Scotoscopus spectabilis (Schaufuss) Engel, Michael S., Falin, Zachary H. & Batelka, Jan, 2019

Engel, Michael S., Falin, Zachary H. & Batelka, Jan, 2019, A new genus of Pelecotominae from Mexico, with notes on the genera Clinops and Scotoscopus and the description of new species (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae), ZooKeys 857, pp. 59-84 : 59

Scotoscopus spectabilis (Schaufuss) comb. nov. Figs 27-29, 30, 31, 32-33

Clinops spectabilis Schaufuss, 1872: 276.

Scotoscopus carbonarius Reitter in Brenske & Reitter, 1884: 93. Synonymy vide Batelka (2005).

Diagnosis.

As for the genus (vide supra).

Material examined.

1♂, Greece: Pelopónnisos / Taïyetos Mts., 950 - / 1800 m, 15.-19.v.1990 [15-19 May 1990] / Zool. Mus. Copenh. Exp. [p] // Scotoscopus / carbonarius Rtt. / det. C. Wurst 99 [handwritten] (ZMUC).

Distribution.

Hitherto, the species was known from the holotypes of the two synonymous taxa collected in Turkey (Antakya) and Mount Parnassus (central Greece) and subsequently from approximately a dozen specimens from Crete (Cretan Archipelago, Greece) ( Batelka 2005, 2007). This is the first record of the species from the Peloponnese (southern Greece).