Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977

Konvička, Ondřej & Brustel, Hervé, 2021, Description of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Spain and new distribution records of Marolia species, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 407-416 : 412

Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977

( Figs. 6 , 13 )

Additional material examined. FRANCE: Chevaline, 700 m a.s.l., 15.x.2001, L. Casset lgt., H. Brustel det., 1 spec. ( MNHT); Séchilienne, Lac Luitel, 1260 m a.s.l., 15.x.2001, L. Leseigneur lgt. et det., beaten from dead spruce branches ( Picea abies ), 10 spec. ( OKZC) [This record has been published already by Leseigneur & Dalmon (2006).]; Hautes-Alpes department, Abriès, 1660 m a.s.l., 44°47′26′′N, 6°55′17′′E, 2.vi.2019, O. Konvička lgt. et det., beaten from fallen silver fir ( Abies alba ) and the European larch ( Larix decidua ) branches, 2 spec. ( OKZC), same location and date, E. Ezer lgt., O. Konvička det., beaten from small live silver fir, 1 spec. ( EEZC); Roche Béranger, Lac Luitel, 1430 m s. l., 45°5′18′′N, 5°51′35′′E, 3.vi.2019, O. Konvička lgt. et det., beaten from dead silver fir branches, 2 spec. ( OKZC). SWITZERLAND: Canton Ticino, Cademario, 792 m a.s.l., 25.v.2013, 1 spec. ( ERPC).

Distribution. Alpine species known from France, Italy and Switzerland ( Leseigneur & Dalmon 2006, Nikitsky & Pollock 2008, Sanchez et al. 2015, Chittaro & Sanchez 2016).

Figures

FIGS 1–7: 1 – holotype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov.; 2 – paratype female of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.9 mm); 3 – paratype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.1 mm); 4 – male of Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917 (length 7 mm); 5 – male of Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791) (length 5.7 mm); 6 – male of Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977 (length 5 mm); 7 – male of Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933 (length 6 mm); 1–7 – habitus in dorsal view. (Fig. 1 photo Aleš Sedláček; Figs. 2–7 photo Pierre Zagatti).

FIGS 8–13: 8, 10 – Marolia alicantina sp. nov.; 9, 11 – Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917; 12 – Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791); 13 – Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977; 8, 9 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 10, 11 – pronotum; 12, 13 – antenna, original by Allemand & Thilliez (1991). (Figs. 8–11 photo Aleš Sedláček). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.