Drypta Latreille, 1796

Sciaky, Riccardo & Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2020, Taxonomic notes on the tribe Dryptini Bonelli, 1810 with description of a new genus and species from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), Zootaxa 4731 (4), pp. 522-530 : 523

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3665227

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scientific name

Drypta Latreille, 1796
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Drypta Latreille, 1796 View in CoL

Type species: Carabus emarginatus Gmelin, 1790 (= Carabus dentatus P. Rossi, 1790 )

= Desera Dejean, 1825 (nec Hope, 1831) Type species: Drypta longicollis MacLeay, 1835

= Deserida Basilewsky, 1960 Type species: Carabus distinctus P. Rossi, 1792 View in CoL

= Dryptella Jeannel, 1949 View in CoL Type species: Drypta cyanella Chaudoir, 1843 View in CoL

This is the nominotypical genus of the tribe; it contains around 47 species diffused in Africa, Asia, Australia and, very marginally, in Europe.

Liang et al. (2004) have correctly pointed out the reasons for which Desera must be regarded as a synonym of Drypta and its long-lasting confusion with Dendrocellus , due to the misinterpretation of Drypta longicollis MacLeay.

Deserida was erected by Basilewsky (1960) as a substitution name for the species near D. distincta View in CoL , since this author regarded Desera View in CoL as the valid name for the genus presently called Dendrocellus . This generic (or subgeneric) epithet has been frequently used for the pale species of Drypta View in CoL , in which the elytra instead of being metallic are yellowish with darker margins or completely brown. This taxon has already been considered as a synonym of Drypta View in CoL by Habu (1967) and we completely agree with this point of view. In our opinion the characters that should allow separation of this taxon from Drypta View in CoL are inconsistent: the apical margin of elytra obliquely truncate instead of perpendicular to the suture is a character at the same time very variable and difficult to appreciate. Beyond that, we could not find any other reliable differentiating character. Even the shape of the body, shorter and stouter according to Jeannel (1949), is almost identical for example in the type species of Drypta View in CoL ( D. dentata View in CoL ) and of Deserida ( D. distincta View in CoL ), while other species belonging to both groups are much more slender and elongate.

Dryptella View in CoL is a subgenus described by Jeannel (1949) for the majority of the African species of Drypta View in CoL , but also in this case the characters pointed out (shape more slender and elongate, occurrence of a carina on interval 9) are very doubtful and difficult to observe, sometimes almost illusionary, at least in our opinion widely insufficient for a subgeneric distinction. Dryptella View in CoL has already been regarded as synonym of Drypta View in CoL by Habu (1967) and we agree with this position.

The unique combination of characters distinguishing Drypta View in CoL from the other genera of the tribe is: pronotal bead absent or rudimental (fig. 9); punctuation on head and pronotum dense, more or less regular, the punctures usually distinct from each other, not confluent; pronotum very feebly constricted towards base; elytral microsculpture well developed; elytral pubescence dense, usually arranged in two-three more or less regular rows; number of scutellar pores varied from 1 to 4, but most frequently 1; intervals flat or slightly convex; tarsal claws thick, strongly curved, and smooth on inner side; two or three evident setae on outer side of stylomere ( fig. 7 View FIGS ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Drypta Latreille, 1796

Sciaky, Riccardo & Anichtchenko, Alexander 2020
2020
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Deserida

Basilewsky 1960
1960
Loc

Deserida

Basilewsky 1960
1960
Loc

Deserida

Basilewsky 1960
1960
Loc

Dryptella

Jeannel 1949
1949
Loc

Dryptella

Jeannel 1949
1949
Loc

Dryptella

Jeannel 1949
1949
Loc

Dendrocellus

Schmidt-Goebel 1846
1846
Loc

Drypta cyanella

Chaudoir 1843
1843
Loc

Desera

Dejean 1825
1825
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Drypta

Latreille 1796
1796
Loc

Carabus distinctus

P. Rossi 1792
1792
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