Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023

Uliana, Marco, Bollino, Maurizio & Sabatinelli, Guido, 2023, Eulasia (Eulasia) ozdikmeni and Pygopleurus ozguri, two new species of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from south western Turkey, Zootaxa 5284 (3), pp. 521-539 : 532

Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli , new species

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Type material. Holotype, ♁, labelled: “ Turkey, Karaman prov., / 2 Km SE of Karaman city, / 1150m, 1-4 april 2013, / leg. W. Schmidt ” (typed on white card), “HOLOTYPUS / Pygopleurus / ozguri / Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023” (typed on red card), ( GMAT) . Paratypes: 86♁♁, 241♀♀, same data as the holotype ( GMAT, GSPF, HNHM, IECA, MUCI, MBLI, NMPC). The additional label “PARATYPUS / Pygopleurus / ozguri / Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, 2023” (typed on red card) was added to all paratypes .

Figures

FIGURES 33–36. Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species, paratypes. 33–34, common color form; 35, female with completely dark elytra; 36, female with extensive turquoise shade on fore body.

FIGURES 37–40. Head of Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species, paratypes. 37–38, male, dorsal view (slightly inclined forward in Fig. 38); 39–40, lateral view of male (39) and female (40). Not to scale.

FIGURES 41–43. Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species, paratypes, genitalia. 41–42, left paramere in dorsal (41) and lateral (42) view; 43, apex of aedeagus with paramera and inflated endophallus, inclined right lateral view, not to scale; 44, left genital sclerites of female.

FIGURES 45–49. Pygopleurus ozguri Uliana, Bollino & Sabatinelli, new species in the wild, southern outskirts of Karaman. 45, 47, females on Tulipa, (19 April 2021); 46, male on Papaver (4 April 2018); 48, female on Adonis (4 April 2018); 49, landscape of P. ozguri habitat near the type locality (24 April 2018). Photos 45–48 kindly provided by O. Koçak.