Microhoria unicolor (W.L.E.Schmidt, 1842)

Telnov, Dmitry, 2022, Revisional notes on the genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey, with new descriptions, an annotated catalogue, and a key, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (2), pp. 195-312 : 294-296

Microhoria unicolor sensu lato (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842) ( Fig. 52 )

= Anthicus patagiatus Kiesenwetter, 1861 = Anthicus validicornis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a

= Anthicus validicornis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b

Anthicus unicolor W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842: 179 (description).

Anthicus patagiatus Kiesenwetter, 1861: 247 (description).

Anthicus validicornis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849a: 165 (description).

Anthicus validicornis LaFerté­Sénectère, 1849b: 264 (description).

Type material. Not studied.

New material [includes both specimens morphologically similar to the nominative subspecies and those resembling ssp. calliger ( Marseul, 1879) ]. 9 specimens BMNH: Corfu ; 1 specimen IRSNB: Kerkyra Potamos­Kontokali 21­IV­1930 A. d’Orchymont // R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I. G. 9.535 ; 2 specimens FMNH: Pendeli pr Athen 24. 5 . 39 P. H. Lindb.; 1 specimen BKC: Hungaria Villanyi­hg M.5.81 ; 1 specimen MKC: Gr. Lakonia Gythio Diro , von Quercus leg. Karner 6.4.1989; 5 specimens BMNH & 1 specimen DTC: Korfu , A.6.90 Aninata Umg. R. Frieser leg. ; 1 specimen MEC: GR[eece], Peloponnes zwischen Lalas und Lambia , 5.6.2006 leg. Manfred Egger ; 1 specimen NME: N 38°07’51.7 E 21°23’00.0’’42(22) GREECE, Peloponnes, Strofilia­Küstengebiet, metochi N, Quercus macrolepis ­ forest/ Lagunen (b) 02.05.2007 2­ 5 m üNN HF leg.: SCHNITTER; L. Nádal, A. Podlussány & D. Szalóki ; 8 specimens NME & 3 DTC: GREECE, Ossa­mount. Omolio , N, 39°53’30” N 22°37’30” E, 100 m NN 12.V.2008 leg. A. Kopetz ; 2 specimens HMNH: GREECE, prov. Thessalia, Neromili, N 39°41,535’ E 22°51,873’; // 200 m, 2.V.2009, leg. L. Nádal, A. Podlussány & D. Szalóki ; 4 females DTC: GR.[eece] Korfu Moraitika M. 5.10 Sieber ; 2 specimens HMNH: GREECE, Larisa env., Mt. Ossa, Spilea , Mountain Climbing Shelter , singled, // 1500 m., 15.V. 2011, leg. A. Kolán, A. Márkus & T. Némeh ; 1 specimenHMNH: GREECE, Arkadhia env., 3 km N Paradeisia Alfios river, singled from rocky // riverside, 18. V. 2011, leg. A. Kolán, A. Márkus & T. Némeh ; 2 specimens HMNH & 1 specimen DTC: GREECE, Arkadhia env., Dirrahi , stream valley, rocky riverside, singled // 19.V.2011, leg. A. Kolán, A. Márkus & T. Némeh ; 1 specimen HMNH: GREECE, Larisa env., Mt. Ossa , 5 km SW Stomio, 800 m // swept, 24.V.2011, leg. A. Kolán, A. Márkus & T. Némeh ; 5 specimens HMNH & 1 specimen DTC: GREECE, Thessalia, Trikala, Piniada , ~ 115 m, 8.IV.2012, // N 39°35,935’ E 22°11,298 ’; 1 specimen HMNH: GREECE, Prov. Macedonia, distr. Kozami, Mavrodendri , 750 m, 2.V. 2013, // N 40°22,669’, E 21°45,836’; leg. Attila Podlussány.

This species was redescribed by Bucciarelli (1980) and Bonadona (1990, 1991). In addition I provide images of this species ( Fig. 52 ).

Distribution. Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece (incl. Corfu Island), Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey. Subspecies calliger ( Marseul, 1879) from S Europe ( Telnov 2020a) is likely a form and not a subspecies. Elytra are laterally more rounded in ssp. calliger and elytral apex is narrower (rounded in nominative subspecies), pronotum is narrower, longer than wide (as wide as or transverse in nominative subspecies). Aedeagus appears identical for both subspecies.

Chorotype. S­European (2.04 SEU), restricted to the eastern part of it and includes W Turkey.

Figures

Fig. 52. Microhoria unicolor sensu lato (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842). A – Male from Volos, Greece, habitus, dorsal view; B – Male from Puglia, Italy, habitus, dorsal view; C – Male from “Korintia”, Greece, aedeagus, lateral view; D – ditto, ventral view; E – Male from Puglia, Italy, aedeagus, lateral view [not to scale; all images courtesy Augusto Degiovanni, Bubano, Italy].