Philomessor (Attumbrinus) bolivari Jeannel, 1936

Vávra, Jiří Ch., 2015, Review of the subgenus Attumbrinus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Philomessor), with description of Philomessor lackneri sp. nov. from Morocco, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 85-103 : 94-100

Philomessor (Attumbrinus) bolivari Jeannel, 1936

( Figs 3, 4, 8 , 11 , 18, 19 , 28, 29 , 31 , 35, 36 , 46, 47 , 50–52 , 55–59 )

Philomessor (Attumbrinus) Bolivari Jeannel, 1936: 425 .

Philomessor Bolivari: KOCHER (1958) : 67 (annotated catalogue).

Philomessor (Attumbrinus) bolivari: RŮŽIČKA (1996) : 626 (taxonomy); PERREAU (2000): 109 (catalogue); PERREAU (2004): 147 (catalogue).

Type locality. ‘Rif: Imasinen, Beni Seddat’ [ Morocco, Rif Atlas Mts., Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Region, Beni Seddat env., Immassine].

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ( Fig. 31 ):J ( MNHN, here designated), ‘[label with adult specimen of Messor sp. ] // Imasinen / Beni Seddat, Rif / VI – 1930 EXP. C. BOLIVAR [printed] // TYPE [red label, printed] // MUSEUM PARIS / COLL.GÉNÉRALE [printed] // C. Bolivar [blue label,handwritten by Jeannel] // PHILOMESSOR (ATTUM- BRINUS) / BOLIVARI Jeannel, 1936 / HOLOTYPE / J. Růžička des. 1995 [white label, handwritten by Růžička] // LECTOTYPUS J / Philomessor (Attumbr.) / bolivari Jeannel, 1936 / Jiří Vávra des. 2014 [red label, printed]’; PARALECTOTYPES: 1 ♀ ( MNHN), ‘Imasinen / Beni Seddat, Rif / VI – 1930 EXP. C. BOLIVAR [printed] // MUSEUM PARIS [printed] / coll. / générale [handwritten] // TYPE [red label, printed] // PHILOMESSOR (ATTUMBRINUS) / BOLIVARI Jeannel, 1936 / J. Růžička det. 1995 [white label, handwritten by Růžička] // PARALECTOTYPUS ♀ / Philomessor (Attumbr.) / bolivari Jeannel, 1936 / Jiří Vávra des. 2014 [red label, printed]’; 1 ♀ ( MNHN), ‘Imasinen / Beni Seddat, Rif / VI – 1930 EXP. C. BOLIVAR [printed] // C. Bolivar [blue label, handwritten by Jeannel] // TYPE [red label, printed] // PARALECTOTYPUS ♀ / Philomessor (Attumbr.) / bolivari Jeannel, 1936 / Jiří Vávra des. 2014 [red label, printed]’.

Additional material examined. MOROCCO: ‘ Hoher Atlas , Umg. Oukajmeden’, 11.v.1988, 1 ♀, Fülscher leg. ( JRUC) ; ‘ Maroc centr., Moyen Atlas, Ifrane env.[Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane, 33°27′N, 5°02′W, 1900 m a.s.l.]’, 17.–21. vi.1998, 1 J 1 ♀, T. Lackner leg. (1 J in TLAC, 1 ♀ in JVAC) ; ‘ Haut Atlas , SE Asni, Oukaimeden, meadow, 2500 m, No. 11, 31º12′56N, 07º50′22W’, 28.xii.2002, 1 ♀, Wunderle [leg.] ( ZMHB) ; Oukaïmeden env., 31º14.257′N, 07º49.066′W, 2245 m a.s.l., 21.v.2009, 1 J 3 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC, 1 ♀ [MD] in JVAC) ; same locality, 31º14.254′N, 07º49.065′W, 2239 m a.s.l., 23.v.2009, 3 JJ 7 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC) ; same locality, 31º14.255′N, 07º49.069′W, 2245 m a.s.l., 23.v.2009, 3 JJ 7 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC) ; same locality, 31º14.259′N, 07º49.052′W, 2260 m a.s.l., 23.v.2009, 5 JJ 10 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC, 1 J in JVAC) ; same locality, 31º14.236′N, 07º49.055′W, 2257 m a.s.l., 19.v.2011, 2 ♀♀, V. Zieris leg. ( JRUC) ; same locality, 31º14.236′N, 07º49.055′W, 2237 m a.s.l., 20.v.2011, 2 JJ 14 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC, 2 ♀♀ in JVAC) ; same locality, 31º14.255′N, 07º49.069′W, 2245 m a.s.l., 20.v.2011, 9 JJ 4 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg.( MSVC, PKOC, 2 JJ in JVAC) ; same locality, 31º14.259′N, 07º49.052′W, 2260 m a.s.l., 20.v.2011, 9 JJ, 4 ♀♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC) ; same locality, 31º14.268′N, 07º49.031′W, 2238 m a.s.l., 20.iv.2012, 14 JJ, 1 ♀, Peter Koniar & Martin Švarc leg. ( MSVC, PKOC) ; same locality, 31º13.833′N, 07º49.320′W, 2360 m a.s.l., 20.iv.2012, 1 J, Pavel Krásenský leg. ( PAKC) ; ‘ NE of Oukaimeden’ , 31º14.28′N, 07º49.09′W, 2200–2300 m a.s.l., 21.v.2013, 10 JJ 2 ♀♀, Kamil Orszulik leg, ( JVAC, KORC) ; ‘ Toubkal National Park , Oukaimeden, 0611972E- 3455507N, on road no. 2028’, 2374 m a.s.l., 12.v.2010, 1J 1♀, Di Giulio, Maurizi & Bravi leg.( JRUC) ; Michliffen env., 33º24.721′N, 05º06.397′W, 1899 m a.s.l., 27.v.2011, 2 ♀♀, Martin Švarc & Peter Koniar leg. ( MSVC, PKOC) .

