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.
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Morocco
2250
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Tagelft
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Iri Adar Nyighil
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MZB
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holotype