Trechus relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012

Schmidt, Joachim & Faille, Arnaud, 2018, Revision of Trechus Clairville, 1806 of the Bale Mountains and adjacent volcanos, Ethiopia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini), European Journal of Taxonomy 446, pp. 1-82 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.446

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:56E50F4E-6A7E-4CE6-963E-3B49AA7A03B6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848499

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF87A4-FFDF-FFBD-FE52-FD72FE325B8D

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Trechus relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012
status

 

Trechus relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012 View in CoL

Fig. 47 View Figs 37–56

Trechus (Archeotrechus) relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012: 20 View in CoL ; locus typicus: Oromia Province, Bale massif, Goba, Mt Sgona (Mt Batu), alt. about 3800 m.

Diagnosis

This species is easily recognizable based on the combination of the following characters: body length below 3 mm (maximum body length 3.02 mm: Magrini et al. 2012), only one protarsomere of male dilated, elytra with striae indistinctly impressed on disc, not iridescent, aedeagal median lobe elongated with ventral margin sinusoidal and with apical capitulum markedly button-like delimited.

Type material

Not studied. Identification is based on the very detailed description and figuring of habitus and genital characters as well as on additional material collected close to the type locality.

Material examined

ETHIOPIA: 54 specimens (³³, ♀♀), Oromia, Bale Mts, brook valley above Goba, alt. 3750–3800 m, 06°54′42″ N, 39°54′38″ E, 19 Feb. 2007 ( CAF, CSCHM); 7 ³³, 4 ♀♀, Bale Mts, Kaficha Vall., alt. 3960 m, 06°59′12″ N, 39°51′53″ E, 27 Feb. 2015 ( CSCHM); 1 ³, Bale Mts, Tegona Valley above Goba, alt. 3550 m, 06°54′42″ N, 39°53′35″ E, 20 Feb. 2007 ( CAF).

Distribution

Locally endemic of the northeastern slope of the Bale Mts above Goba and the adjacent parts of the Sanetti Plateau (see Magrini et al. 2012). The vertical distribution of the species ranges from approximately 3700 m to 4100 m.

N

Nanjing University

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Trechus

Loc

Trechus relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012

Schmidt, Joachim & Faille, Arnaud 2018
2018
Loc

Trechus (Archeotrechus) relictus Magrini, Quéinnec & Vigna Taglianti, 2012: 20

Magrini P. & Queinnec E. & Vigna Taglianti A. 2012: 20
Magrini P. & Queinnec E. & Vigna Taglianti A. 2012:
2012
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