Ammoecius felscheanus REITTER, 1904

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 : 293

Ammoecius felscheanus REITTER, 1904

( Figs 51 , 73–76 )

Ammoecius felscheanus REITTER, 1904: 255 .

Aphodius (Ammoecius) felscheanus : SCHMIDT 1913:126; BALTHASAR 1964:78; BARAUD 1971:68; DELLACASA M. 1988: 231.

Type locality: “Algier”. [ Algeria.]

Type depository: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest .

Material examined: Holotype, male and 7 paratypes (3 males, 4 females): Algier, Reitter coll. ( HNHMB); 1 male: Oued-Imbert , Oran Prov., Algerie ( DCG).

Description – Length 3.5–4.0 mm. Short, oblong, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous ( Fig. 51 ). Blackish; head toward clypeal margin shadowy reddish; legs brown-reddish; antennal club testaceous. Head with epistoma coarsely and subregularly punctured throughout, punctation somewhat finer in front of strongly raised transverse anterior carina; clypeus widely and distinctly sinuate at middle, subdenticulate at sides, thinly bordered; genae obtusely rounded, shortly ciliate, feebly protruding more than eyes; frontal suture finely impressed; frons coarsely and regularly punctured; epipharynx: Fig. 73 ; apex of corypha: Fig. 74 . Pronotum transverse, strongly convex, simply, rather coarsely and regularly punctured, punctation somewhat denser laterally and mainly toward anterior angles; sides feebly rounded, very thinly bordered; hind angles widely rounded; base not bisinuate, distinctly bordered. Scutellum triangularly elongate with curved sides, sparsely and irregularly punctured on basal third. Elytra strongly convex, feebly broadened backward; shoulder with a very small denticle;striaefine,superficiallypunctured,faintlycrenulate;intersticesflat,rathersparselybutvery distinctly punctured. Hind tibiae with superior apical spur slightly longer than first tarsal segment; latter longer than following two combined; aedeagus: Figs 75–76 . Male: inferior apical spur of middle tibiae very short and obliquely truncate apically; metasternal plate concave. Female: inferior apical spur of middle tibiae normally shaped; metasternal plate flat.

Distribution: Algeria. lusitanicus ERICHSON, 1848 , 61–64 = A. frigidus BRISOUT, 1866

Figures

Figs 49–52. Habitus of: 49 = Ammoecius muchei (PETROVITZ, 1962) (male, length 6.0 mm, Turkey: Vil. Kastamonu, Kastamonu env.), 50 = A. satanas (CARPANETO, 1976) (male, length 7.0 mm, Turkey: Vil. Antalya, 40 km S of Akseki, 3 km S Fersin), 51 = A. felscheanus REITTER, 1904 (male, length 3.5 mm, Algeria: Oran prov., Oued-Imbert), 52 = A. dentatus SCHMIDT, 1908 (male, length

Figs 69–80. Epipharynx (69, 73, 77), apex of corypha (lateral view) (70, 74, 78) and aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view) (71–72, 75–76, 79–80) of: 69–72 = Ammoecius amplicollis (PEYERIMHOFF, 1939),