Ahermodontus ambrosi PARDO ALCAIDE, 1936

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 : 278

Ahermodontus ambrosi PARDO ALCAIDE, 1936

( Figs 4 , 9–11 )

Ahermodontus ambrosi PARDO ALCAIDE, 1936: 392 ; BALTHASAR 1964: 476; DELLACASA G. & DELLACASA M. 1998: 415.

Aphodius ambrosi : KOCHER 1958: 17.

Aphodius (Ammoecius) ambrosi : BARAUD 1971: 69.

Aphodius (Ahermodontus) ambrosi : DELLACASA M. 1988: 159; VEIGA 1998: 146.

Type locality: Sidi-Messaud (Beni-Bu-Gafar), Morocco .

Type depository: Institut Scientifique Cherifien, Rabat.

Description – Length 4.0 mm. Stout, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous ( Fig. 4 ). Blackish, clypeal margin and legs brown-reddish, antennal club testaceous. Head large; epistoma faintly gibbous at middle, coarsely, regularly punctured throughout, punctation somewhat confluent laterally, with anterior transverse carina moderately raised in front of which punctation slightly finer and sparser; clypeus feebly sinuate at middle, bidenticulate at each side, laterally straight and thinly bordered, border feebly upturned; genae obtusely rounded, ciliate, protruding more than eyes; frontal suture very finely impressed, shiny; frons with punctation somewhat finer than epistoma; epipharynx: Fig. 9 . Pronotum transverse, strongly convex, doubly punctured; larger punctures rather sparse on disc, denser on sides, mixed with regularly scattered, smaller punctures throughout; anterior margin finely bordered; lateral margins subparallel, rather thinly bordered, border with short and sparse setae toward anterior angles; hind angles obtusely rounded; base not bisinuate, thickly bordered. Scutellum faintly convex, finely and sparsely punctured on basal half. Elytra shortly oval, strongly convex, sharply denticulate at shoulder; striae deep, superficially punctured, faintly crenulate; interstices slightly convex, very finely and sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae superior apical spur longer than first tarsal segment; latter somewhat longer than following two combined. Male: pronotum relatively less densely punctured on disc; inferior apical spur of middle tibiae distinctly shortened and obliquely truncateapically;aedeagus: Figs10–11 .Female:pronotumrelativelymoredenselypunturedondisc; inferior apical spur of middle tibiae regularly acuminate toward apex.

Distribution: Southern Spain (Andalusia: Malaga), Morocco ( Melilla).

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 =