A molecular phylogeny of Speonemadus Jeannel, 1922 with description of two new species from Morocco (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Anemadini) Fresneda, Javier Faille, Arnaud Fery, Hans Ribera, Ignacio Zootaxa 2019 2019-01-04 4543 1 1 36 8Y9NM Fresneda & Faille & Fery & Ribera, 2019 Fresneda & Faille & Fery & Ribera 2019 [151,411,1767,1793] Insecta Leiodidae Speonemadus GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 5 6 Arthropoda species comasi sp. nov.   Figs 2, 3, 12, 27   Type locality:  Morocco, Tagelft, Iri Adar Nyighil, 32°10'N 5°57'W,  2250 m( Fig. 45).   FIGURES 1–2. Habitus of the holotypes of: (1)  Speonemadus brusteli  sp. n.; (2)  S. comasi sp. n.    Holotype: ♂, "Iri Adar Nyighil / -Tagelft- Marroc /  9-VII-2005/ Fadrique- [hw] / Auroux-Comas Leg." [printed], " HOLOTYPUS/  Speonemadus/  comasi  sp. n./ JF-AF-HF-IR det. 2017" [red label, hw] ( MZB).   Description of the holotype: Habitusas in Fig. 2. Bodylength 3.6 mm. Body shape elongate, colour brownreddish, darker on head and pronotal disk. Headwith eyes well developed, with visible suture between epistome and frons; surface with coarse, dense punctation; antennomeres VII–XI forming a loose club, antennomere X as long as wide. Pronotumtransverse (maximum width 1.3 mm; maximum length 0.8 mm), sides strongly arched, still more strongly posteriorly; base of pronotum sinuate, as wide as base of elytra; surface with coarse, dense and rough punctation. Elytra very elongate, wider in basal third, regularly tapered towards apex; with parasutural stria; surface with fine and sparse transverse striolae. Legswith pentamerous tarsi; protibiae sinuate, more strongly on inner side ( Fig. 3); mesotibiae less sinuate, more regularly curved; first three tarsomeres of protarsi and first two tarsomeres of mesotarsi dilated. Male genitalia(Fig. 12). Basal lamina of aedeagus as long as apical part; parameres about as long as median lobe; median lobe in dorsal view with sides slightly sinuate, regularly tapering towards apex; apex with small, rounded extension; basal 2/3 of parameres straight, apical third with external side strongly dilated, narrowing towards apex; apex with triangular expansion on external side, with four fine setae and without conical spine ( Fig. 27); endophallus entirely covered with scales and spines, with two dark parallel longitudinal bands scarcely noticeable.   FIGURES 3–4.Protibia of: (3)holotype of  Speonemadus comasi  sp. n.; (4)  S. angusticollis(Rute, Spain).  Femalesunknown.   Etymology.The species is dedicated to our friend and colleague Jordi Comas ( Spain, Barcelona), one of the collectors of the only known specimen of this most interesting species. The specific name is a substantive in the genitive case.   Remarks.  Speonemadus comasi  sp. n.is a peculiar species, with characters similar to both  Speonemadusand  Anemadus.The general slender habitus and the modified protibiae are similar to the species of the  escalerai-group (e.g.  S. angusticollis, Fig. 4), and the shape of the parameres with their triangular apical expansion is similar to that of  S. brusteli  sp. n.of the  vandalitiae-group. However, the endophallus is similar to that of the species of  Anemadus, without well defined groups of spines, such as those to the  loebli-group (e.g.  A. loebli Giachino & Vailati, 1993, from Turkey) or the  strigosus-group (e.g.  A. strigosus(Kraatz, 1852)from Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegroand Greece,  A. bianchiiReitter, 1906from Italyor  A. arcadius Reitter, 1885from Greece). In addition to the morphological characters, the distribution of the species supports its inclusion in  Speonemadus, as species of  Anemadusare found from Italy(including Sicily) and southern Franceto the East, reaching China( Perreau 2004). In fact, this is one of the westernmost species of  Speonemadus, with other species of the genus distributed further east except for some dubious records of  S. tenuipesin the High Atlas (see below).   Distribution( Fig. 38). So far only known from the typelocality in Morocco. 2147524156 [318,1111,1874,1899] Morocco 2250 32.166668 Tagelft 1212 -5.95 Iri Adar Nyighil 5 6 1 2147524153 2005-07-09 MZB 6 7 1 1 holotype