Ahermodontus marini BÁGUENA, 1930

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 : 280-281

Ahermodontus marini BÁGUENA, 1930

( Figs 3 , 12–14 )

Ahermodontus marini BÁGUENA, 1930: 315 ; BALTHASAR 1964: 476; DELLACASA G. & DELLACASA M. 1998: 415; DELLACASA G. et al. 2001: 77.

Ammoecius (Ahermodontus) marini : BÁGUENA 1960: 29.

Aphodius (Ammoecius) marini : BÁGUENA 1959: 214; BARAUD 1971: 64; BARAUD 1992: 146.

Aphodius (Ahermodontus) marini : BÁGUENA 1967: 122; DELLACASA M. 1988: 159.

Type locality: Fuente de Barraix , De Estivella (Valencia), Spain .

Type depository: BÁGUENA collection, Museo de la Universidad de Valencia, Valencia .

Description – Length about 4.0 mm. Stout, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous ( Fig. 3 ). Black, clypeal margin and legs reddish; antennal club testaceous. Head strongly convex, epistoma anteriorly with strong transverse carina, quite finely and regularly punctured, punctation somewhat sparser at center and subrugose laterally; clypeus faintly sinuate at middle, bidenticulate at each side, laterally straight, rather thinly bordered, border feebly upturned; genae obtusely rounded, ciliate, protruding more than eyes; frontal suture very finely impressed, not at all tuberculate; frons regularly punctured; epipharynx: Fig. 12 . Pronotum transverse, doubly punctured; larger punctures nearly lacking on disc; finely bordered at front and at lateral margins; latter regularly rounded; base not bordered. Scutellum feebly convex, smooth. Elytra oval-elongate; strongly denticulate at shoulder; deeply striate; striae distinctly punctured, feebly crenulate; interstices nearly flat, very sparsely finely punctured; epipleura strong, distinct to sutural angles. Hind tibiae superior apical spur slightly longer than first tarsal segment; latter longer than following two combined. Male: pronotum relatively less densely punctured on disc; inferior apical spur of middle tibiae strongly shortened and apically subtruncate; aedeagus: Figs 13–14 . Female: pronotum relatively more densely punctured on disc; inferior apical spur of middle tibiae elongate and regularly acuminate apically.

Distribution: Southern Spain (Castellón and Valencia provinces).

Figures

Figs 1–4. Habitus of: 1 = Vladimirellus socors (BALTHASAR, 1967) (male, length 4.0 mm; Russia: Siberia Thomsk), 2 = Ahermodontus bishoffi (VŠETEČKA, 1939) (female, length 4.5 mm; Albania: Logara), 3 = A. marini BÁGUENA, 1930 (male, length 4.0 mm; Spain: Castellón, Onda), 4 = A.

Figs 5–14. Vladimirellus socors (BALTHASAR, 1967): 5 = epipharynx, 6 = elytral sculpture, 7–8 = aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). Ahermodontus ambrosi PARDO ALCAIDE, 1936: 9 = epipharynx, 10–11 = aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). A. marini BÁGUENA, 1930: 12 = epipharynx, 13–14 =