Ammoecius rugifrons AUBÉ, 1850

DellacaSa, M. & DellacaSa, G., 2002, Systematic Redefinition Of Taxa Belonging To The Genera Ahermodontus Báguena, 1930 And Ammoecius Mulsant, 1842, With Description Of The New Genus Vladimirellus (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (4), pp. 269-316 : 310-311

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Ammoecius rugifrons AUBÉ, 1850 View in CoL

( Figs 53–56 View Figs 53–64 , 84 View Figs 81–84 )

Ammoecius rugifrons AUBÉ, 1850: 335 View in CoL ; HAROLD, 1871: 10.

Ammoecius levaillanti GODART, 1852: 297 View in CoL ; REICHE 1852: LIX (as synonym of rugifrons View in CoL ).

Aphodius (Ammoecius) rugifrons View in CoL : REITTER 1892: 184; d’ORBIGNY 1896: 206; SCHMIDT 1913: 125; SCHMIDT 1922: 70; BALTHASAR 1964: 80; BARAUD 1971: 69; DELLACASA M. 1988: 192.

Type locality: “Algérie“. [ Algeria.]

Type depository: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.

Description – Length 4.0–5.0 mm. Short, feebly oval, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous ( Fig. 84 View Figs 81–84 ). Black; clypeal margin brown-reddish; legs brown-reddish with tarsi paler; antennal club testaceous. Head with strongly convex epistoma coarsely and subrugosely punctured; punctation distinctly granulose in front of the short and moderately raised anterior carina; clypeus angulately sinuate at middle, obtusely rounded at sides, thickly bordered, border distinctly upturned; genae obtusely rounded, rather shortly ciliate, protruding more than eyes; frontal suture finely impressed, faintly gibbous at middle; frons coarsely and subregularly punctured; epipharynx: Fig. 53 View Figs 53–64 ; apex of corypha: Fig. 54 View Figs 53–64 . Pronotum subquadrate, strongly convex, doubly punctured; large punctures sparse on disc but much denser on sides, mixed distinct fine punctures regularly scattered; anterior margin very finely bordered; sides feebly rounded, thinly bordered; hind angles widely rounded; base distinctly bisinuate, thickly bordered. Scutellum regularly triangular, coarsely and rather densely punctured. Elytra strongly convex, somewhat broadened backwardly; epipleural carina distinct but not denticulate at shoulder; striae large and deep, rather superficially punctured, subcrenulate; interstices feebly convex on disc, more convex on preapical declivity, finely, sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae with superior apical spur longer than first tarsal segment; latter nearly as long as following three combined. Male: epistoma relatively more distinctly and less coarsely punctured; pronotal disc with large punctures more sparse; middle tibiae with inferior apical spur short, stout and obliquely truncate apically; metasternal plate deeply excavate; aedeagus: Figs 55–56 View Figs 53–64 . Female: epistoma relatively more irregularly and more coarsely punctured; pronotal disc with large punctures rather dense; middle tibiae with inferior apical spur elongate and regularly acuminate apically; metasternal plate flat.

Distribution: Italy (western Sardinia, Sicily?), Tunisia, Algeria.

Remarks – In LUIGIONI’ s catalogue (1929: 373), this species is cited from

Sicily (Etna) but we did not study any specimen collected there.

Ammoecius satanas ( CARPANETO, 1976) View in CoL , comb. n.

( Figs 29–32 View Figs 25–36 , 50 View Figs 49–52 )

Aphodius (Ammoecius) satanas CARPANETO, 1976: 243 View in CoL ; DELLACASA M. 1988: 194.

Type locality: Çamlik env., south Belşehir Lake, m. 1200, Vil. Konya. [ Turkey.]

Type depository: Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome. Material examined: Vil. Antalya, 40 km S Akseki, 3 km S Fersin, 650 m, 06.05.1989, Pittino L. & R. leg. (1 male, PCM); Sertavul Geç., Südseite, ca. 1400 m (Waldzone), 22.04.1981, Anatolia mer., Heinz leg. (1 female, DCG) .

Description – Length 6.5–7.5 mm. Oblong, strongly convex, very shiny, glabrous ( Fig. 50 View Figs 49–52 ). Blackish, clypeal margin and anterior angles of pronotum faintly reddish; legs brownish; antennal club dark testaceous. Head with epistoma doubly irregularly punctured on disc, few large punctures sparse laterally, mixed extremely fine ones becoming imperceptible at center; punctation in front of anterior strong and wide carina simple, regular, somewhat denser and relatively more distinct; clypeus broadly sinuate at middle, strongly denticulate at sides, rather thickly bordered, border upturned; genae obtusely rounded, rather elongately ciliate, protruding more than eyes; frontal suture obsolete at middle, almost faint laterally; frons finely punctured on sides only; epipharynx: Fig. 29 View Figs 25–36 ; apex of corypha: Fig. 30 View Figs 25–36 . Pronotum moderately transverse, strongly convex, doubly punctured; large punctures irregularly sparse, somewhat denser on sides, very fine ones mixed and regularly scattered throughout; anterior margin with vestiges of border to level of eyes; sides feebly rounded, thinly bordered, border shortly bristled toward front angles; hind angles obtusely rounded; base faintly bisinuate, rather thinly bordered. Scutellum feebly convex, with curved sides, with trace of lateral border; basally finely punctured. Elytra oblong elongate, subdenticulate at shoulder; striae rather deeply impressed, coarsely punctured, strongly crenulate; interstices nearly flat on disc, feebly convex laterally, imperceptibly punctured. Hind tibiae with superior apical spur longer than first tarsal segment; latter nearly as long as following three combined. Male: fore tibiae with apical spur spatulate and feebly broadened apically at each side; inferior apical spur of middle tibiae very short and obliquely truncate apically; metasternal plate concave; aedeagus: Figs 31–32 View Figs 25–36 . Female: fore tibiae with apical spur, as well as inferior apical spur of middle tibiae, regularly acuminate toward apex; metasternal plate nearly flat.

Distribution: Southern Turkey.