Microhoria funeraria ( Marseul, 1879 )

Telnov, Dmitry & Degiovanni, Augusto, 2024, Notes On Some Greek Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) With New Descriptions And Synonymy, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 24 (1), pp. 81-127 : 95-97

Microhoria funeraria ( Marseul, 1879) ( Fig. 12 )

‘ Anthicus funerarius (Laf.) ’ ‒ Marseul 1879: 225 (description: no locus typicus specified).

Anthicus funerarius ‒ Marseul 1887: 353 (checklist; distribution: ‘G.’ likely referring to

Type material examined. ♂ lectotype [designated herewith] MNHN: … Funerarius … [handwritten, in part illegible, label pink] // Funerarius (nob) N. A. Kiesenw? [handwritten] .

Two male syntypes were allocated at the MNHN. The lectotype agrees with the original description (e.g., basal antennomeres, cranial ‘neck’ and base of pronotum pale, elytra elliptical (‘ovales’), rounded laterally). The second syntype (labels were not transcribed), also a male (a female mentioned in the original description was not allocated), represents another Greek species, Microhoria corallicollis ( Reitter, 1889) , with strongly different aedeagus (see Telnov 2022: 224 fig. 14), not fully agrees with the original description ( Marseul 1879) and is morphologically different from the lectotype M. funeraria in the shape of head, the width of pronotum, the proportions and shape of elytra and the shape of the modifications of the elytral apex The lectotype designation is made to maintain nomenclatural stability considering the fact that the type series is represented by at least two different species.

New material examined. 2♂ NHMW ( Fig. 12 ): Attica Kiesenwet. // ♂ // ovatus det. v.Krekich [printed]; 1♀ NHMW: Attica Kiesenwet. // ♀ // ovatus det. v.Krekich [printed].

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Supplementary description. Lectotype ♂. Dorsum and venter dark brown, basal pronotal fovea yellowish brown. Antennomeres 1‒5 yellowish brown, remaining antennomeres dark. Tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown, femora darker. Compound eye large, strongly protruding from lateral outline of head, about 1.3× as long as converging tempus. Head base broadly rounded, posterior temporal angle rounded. Head dorsal punctures moderately deep and dense. Pronotum about 0.8× as wide as head, broadly rounded at anterior margin, medially subtruncate. Lateral margins rather strongly constricted towards base in posterior half of pronotum. Pronotal dorsal punctures similar to those on head. Elytra elongate, about 1.5‒1.6× as long as medially wide, laterally broadly rounded. Humerus obsolete (brachypterous or apterous?). Elytral sutural angle rounded. Elytral apex subtruncate, modified, channel of gland forming inconspicuous, wide, denticle-like process at gland channel opening. Elytral setae moderately dense, curved, subdecumbent. Tergite VII subtruncate at apical margin. Morphological sternite VII rounded at posterior margin ( Fig.12C ). Morphological sternite VIII of two subtriangular, disconnected sclerites ( Fig. 12D ). Morphological sternite IX Y-shaped, arms moderately long ( Fig. 12D ). Aedeagus as in fig. 12A‒B, similar to that of M. corallicollis ( Reitter, 1889) and M. ionica (Pic, 1901) in the presence of a conspicuous paired, somewhat canine-shaped spines.

Ecology. Unknown.

Distribution. Greece. No type locality information is mentioned in the original description nor on the syntypes’ labels. A reference to the Greek origin of this species first appears in Marseul (1887) followed by Pic (1901b, 1894) and others. Occurrence in Greece is first confirmed herein (see New material examined). Records from Cyprus ( Uhmann 1989) and Italy ( Angelini et al. 1995) are dubious and require confirmation.

Chorotype. E-Mediterranean (3.03 EME).

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Figures

Figure 12. Microhoria funeraria (Marseul, 1879), ♂ from Attica, Greece, genitalia and terminalia (compared with those of the lectotype). A – Aedeagus, lateral view; B – ditto, apical portion magnified; C – Morphological sternite VII, ventral view; D – Morphological sternite IX [not to scale]. Images: A. Degiovanni & D. Telnov.