Notes. JEANNEL (1936) described this species from three specimens (1 male, 2 females). In the original description he mentioned only the male as type, but in the examined material from Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris ( MNHN) all three specimens bear a red label ‘Type’. Therefore I consider the entire series to be syntypes and designate the male as lectotype, because the male posseses important morphological features for recognition of the species.

RŮŽIČKA (1996: Figs 6–9 ) supplemented the original description with the characters of both, male and female, genitalia including figures: dorsal view of the apical portion of aedeagus, the shape of the male genital segment and the shapes of the female sternum VIII and terga IX and X. I bring the photo of the lectotype ( Fig. 31 ), habitus ( Figs 28, 29 ), and the shape of antennae in both sexes ( Figs 50, 52 ) as well as the punctation and pubescence of elytra ( Figs 35, 36 ). Figured are also the pubescence and the shape of the male meso- and metatibiae ( Figs 46 , 51 ), the shape of the sternum VIII ( Fig. 8 ) as well as the dorsal and lateral view of aedeagus in male ( Figs 3, 4 ), and the shape of the female protarsus ( Fig. 47 ). Precise are also the drawings of the shape of the male genital segment ( Fig. 11 ) and the shapes of the female sternum VIII and terga IX and X ( Figs 18, 19 ), figured already by RŮŽIČKA (1996).

Biology. JEANNEL (1936) reported this species from the nest of Messor barbarus ssp. striaticeps (André, 1883) (= Messor striaticeps (André, 1883) , according to BERNARD (1955)) ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ). The specimens from Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane were collected together with Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. in the nest of Messor sp. under a big stone at the periphery of a forest near a pasture at the altitude 1900 m a.s.l. The specimens from Oukaïmeden (ca. 2200–2500 m a.s.l., Figs 55, 58 ) and Michliffen (1900 m a.s.l., Fig. 56 ), collected by Peter Koniar, Pavel Krásenský, Martin Švarc and Vladimír Zieris were found in the nests of Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921 ( Fig. 57 ) on pastures. In the locality Oukaïmeden the species was found sometimes also together with P. (A.) lackneri sp. nov.

Distribution. Morocco: ‘Imasinen, Beni Seddat’; Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane; Michliffen; Oukaïmeden ( Fig. 59 ).

Figures

Figs 1–8. 1, 3 – aedeagus in dorsal view; 2, 4, 5 – aedeagus in lateral view; 6–8 – sternum VIII in ventral view, males. 1, 2, 6 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (HT); 3, 4, 8 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (3, 8 – LT; 4 – Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane, Morocco); 5, 7 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (5 – HT; 7 – Kairous, Algeria).

Figs 9–12. Genital segments in ventral view, males. 9, 10 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (9 – PT, Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane, Morocco; 10 – HT); 11 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (HT); 12 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (Kairous, Algeria).

Figs 13–20. 13, 14 – antenna, males; 15 – antenna, female; 16 – stylus in dorsal view, female; 17, 19 – terga IX and X in dorsal view, females; 18, 20 – sternum VIII in ventral view, females, sv – spiculum ventrale. 13 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (HT); 14–17, 20 – P. (A.) lackneri sp. nov. (14 – PT, Tizi-n-Tretten near Ifrane, Morocco; 15, 16, 20 – AT; 17 – PT, Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 18, 19 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco).

Figs 26–29. 26, 28 – general habitus, males; 27, 29 – general habitus, females. 26, 27 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (27 – HT, 29 – AT); 28, 29 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco).

Figs 30–32. General habitus of types with original labels, males. 30 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) cloueti (Portevin, 1907), holotype; 31 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936, lectotype; 32 – P. (A.) henroti Růžička, 1996, holotype. An asterisk ‘*’ denotes upper and under side of the same label.

Figs 33–40. 33, 35, 37, 39 – punctation of elytron in dorsal view, males; 34, 36, 38 – pubescence of elytron in lateral view, males; 40 – posterior margin of pronotum in posterolateral view, male. 33, 34 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (PT, Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 35, 36 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 37, 38 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (Kairous, Algeria); 39, 40 – P. (A.) henroti Růžička, 1996 (HT).

Figs 41–48. 41 – protarsus, male; 42 – protibia in dorsolateral view, male; 43, 47 – protarsus, females; 44, 46, 48 – mesotibia in lateral view, males; 45 – detail of basal protarsomeres, female. 41–45 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (41, 42, 44 – PT, Oukaïmeden, Morocco; 43, 45 – AT); 46, 47 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 48 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (Kairous, Algeria).

Figs 49–54. 49, 51, 53 – metatibia in lateral view, males; 50 – antenna, male; 52 – antenna, female; 54 – pronotum, male.49 – Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. (PT, Oukaïmeden,Morocco); 50–52 – P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco); 53–54 – P. (A.) cloueti (Portevin, 1907) (Kairous, Algeria).

Figs 55–58. 55 – habitat of Philomessor (Attumbrinus) lackneri sp. nov. and P. (A.) bolivari Jeannel, 1936 (Oukaïmeden, Morocco, 22.v.2009); 56 – habitat of P. (A.) bolivari (Mischlifen, Morocco, 27.v.2011); 57 – nest of Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921, under a stone on a pasture (Oukaïmeden, Morocco, 20.v.2011); 58 – male of P. (A.) bolivari in the nest of Messor abdelazizi (Oukaïmeden, Morocco, 20.v.2011). Photographs by P. Koniar and M. Švarc.

Fig. 59. Distribution of Philomessor (Attumbrinus) Jeannel, 1936 in the northwest of Africa.