Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835

Figs 2F, 3K, 5E

Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835: 53 .

Pogonus viridimicans Fairmaire, 1852: 69 .

Diagnoses

Tegument shiny, bluish or emerald green. Pronotum sub-cordiform and markedly convex; surface of the central disc smooth. Elytra sub-parallel and convex. Up to 3 setigerous pores in the 3 rd interstria.

Material examined

SPAIN • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Cádiz, San Fernando, Campo Soto; 11 Nov. 1993; P. Coello leg.; VMO • 2 ♂♂; Cádiz, Chiclana; 29 Mar. 1991; J.M. Beltrán leg.; VMO • 1 ♂; Cádiz, La Janda; 18 Oct. 1980; J. de Ferrer leg.; VMO • 1 spec.; Cádiz, Laguna de La Janda; 15 Jun. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 ♀; Cádiz, Los Barrios; 27 Apr. 1976; J. de Ferrer leg.; VMO • 2 specs; Cádiz, Palmones; 27 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 2 specs; same collection data as for preceding; 3 May 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 3 specs; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Apr. 1976; MNCN • 3 specs; Cádiz, San Fernando; 15 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 spec.; Cádiz, Zahara de los Atunes; 24 Apr. 1976; J. Ramírez leg.; MNCN • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; 22 May 1976; MNCN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sevilla, Los Palacios y Fillafranca, Caño de la Vera; 30 Nov. 2002; J. Navarro leg.; VMO .

Description

Habitus (Fig. 2F). Length: 6.5–8.0 mm. Palps yellow; antennae entirely testaceous. Anterior angles of the pronotum rounded and not protruding; lateral sulcus narrow. Base of the pronotum punctured. Legs pallid testaceous or yellow. Median lobe of the aedeagus narrow, arcuate near the distal extreme and with claw-appearance since the apex is abruptly directed down (Fig. 3K).

Chorology

Species with a narrow distribution: it is present only at coastal and saline interior localities of the meridional extreme of the Iberian Peninsula (Fig. 5E) and in North Africa (Vives 1965; Bousquet 2017).

Biology

There is no published information about the biology of this Pogonini . The first record of P. smaragdinus in an interior locality of the Iberian Peninsula corresponds to the Laguna de Herrera, a saline lagoon in Antequera (Málaga, Spain) (Zaballos, 1986a).

Bibliographic Ibero-Balearic records

Champion 1898; Zaballos 1986a; Zaballos & Jeanne 1994.