Platyderus (Eremoderus) jordanensis, Guéorguiev & Wrase & Assmann & Muilwijk & Machard, 2022

Gueorguiev, Borislav, Wrase, David W., Assmann, Thorsten, Muilwijk, Jan & Machard, Patrice, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (1), pp. 71-122 : 71

18. Platyderus (Eremoderus) jordanensis sp. nov.

Figs 4C , 6D , 7K , 9F , 11E , 12L , 15E , 19

Type locality.

Jordan, Ma’an Governorate, Al-Betrā’ District, Little Petra, archaeological area, 30.3667, 35.4333.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, 'JORDAN ( Ma’an) / Little Petra, ca. 1000 m / archaeological area / 30°22'N / 35°26'E / (narrow shaft beside / stony staircase) / 25.III.2016 Wrase & Laser [12B] [w, p]' (cWR). Paratypes: 1♀, 'Jordanien 1024 m / Prov Ma’an / W. Ziegler 9.3.2015 [w, p] // N Wadi Musa / 30°24'.15"N, 35°26'.53"E [w, p]' (cZIEG); 1♂, 'Jordania / Prov. Ma’an / n Wadi Musa 1023m / W.Ziegler 25.3.2016 [w, p] // Jabal al Bayda (Project / 30°24'291"N, 35°26'743"E [w, p]' (NMNHS); 1♂ 'S-Jordan: Wadi Rum / Qatar Spring / 29.51°N / 35.41°E / 1000-1100 m asl [w, p] // dry wadi with Ficus trees, 21.III.2017 / leg. Th. Assmann [w, p]" (cAL); 1♂, ʻS-Jordan: Little Petra, ca. 1000m / wadis with Mediterranean trees in vicinity to the archaeological site / 30.34°N, 035.46°E / 25.III.2016 / leg. Th. Assmann [w, p]' (cAL).

TME: 5 specimens. TGE: 4♂♂, 1♀.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a Latinized adjective, based on the name of the country in which this species was found.

Diagnosis.

Differs from all other species of the " Platyderus Eremoderus languidus " group by the following set of characters: (1) meso- and metatarsomeres dorsally convex and smooth (Fig. 6D ); (2) posterior angles of pronotum incompletely rounded, with tips protruding laterally (Fig. 4C ); and (3) ventral margin of apex of median lobe (lateral view) evidently convex thus apex appears bent up (Fig. 9F ).

Platyderus jordanensis sp. nov. and P. languidus share a trait that can be a mark for their close relationships, the apical gonocoxite without nematiform setae.

Description.

