this species were not examined. Distribution. Southern Namibia (new species record for this country) and western South Africa. Material examined and literature records. [Karas] Karasburg: 3 km S of Warmbad, 28.4833°S 18.7667°E (SMWN). Remarks. This species is well distinct by its mesosternum, anteriorly more elevated and with a clear prominent line which divides this narrow area, but without forming a clear “scutum”. Actually, this structure of mesosternum appears intermediate between that of the lineages Mesogorbatus and Mesotaeniatus. A such mesosternum is common to H. coecus (Thunberg, 1791) and H. connexus (Marsel, 1872) (see Pardo Alcaide 1963), both from South Africa, but in these two species there is a tuft of very long setae on the posterior margin of the elevated fore area, lacking in H. tripunctatus. Relationships among these three species need to be tested molecularly.Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/115172
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