Microhoria truncata ( Pic, 1895 ) Kejval & Chandler, 2020

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 123

Microhoria truncata ( Pic, 1895) comb. nov.

( Figs 72, 73 )

Anthicus truncatus Pic, 1895 : cclxxxiv.

Anthicus truncatus : PIC (1901): 179 (note); PIC (1911b): 78 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927): 841 (catalogue).

Stricticollis truncatus: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 447 (catalogue, distribution); TELNOV (2010): 22, 29 (checklist, synonymy, record Turkey).

Type locality. Turkey, Hatay Province, Akbez.

Type material. SYNTYPE: ♀, ‘Akbés 1894 [h] // type [h; yellowish label] // sp. pres capilliger [h] // TYPE [p; red label] // truncatus Pic [h]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN).

Additional material. TURKEY: 1 1 ♀, Osmaniye, 1000 m, 1.– 8.v.1969, F. Schubert lgt. ( ZSMC, NHMW).

Diagnosis. Microhoria longiceps species-group; reddish, rather glossy, apterous species. Elytra evenly convex, lacking distinct humeri, subtruncate, median apical angle prominent, moderately produced (channel of gland forming slight cavity at apex). Male sternum VII distinctly produced and evenly rounded apically; sternum VIII forming paired simple sclerites; tergum VII and VIII simple; aedeagus ( Figs 72, 73 ). Female sternum VII simple; tergum VII simple.

Variation. Body length (♀) 2.9–3.2 mm.

Distribution. Turkey.

Remarks. PIC (1895) described Anthicus truncatus from an unstated number of specimens collected at the locality Akbez in southern Turkey. The additional specimens examined originate from an adjacent province (Osmanyie is about 30 km NW from Akbez). They were found to be identical with the single female syntype in Pic’s collection, and confirm placement of A. truncatus in Microhoria .

Figures

Figs 68–73. Aedeagus: 68 – Microhoria antalya sp. nov., ventral view; 69 – M. decolorata (Pic, 1897) stat. restit. & comb. nov., ventral view; 70 – M. antalya sp. nov., apex in lateral view; 71 – M. decolorata, apex in lateral view; 72 – M. truncata (Pic, 1895) comb. nov., lateral view; 73 – same, apical half in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm – A (Figs 72, 73), B (Figs 68–71).