Habitus. Specimens of large size for Platyderus species (BL: 8.70-9.90 mm; BW: 3.00-3.45 mm), with rather elongate and moderately convex body (Fig. 4C ). Measurements and ratios. See Table 3 . Color and lustre. Body and appendages uniformly light reddish-brown, palpomeres and legs somewhat lighter than rest of body. Integument slightly to moderately shiny, head and pronotum shinier than elytra. Microsculpture and punctation. Surface of pronotum with evident microreticulation, sculpticells regular isodiametric. Elytra (intervals, scutellum, basal margin and lateral gutter) with distinct isodiametric sculpticells. Ventral surface largely with more or less impressed isodiametric or slight transverse sculpticells. Head impunctate, nearly smooth, with a few, fine and shallow wrinkles in and laterally of frontal furrows. Pronotum surface mostly smooth, only basal area between foveae longitudinally wrinkled and adjacent lateral areas with rare and superficial punctures that do not reach anterior half. Elytral intervals without apparent punctation. Abdominal ventrite 1 finely wrinkled medially, smooth laterally, other ventrites neither wrinkled nor punctate. Head. One-third or more as wide as pronotum wide (PW/HW= 1.35-1.42). Eyes long, moderately convex. Labrum subrectangular, shorter than clypeus, with anterior margin concave medially. Frontoclypeal suture distinct in middle, indistinct at sides. Frontal furrows small, punctiform. Paraorbital sulci straight, backward surpassing posterior margin of eye, hardly reaching level of posterior supraorbital pore. Thorax. Pronotum about a tenth wider than long (PW/PL= 1.08-1.13), with widest point at medial third. Anterior transverse impression absent; posterior transverse impression barely distinct. Sides sinuate, convex medially and anteriorly, slightly concave posteriorly; anterior bead present laterally, lacking or present in medial 1/10; basal bead present laterally, reduced to absent in medial third or medial half. Metepisternum somewhat longer than wide, MA/MI= 0.88-0.91. Elytra. Elongate, about one and a half times or little more as long as elytra width (EL/EW= 1.56-1.60), two-and-a-half-times as long as pronotum (EL/PL= 2.41-2.60), and a bit less than a half as wide as pronotum (EW/PW= 1.39-1.46), with widest point at medial third. Parascutellar striole linear, as impressed as other striae, not joining stria 1; striae 1-8 and striole slightly to indistinctly punctate; base of stria 1 ending in parascutellar pore, striae 2-5 reaching or barely not reaching basal bead, 6 and 7 ending little before basal bead. Interval 3 with three discal setiferous punctures. Umbilicate setiferous series with 16 punctures on each elytron in three specimens examined, including holotype. Legs. Posterior side of profemur with one or two setae in basal third and one in medial third. Mesofemora with 6 (holotype) or 5 (both paratypes) setiferous punctures on anterior side ventrally. Anterior side of metafemur ventrally with two long setae, one in basal third and one in medial third. Male genitalia. Urite IX subtriangular, with proximal margin symmetrical and pointed at apex (Fig. 7K ). Median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view slender, with narrow basal bulb, shaft broad with proximal part slightly constricted, and short, straight apex (Fig. 9F ); median lobe in ventral view straight, 3.7 times longer than wide; apical lamella (dorsal view) rather short, nearly symmetrical, rounded at tip, with sides straight to slightly concave. Internal sac in lateral view (Fig. 9F ) with ventral sclerite slightly broadened and rounded distally; same in ventral view (Fig. 11E ), with dorsal sclerite large, having small left-sided and large right-sided protuberance, and ventral sclerite straight and rather narrow. Right paramere as on Fig. 12L . Female genitalia (Fig. 15E ). Apical gonocoxite with widely rounded apex and one dorsolateral ensiform seta. Spermathecal canal connected in basal third of receptaculum.

Comparisons.

In additions to characters mentioned in “Diagnosis”, P. jordanensis sp. nov. differs from geographically close P. brunneus ferranei by pronotum less wide (PW/PL: 1.08-1.13, vs. PW/PL: 1.14-1.21), with anterior margin narrower than posterior margin (PA/PB: 0.78-0.87, vs. PA/PB: 0.88-0.92).

For differences between P. jordanensis , from one side, and P. languidus , P. irakensis and P. arabicus , from other side, see sections “Comparisons” (under the first two species) and “Diagnosis” (under P. arabicus ).

Habitat.

In Little Petra P. jordanansis sp. nov. lives in wadis that have a canyon-like profile and some Mediterranean tree species. There it lives together with Laemostenus quadricollisquadricollis L. Redtenbacher, 1843, Trechus crucifer Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1876, Calathus cinctus Motschulsky, 1850, Cymindis andreae Ménétriés, 1832, and Carabus impressus Klug, 1832. In Wadi Rum the single specimen was found in a dry wadi with Retama shrubs and single Ficus trees in the shade of the walls of the head of the canyon-like valley. It occurs together with ground beetles that are mainly typical for desert habitats ( Laemostenus aegyptiacus Schatzmayr, 1936, Singilis filicornis Peyerimhoff, 1907, Cymindis hierichontica Reiche & Saulcy, 1855, Merizomena castanea Klug, 1832, and Amara maindroni Bedel, 1907). A photograph of the habitat of the latter is given by Casale and Assmann (2017: 22, fig. 35).

Distribution.

