Platyderus (Eremoderus) insignitus presaharensis Lagar Mascaro , 1978

Gueorguiev, Borislav, Wrase, David W., Assmann, Thorsten, Muilwijk, Jan & Machard, Patrice, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (1), pp. 71-122 : 71

16.2. Platyderus (Eremoderus) insignitus presaharensis Lagar Mascaro, 1978

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Platyderus insignitus presaharensis Lagar Mascaró, 1978: 31 (type locality: "cueva [cave] Kef Aziza, Tazzouguert", Morocco).

References.

Platyderus insignitus presahariensis [sic]: Hovorka 2017: 756.

Type material.

Holotype probably in Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Not examined.

Other material examined.

None.

Diagnosis.

Differs from nominotypical subspecies by pronotum sides more parallel to pronotum base and not sinuate before posterior angles, which are right and rounded, somewhat longer antennae, with antennomeres 9-11 exceeding pronotum base, and elytral striae well-impressed ( Lagar Mascaró 1978: 31).

Habitat.

The holotype was collected in the cave Kef Aziza, a 4.5 km long cave near river Oued Guir and village of Ksar Tazougart, one of the longest caves in Morocco. It seems to be a trogloxene or subtroglophile that tends to temporarily inhabit subterranean habitats, but also strongly associated with aboveground habitats.

Distribution.

Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Eastern-Central Morocco (Fig. 18 ).

Figures

Figure 18. Distribution of species from subgenus Platyderus Eremoderus in continental North Africa and the southern Levant: Platyderus brunneus brunneus (blue circles), P. brunneus ferrantei (yellow circles), P. insignitus insignitus (red circles), and P. insignitus presaharensis (brown circle).