Pygopleurus anemoninus (Brulle, 1832)

Bollino, Maurizio, Uliana, Marco & Sabatinelli, Guido, 2019, The Pygopleurus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae) of mainland Greece: taxonomy, faunistics and ecological notes, Zootaxa 4674 (2), pp. 151-202 : 161

Pygopleurus anemoninus species-group

This group is defined by the peculiar shape of everted endophallus and paramera strongly narrowing in the distal half ( Figs. 22 , 29 ), very distinct from other Pygopleurus and suggestive of the monophyly of the group, and by the clypeus lacking a medial carina in both sexes, a condition exclusive to this group within the Greek fauna. Other non-exclusive characters are: elytra unicolored, long, raised setation of elytra with black setae commonly present at least in the basal area, rarely all setae light-colored (observed in females only); setation evidently denser in the inner two-thirds of elytra, scarce or absent in the external third; elytral apex rounded.

The group includes two species from Greece ( P. anemoninus and P. pseudopsilotrichius ) and one from Anatolia ( P. kareli ( Petrovitz, 1962)) , whose everted endophallus is pictured in Bollino & Ruzzante (2015).

Figures

FIGURES 18–24. Pygopleurus anemoninus (Brullé, 1832), habitus and genitalia. 18, male (Achaia, Kalogria); 19, male (Elis, Keramidia); 20, female (Achaia, Kalogria); 21, female (Elis, Keramidia); 22, left paramere in lateral and dorsal view (Messenia, Messini); 23, everted endophallus in left lateral view (Messenia, Messini); 24, left genital sclerites of female (Achaia, Araxos).

FIGURES 25–31. Pygopleurus pseudopsilotrichius (Petrovitz, 1958), habitus and genitalia. 25, male (Lakonia, Gorani); 26, male (Arcadia, Karitena); 27, female (Lakonia, Chanià); 28, female (Lakonia, Gorani); 29, left paramere in lateral and dorsal view (Laconia, Chanià); 30, everted endophallus in left lateral view (Laconia, Chanià); 31, left genital sclerites of female (Laconia, Dafni).