According to the data available, the species is the representative of the group " Platyderus Eremoderus languidus " in the southern part of Jordan, stretching from the vicinity of Little Petra to areas close to the Saudi Arabian border (Fig. 19 ). As Wadi Rum is in the most southern part of Jordan, the species may also occur in Northwest Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 4. Dorsal habitus. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) insignitus insignitus Bedel, 1902, male specimen, SW Tiznit, Sous-Massa Region, Morocco; B. P. (E.) irakensis, sp. nov., holotype; C. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., holotype; D. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), lectotype and its labels; E. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), male specimen, " Jerusalem Syria ", Jerusalem District, Israel. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 6. Metatarsus, dorsal view. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, left metatarsus, female specimen, Aziziyah, Jafara District, Libya; B. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, left metatarsus, female specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; C. P. (E.) irakensis, sp. nov., left metatarsus (black arrows indicate longitudinal grooves on metatarsomeres 2, 3 and 4), holotype; D. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., right metatarsus, holotype; E. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), right metatarsus, male specimen, Na ẖal Prat, Judea and Samaria Area, Israel. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 7. Urite, ventral view. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) chatzakiae, sp. nov., holotype; B. P. (E.) weiratheri Maran, 1940, E: topotype male specimen; C. P. (E.) felixi, sp. nov., holotype; D. P. (E.) vrabeci, sp. nov., holotype; E. P. (E.) lassallei, sp. nov., holotype; F. P. (E.) ledouxi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, 10 km S Hasan Keif, Mazandaran Province, Iran; G. P. (E.) taghizadehi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, Tochal, Tehran Province, Iran; H. P. (E.) afghanistanicus, sp. nov., holotype; I. P. (E.) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, male specimen, 50 km W of Ben Gardane, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia; J. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, male specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; K. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., holotype; L. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), lectotype; M. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), male specimen, Na ẖal Prat, Judea and Samaria Area, Israel; N. P. (Platyderus) sp., male specimen, Boz Daglar Mtn., Turkey; O. P. (P.) reticulatus (Chaudoir), male specimen, Tashehzeh, Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 9. Median lobe of aedeagus, left lateral view (black arrows on D, F-H indicate convexity of ventral margin of apex of median lobe). A. Platyderus (Platyderus) sp., male specimen, Boz Daglar Mtn., Turkey; B. P. (Eremoderus) afghanistanicus, sp. nov., holotype; C. P. (E.) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, male specimen, 50 km W of Ben Gardane, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia; D. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, male specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; E. P. (E.) insignitus insignitus Bedel, 1902, male specimen, SW Tiznit, Sous-Massa Region, Morocco; F. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., holotype; G. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), lectotype; H. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), male specimen, Na ẖal Prat, Judea and Samaria Area, Israel. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 11. Median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) afghanistanicus, sp. nov., holotype; B. P. (E.) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, male specimen, 50 km W of Ben Gardane, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia; C. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, male specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; D. P. (E.) insignitus insignitus Bedel, 1902, male specimen, SW Tiznit, Sous-Massa Region, Morocco; E. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., holotype; F. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), lectotype; G. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), male specimen, Na ẖal Prat, Judea and Samaria Area, Israel. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 12. Right paramere, external face. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) chatzakiae, sp. nov., holotype; B. P. (E.) weiratheri Maran, 1940, lectotype; C. P. (E.) felixi, sp. nov., holotype; D. P. (E.) iranicus, sp. nov., holotype; E. P. (E.) vrabeci, sp. nov., holotype; F. P. (E.) lassallei, sp. nov., holotype; G. P. (E.) ledouxi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, 10 km S Hasan Keif, Mazandaran Province, Iran; H. P. (E.) taghizadehi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, Tochal, Tehran Province, Iran; I. P. (E.) afghanistanicus, sp. nov., holotype; J. P. (E.) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, male specimen, 50 km W of Ben Gardane, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia; K. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, male specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; L. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., holotype; M. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), lectotype; N. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), male paralectotype, " Syria ". Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 15. Spermathecal complex and gonocoxites, ventral view. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) brunneus brunneus Karsch, 1881, female specimen, Bukamash, Nuqat al Khams District, Libya; B. P. (E.) brunneus ferrantei Reitter, 1909, female specimen, Holot Haluza, Southern District, Israel; C. P. (E.) insignitus insignitus Bedel, 1902, female specimen, Plage Aglou, Sous-Massa Region, Morocco; D. P. (E.) irakensis, sp. nov., holotype; E. P. (E.) jordanensis, sp. nov., female paratype, N Wadi Musa, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan; F. P. (E.) languidus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855), female specimens, Israel, Netanya 22. xii. 1996, Central District, Israel. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. For abbreviations see captions on Fig. 13.

Figure 19. Distribution of species from subgenus Platyderus Eremoderus in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula: Platyderus arabicus sp. nov. (yellow question marks), P. brunki sp. nov. (blue circle), P. irakensis sp. nov. (green circles), P. jordanensis sp. nov. (brown circles), and P. languidus (red circles).