Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828

Muñoz-Santiago, José & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2022, Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region, European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1), pp. 75-109 : 96

Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828

Figs 2D , 3I , 5C

Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828: 7 .

Pogonus rappi Hubenthal, 1915: 107 .

Diagnoses

Tegument similar than in P. luridipennis . Pronotum weakly or not transverse, sub-cordiform. Elytra narrow, parallel and convex. Up to 3 setigerous pores in the 3 rd interstria.

Material examined

No Ibero-Balearic material was available for study.

FRANCE • 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer; 28 Mar. 1974; G. Dubault leg.; VMO .

Description

Habitus ( Fig. 2D ). Length: 7.0–8.0 mm. Antennomeres testaceous, but the 2 nd and 3 rd are slightly lighter than the rest. Palps yellow. Lateral sinuosity of the pronotum relatively long and smooth; lateral sulcus slightly widened. Anterior region of the pronotum slightly punctured; punctuation of the base deep, combined with marked longitudinal clefts that give the surface a striated appearance. Legs entirely testaceous. Median lobe of the aedeagus wide in its median region, clearly arcuate and with the apex narrow and relatively sharp ( Fig. 3I ).

Chorology

Species present along the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, France and Italy ( Bousquet 2017).

Ibero-Balearic distribution ( Fig. 5C ): in the Iberian Peninsula, the only precise records of this species come from some localities of the Catalan coast (NE Spain), but it has also been reported, with no precision, from the coast of Valencia (E Spain; Zaballos & Jeanne 1994).

Biology

The few published comments about its biology remark that, as in other Pogonini , P. pallidipennis has a sub-lapidicolous life close to wet and saline zones (it can also be collected under other solid objects that act as refuges) ( Español 1964).

Bibliographic Ibero-Balearic records

Español 1964; Vives & Vives 1978a; Zaballos & Jeanne 1994.

Figures

Fig. 2. Habitus. A. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. B. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). C. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822). D. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 3. Median lobe in left lateral view.A. Sirdenus (Syrdenopsis) grayii(Wollaston, 1862). B. Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828). C. Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828). D. Pogonus (Pogonoidius) meridionalis Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828. F. Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828. G. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). H. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822). I. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. J. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828.K. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 5. Distribution map in the Ibero-Balearic region. A. Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812). B. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822).C. Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828. D. Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828. E. Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835. Occurrence points: bibliographic records (blue dots), bibliographic records confirmed with examined material (green dots), new records (red dots).