Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933

Konvička, Ondřej & Brustel, Hervé, 2021, Description of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Spain and new distribution records of Marolia species, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 407-416 : 413

Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933

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Type material examined. SYNTYPES (6 spec.): 1 ♀, ‘Bosn. Herzeg. / Ivan. / Reitter [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ ( NMPC); 1 ♀, ‘Bosn. Herzeg. / Ivan. / Reitter [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ ( NMPC); 1 ♀, ‘ Herzegowina / Reitter [text in black frame] [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ ( NMPC); 1 spec., ‘Šarlir [= ШаралИЯ = Sharaliya] Pirin / Mac. VII.32 / Mař. et Táb. [J. Mařan et K. Táborský] [p, w] // Marolia Purkyněi / přechod k / ab. obscura / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ ( NMPC); 1 spec., ‘Muntelui / Bihar, Rom. [Bihor, Romania] / Mařan et Táb. [J. Mařan et K. Táborský] [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi M. / ab. obscura M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ ( NMPC). All specimens were provided with an additional red printed label: ‘ Marolia / purkynei Mařan, 1933 / SYNTYPE / Ondřej Konvička & / Hervé Brustel labeled 2020’. Note: Location of the last specimen of type series is unknown.

Additional material examined. BULGARIA: Rodopi Mts , 15.vii.1987, I. Kovář lgt., J. Jelínek det., O. Konvička revid., 1 spec. ( NMPC) ; Rila Mts., Musala , 18.vii.1988, K. Orszulik lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( OKZC) ; Tvarditsa env., Cumerna hill, 1500 m a.s.l., [ca. 42°47′N, 25°58′E], 4.–6.vi.1996, T. Růžička lgt. et det., 4 spec. ( MNHT, JVOC, OKZC, PZPC, VNPC) ; Pirin Mts., Popina Laka , 41°40′22′′N, 23°24′53′′E, 19. –20.vi.2007, J. Pelikán lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( JPHC) , same data, T. Kopecký lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( TKJC) ; Belasica Mts., Belasica chalet, 6.–8.v.2009, T. Kopecký lgt., O. Konvička det., 2 spec. ( TKJC) , same data, F. Pavel lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( FPVC) ; Rila Mts., Borovets , 11.vi.2017, J. Tatur-Dytkowski lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( JTWP) ; Rila Mts., Musala , 2532 m a.s.l., 15.vi.2017, J. Tatur-Dytkowski lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( JTWP) . CROATIA: Dubrovnik , xii.1976, J. Kladil lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( NMPC) ; Velebit Mts. , 16.x.2016, J. Kadlec lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( OKZC) . GREECE: Epirus province, Smolikas Mts. , 5 km S of Fourka village, 1600 m a.s.l., 5.vi.2008, forest zone, 1 spec., K. Rébl lgt., coll. ( OKZC) ; Thessalia prov., Pindos Mts., Kiatra Broastra pass, 3 km SW of Amarandos village, 1400 m a.s.l., 15.v.2011, Z. Malinka lgt., J. Vávra det., 1 spec. ( JVOC) ; Epirus province, Smolikas Mts., Fourka env., 40°07′46′′N, 20°58′53′′E, 1728 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, P. Brůha lgt., O. Konvička det., in beechwood, 1 spec. ( OKZC) ; Evritanía region, Karpenissi , 38°55′25′′N, 21°48′33′′E, 1446 m a.s.l., 8.vi.2015, 1 spec., P. Brůha lgt., O. Konvička det., in fir forest, 1 spec. ( OKZC) . MONTENEGRO: Petrovac, iii.1978, J. Kladil lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( NMPC) ; Biogradska Gora National Park, Bendovac [ca. N42°53′ E19°37′], 28.–29.v.2014, P. Jansa lgt., 1 spec. ( OKZC) [This record has been published already by Konvička (2015).]. REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA: Popova Shapka env., 1440 m a.s.l., 42°00′57′′N, 20°54′36′′E, 2.–3.vi.2012, J. Kadlec lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. ( OKZC) . ROMANIA: ‘ Hermannstadt [= Sibiu], H. Riñe [= Păltiniș ], VII.1932, Dr. E. Worell’ lgt., O. Konvička det., 2 spec. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro ( Nikitsky & Pollock 2008), also recorded from Albania ( Kovács et al. 2012). The first specific record for Montenegro was published by Konvička (2015). First records for Croatia and Greece.

Figures

FIGS 1–7: 1 – holotype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov.; 2 – paratype female of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.9 mm); 3 – paratype male of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (length 5.1 mm); 4 – male of Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1917 (length 7 mm); 5 – male of Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791) (length 5.7 mm); 6 – male of Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977 (length 5 mm); 7 – male of Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933 (length 6 mm); 1–7 – habitus in dorsal view. (Fig. 1 photo Aleš Sedláček; Figs. 2–7 photo Pierre Zagatti).