Bolbelasmus keithi Miessen & Trichas, 2011

Hillert, Oliver, Arnone, Marcello, Král, David & Massa, Bruno, 2016, The genusBolbelasmus in the western and southern regions of the Mediterranean Basin (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 211-254 : 245

Bolbelasmus keithi Miessen & Trichas, 2011

Bolbelasmus keithi Miessen & Trichas, 2011: 183 (original description), figs on pp. 187–188 [not numbered].

Type locality. Greece, ‘env. Ag. Paraskevi (church), Agia Marina, Kasos island, (Lat: 35°24′10.71″N, Long: 26°54′27.59″E)’.

Type material examined (2 specimens). PARATYPES: GREECE: CRETE: 1 ♂ 1 ♀, ‘ELAFONISI (Life), 30/12/96- 14/3/97, Leg. Trichas 321 [white printed label], Elafonisi (Life), = Elafonisos, S.-O. Kriti, 30.XII.→ 14.III.1997, leg.: A. Trichas 321, collection: G. Miessen det. 2011, PARATYPUS [printed, red label]’ ( GMCL).

Additional material examined (9 specimens). GREECE: CRETE: Plakias , 1.iv.1988, 1 ♀, Winkelmann-Köck lgt. ( LHCB), 1 ♀ ( OHCB) ; Kastellakia [= Kastellos], 35°22′N, 24°29′E, 4.iv.1978, at light, 1 ♂, Malicky lgt. ( DKCP) ; Mirabella , 1 ♂ Maltzan [?lgt.] ( OHCB) . RHODES: Falirakion, Ladiko , 22.iv.–5.v.1990, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, L. Egger lgt. ( ABCB) and ( MECI) ; Villanova , 7.ii.1934, 1 ♂ ( MSNM) ; Marizza , 13.i.1934, 1 ♂ ( MSAP) .

Remarks. After the description of B. keithi from Crete and Kasos Islands by MIESSEN & TRICHAS (2011), the record of B. unicornis from Rhodes by SCHATZMAYR (1936) and MIKŠIĆ (1959) needed to be confirmed. Actually, following MIESSEN & TRICHAS (2011), we identified the Rhodes specimens as B. keithi , thus definitively excluding the presence of B. unicornis in the Mediterranean islands (see also ARNONE & MASSA 2010, MIESSEN 2011, MIESSEN & TRICHAS 2011). Therefore the above mentioned specimens constitute the first record of B. keithi from the island of Rhodes.

Distribution. Greece: Crete, Kasos and Rhodes ( MIESSEN & TRICHAS 2011).