Singilis (Singilis) alternans Bedel, 1905

Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2017, Review of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 of North Africa and Iberian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini), Zootaxa 4231 (2), pp. 264-272 : 266

Singilis (Singilis) alternans Bedel, 1905

Singilis soror v. alternans Bedel, 1905: 250

Singilis alternans v. unicolor Mateu, 1954: 190 Singilis alternans v. uniformis Mateu [unav.]

Material examined. SPAIN: Spanien, Aguilas (1 ex., NMPC) ; Andalusia (1 ♂, NMPC) ; Cartagéna (1 ♀, NMPC); S. Nevada (1 ♂, NMPC); Aguilas (2 ex., ISNB); Alrededores de Almeria , 13.II.1949, Mateu-Cobos coll. (15ex., ISNB) ; Alhama. P. Almeria, 20.III.1949, Cobos leg. (1 ♂, ISNB); Fiñana, prov. Almeria , 6.VI.1949, Mateu leg. (1 ♂, ISNB) ; Nerja, Malaga, Hispania , XI.1948, Cobos Sanchez (1 ♀, ISNB); “ Singilis alternans v. uniformis mihi Mateu, 1950 [unav.]”, “Alred.[edores] Almeria , 13.II.49, Mateu-Cobos leg.” (Holotype, male, ISNB); Aguilas , Murcia, 18.VIII.2008, F. A. Montes leg. (1 ♂, cAA) ; Andalucía, Sierra de Lújar , 1700m, 23.I.2005, Anichtchenko A. (1 ♂, 1 ♀, cAA); Sierra Nevada , 1600m, Trevélez , 12.XI.2002, Anichtchenko A. leg. (2 ♀, cAA); Sierra de Orce, 3 km N Las Vertientes , 14.I.2004, Anichtchenko A. leg. (1 ♂, cAA); Alrededores de Almeria, 19.2.1949, Mateu-Cobos leg. (1 ♂, 1 ♀, MNCN); Aguilas (8 ex, MNCN); Orihuela, 20.4.1897 (1 ♀, MNCN); Córdoba , IV.1901, Escalera (2 ♂, 1 ♀, MNCN) ; La Sagra, Granada, Escalera, 1900 (1 ♀, MNCN) ; Bacares (4 ♂, 2 ♀, MNCN); Sierra Bacares, Almeria, Escalera 1900 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, MNCN); Huéscar (1 ♂, MNCN); Turrillas (2 ♂, 2 ♀, MNCN); Sierra de Beni, Alicante (1 ♂, 1 ♀, MNCN).

Diagnosis. Instantly recognizable by the combination of wide yellow basal band on elytra and smooth intervals II, IV and VI ( Fig. 2 ). Aedeagus as in Fig. 14.

Comments. Loc. typ. Cartagena and Almería. Species known from Spain only, but I saw 3 specimens with label “col. Gobert, Marruecos” (MNCN). Two of them are on the same pin with S. soror Rambur, 1837 . Perhaps this is just an error with labels.

Distribution. Spain ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Distribution map of Singilis bicolor - group.

FIGURES 1 – 11. Habitus of Singilis bicolor - group. 1 — S. bicolor; 2 — S. alternans; 3 — S. soror melillensis (Taurirt); 4 — S. soror riffensis syn. n., Paratype (Isaguen); 5 – 6 — S. soror riffensis syn. n. (Ketama); 7 — S. soror s. str. (15 km SE Berkane); 8 — S. soror s. str. = S. pardoi syn. n., Paratype (El Haraig); 9 — S. soror s. str. (Oudjda); 10 — S. soror oranensis ssp. n. Holotype; 11 — S. soror oranensis Paratype.