Anthroherpon udrzali Giachino & Vailati, 2005 n

Njunjić, Iva, Perreau, Michel & Pavićević, Dragan, 2015, Two new species of the genus Anthroherpon Reitter, 1889 from northern Montenegro with notes on the “ A. ganglbaueri ” species group (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini), Zootaxa 3915 (3), pp. 403-412 : 410

Anthroherpon udrzali Giachino & Vailati, 2005 n . stat.

Anthroherpon matzenaueri udrzali Giachino & Vailati, 2005: 150 . (holotype in CJLK) type locality: Montenegro, Orjen planina, pećina u Kučericama

Material examined. 1♂: Orjen planina, pećina u Kučericama ( CMPR)

Further description. Body length: 7.05 mm. Pronotum with strong microreticulation, sparse and regularly spaced punctation. Pwmax/Pwmin: 1.87. Elytra in an elongated oval shape: EL/EW: 1.93. Elytral surface with strong and dense punctation, with traces of transversal alignments of the punctation in the anterior third of the elytral length, without microreticulation. Aedeagus with median lobe triangularly narrowed at the apex in dorsal view ( Fig. 11 a), strongly curved in the basal region then more or less straight and flat in the central and apical region, the dorsal side sinuate in lateral view ( Fig. 11 b). Parameres thick, slightly shorter than the median lobe (apical setae excluded) with three apical setae.

The thickness of parameres and the disposition of the elytral punctation with traces of transversally aligned punctation (unusual in the subtribe Anthroherponina) support the change of status from subspecies to species rank. This status is consistent with the geographic location of this population in the maritime belt of Dinarides (Orjen) rather than in the central belt as the other subspecies of A. matzenaueri ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Distribution map of the species of the A. ganglbaueri group. Legends of colors are given only for regions where Anthroherpon of the ganglbaueri species group live. Map after Wikipedia © Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA- 3.0 (modified); data after http: // www. summitpost. org / dinaric-alps / 155326 # chapter _ 14.

FIGURES 6 – 11. Genital structures of Anthroherpon of the ganglbaueri group. a: aedeagus, dorsal view; b: aedeagus, lateral view with profile of the median lobe; c: apex of parameres; d: abdominal ventrite VIII of females. 6: A. sinjajevina n. sp. 7: A. cecai n. sp. 8. A. matulici. 9: A. ganglbaueri ganglbaueri. 10. A. matzenaueri matzenaueri. 11. A. udrzali.