Microhoria edmondi ( Pic, 1893 ) Kejval & Chandler, 2020

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 133-135

Microhoria edmondi ( Pic, 1893) comb. nov.

( Fig. 97 )

Anthicus Edmondi Pic, 1893: 16 .

Anthicus Edmundi [sic!]: PIC (1911b): 45 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927):

844 (catalogue).

Tenuicollis edmondi: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 448 (catalogue,distribution). Anthicus spinosus Pic, 1912: 42 , syn. nov.

Anthicus spinosus : WINKLER (1927): 841 (catalogue).

Omonadus spinosus: TELNOV (2002): 23 (record Afghanistan); CHANDLER

et al. (2008): 445 (catalogue, distribution).

Clavicollis spinosus: TELNOV (2010): 9 (new combination).

Typelocality. Anthicusedmondi – Uzbekistan,Margelan(‘Turkestan-Margelan’); A.spinosus – Tajikistan / Uzbekistan,GissarRange(‘Buchara:Hissar’). Type material. Anthicus edmondi – LECTOTYPE (herewith designated):, ‘Margelan Reitter [p; black frame] // type [h; yellowish label] // Edmundi Pic [h] // TYPE [p; red label]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN). PARALECTOTYPES: 3 spec., ‘Margelan Reitter [p; black frame] // type [h; yellowish label]’ (all coll. Pic, MNHN).

Anthicus spinosus – LECTOTYPE (herewith designated):, ‘Hissar, Boch. Coll. Hauser. [p] // TYPE [p; red label] // spinosus Pic type [h] // coll. Heberdey [p] // spinosus Pic [h] // CLAVICOLLIS spinosus (Pic) det. D. Telnov, 2008 [p]’ (NHMW).

Additional material. KIRGYZSTAN: 4 3 ♀♀, Osh district, 15 km SW of Osh, 40°23′N 72°46′E, dry steppe hill, 1150 m, 26.vi.1996 [no collector] ( ZSMC, ZKDC). TAJIKISTAN: 10 13 ♀♀, Iskanderkul Lake, 2200 m, 22.vi.2012, K. Orszulik lgt. ( ZKDC); 3 1 ♀♀, Hissar Mts, Yavroz, pr. Dushanbe, 27.vi.1983, B. Malec lgt. ( ZKDC); 13 4 ♀♀, N of Dushanbe, Kondara-Varzob, 24.vi.1983, B. Malec lgt. ( ZKDC); 2, Babatag Mts, 30.iv.1977, S. Bílý lgt. ( NMPC). UZBEKISTAN: 1, ‘Margelan. Reitter [p]’ ( ZSMC); 1, Zeravshan, Kara Tepe, 1000 m, 1.–2.vi.1959, J. Dlabola lgt. ( NMPC); 5 6 ♀♀, Zeravshan Mts, 70 km S of Samarkand, Takhtakarach pass, 1600 m, 30.vi.–2.vii.1983, V. Kubáň leg. ( ZKDC).

Diagnosis. Microhoria terminata species-group; small, slender species, typically brightly coloured, with paler markings on elytra. Male sternum VII moderate produced and evenly rounded apically; sternum VIII forming rounded sclerites; tergum VII and VIII simple; aedeagus ( Fig. 97 ). Female sternum VII moderately produced and angled apically; tergum VII distinctly emarginate apically.

Variation. Body length (♀) 2.2–3.1 mm. Rather variable in colouration; the specimens from Takhtakarach Pass are yellowish to reddish, with vaque brown marking on elytra; the specimens from Iskanderkul Lake and Kondara-Varzob are extremely dark, with black head, and largely brownish- -black elytra (unicolorous or with subhumeral and/or subapical paler spots).

Distribution. Afghanistan, Kirgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

Remarks. PIC (1893, 1912) described both Anthicus edmondi and A. spinosus from an unstated number of specimens, and gave the following depositories: A. edmondi – E. Reitter and M. Pic collections; A. spinosus – F. Hauser collection in NHMW. TELNOV (2002) tentatively placed A. spinosus in Omonadus Mulsant et Rey, 1866 , but after examination of the type material, he placed it in Clavicollis (TELNOV 2012).

Having examined type specimens of both Anthicus edmondi and A. spinosus , plus numerous additional specimens, using male characters we found no substantial differences. Consequently, the latter species is placed as a junior synonym of A. edmondi , which is undoubtedly a member of the Microhoria terminata species-group since it has two terminal metatibial spurs, and shares the characteristic modification of the male elytral apices.

Figures

Figs 96–99. 96–98 – Aedeagus: 96 – M. depressa (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849), Azerbaijan, Zarat (ZKDC), lateral view; 97 – M. edmondi (Pic, 1893), syntype, lateral view; 98 – M. fergana sp. nov., lateral view. 99 – M. fergana sp. nov., male abdominal segment VIII in ventral view. Scale bars:A – (Fig. 99), B (Figs 96, 97), C (Fig. 98).