Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) jejunus Kiesenwetter, 1863

Liberti, Gianfranco, 2019, The Aplocnemus Stephens, 1830, of Greece (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Dasytidae). A contribution to their knowledge, Natural History Sciences 6 (1), pp. 3-26 : 17-20

Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) jejunus Kiesenwetter, 1863

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Haplocnemus jejunus Kiesenwetter, 1863: 652 , loc. typ. southern France; Pic, 1937: 35; Prota, 1966: 18, fig. III; Fiori, 1971: 56; Liberti, 1995: 167 [ Aplocnemus ]; Constantin, 2007: 161; Mayor, 2007: 411; Liberti, 2009: 369; Constantin & Liberti, 2011: 50, 56, 133, 135, fig. 109, pl. 19 fig. 75. Although the types are probably lost, there has been general agreement on the interpretation of this species.

Description and drawings can be found in Liberti (1995: 167, Figs. 28-29) and Constantin (2007).

Distribution and comments - An uncommon to rare species, sometimes collected in winter under barks of trees or, late autumn and spring, by means of Malaise (or similar) traps. Present in southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, the whole of Italy, the Balkans and, probably, Turkey.

Materials studied

Slovenia Branik [Reifenberg Castle] (Springer, 1942, MSNM).

Croatia Momian, Istra (Schurmann, 1966, CLi).

Bulgaria Balcik (Ziegler, 2015, CZi)F; Batovo (Ziegler, 2015, CZi)F; Sabla (Ziegler, 2015, CZi); Studen Kladenets (Chobanov, 2006, CMg).

Greece Grevena prov.: Anixi (Berger, 2006, CBu)(F).

Turkey (European) Tekirdag prov.: Yenice (Angelini, 2011, CLi)(F).

Further localities, for other Countries, are reported in Liberti (1995), Constantin (2007) and Liberti (2009).