Microhoria truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) 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 : 148-150

Microhoria truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) comb. nov. ( Figs 122 , 155, 159 )

Formicomus (Anthelephilus) truncatipennis Pic, 1897c: 61 .

Formicomus (Anthelephilus) truncatipennis : WINKLER (1927): 836

(catalogue).

Formicomus truncatipennis: PIC (1911b): 21 (catalogue).

Anthelephila truncatipennis: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 424 (catalogue,

distribution).

Anthicus Mouzafferi Pic, 1910: 42 , syn. nov.

Anthicus Mouzafferi : PIC (1911b): 62 (catalogue).

Anthicus Mouzaffieri [misspelling]: WINKLER (1927): 842 (catalogue). Clavicollis mouzafferi: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 431 (catalogue, distribu-

tion); TELNOV & GHAHARI (2018): 483 (note).

Type locality. Formicomus truncatipennis – Central Asia (‘Asie Centrale’); Anthicus mouzafferi – Iran (‘Perse’).

Type material. Formicomus truncatipennis – SYNTYPES: 1 [torso, lacking head and pronotum; narrow triangular card], ‘Asie Centrale [h] // Anthicus pres olivieri [h] // type [h; yellowish label] // TYPE [p; red label] // truncatipennis Pic [h]’ ( MNHN); 1 [narrow triangular card], ‘[plain label] // Asie Centrale [p] // type [h; yellowish label] // Stenidius truncatipennis Pic [h]’ ( MNHN).

Anthicus mouzafferi – LECTOTYPE (herewith designated): ♀, ‘[small plain, goldish label] // 623. [h] // Persia [h] // type [h; yellowish label] // TYPE [p; red label] // mouzafferi Pic [h]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN). PARALECTO- TYPE: 1 ♀, same data as lectotype, mounted on same card, see Remarks (coll. Pic, MNHN).

Additional material. IRAN: 1, ‘Persia’ [Collection Jakob Sturm, A. mouzafferi det. Krekich] ( ZSMC); 1 ♀, Mazandaran prov., 40 km E from Firuzkuh Geduk, 30.vi.2004, C. Holzschuh lgt. ( ZKDC).

Diagnosis. Microhoria terminata species-group; brownish- -black, apterous species, with oval head, simple elongate pronotum ( Fig. 159 ), and subtruncate elytral apices ( Fig. 155 ). Male sternum VII moderately emarginate apically; sternum VIII forming paired, subtriangular sclerites; tergum VII and VIII simple; aedeagus ( Fig. 122 ). Female sternum VII simple; tergum VII truncate and emarginate apically.

Distribution. Iran, Tajikistan.

Remarks. PIC (1897c) described Formicomus truncatipennis from two specimens provided by Otto Staudinger, and regarded both as females, probably due to the simple front legs. PIC (1910) described Anthicus mouzafferi from an unstated number of specimens originating from ‘Perse’, and deposited the syntypes in his collection. The type material of both species was never examined, and especially the former species has been considered to be an enigmatic species of Anthelephila. Having examined the available syntypes (probably all) and additional specimens from Iran, we found the two species identical and are here placed in Microhoria .

The type specimens of Anthicus mouzafferi are mount- ed on a single card, both are females that face away from the pin. The syntype on the right from the pin base was found in better condition, and is herein selected as the lectotype.

Figures

Figs 119–122. Aedeagus: 119 – Microhoria persica sp. nov., lateral view; 120 – M. sawda sp. nov., ventral (left) and lateral (right view); 121 – M. strejceki sp. nov., lateral view, and apex of tegmen in dorsal view; 122 – M. truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) comb. nov., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm – A (Figs 120, 121), B (Figs 119, 122).

Figs 151–163. 151–155 – Habitus: 151 – Microhoria bacillisternum sp. nov.; 152 – M. garavuti sp. nov.; 153 – M. gibbipennis sp. nov.; 154 – M. heracleana sp. nov., paratype, Stomio (ZKDC); 155 – M. truncatipennis (Pic, 1897) comb. nov. 156–161 – pronotum and base of head and elytra: 156 – M. angelinii (Degiovanni, 2012) comb. nov.; 157 – M. persica sp. nov., paratype (ZKDC); 158 – M. gibbipennis sp. nov.; 159 – M. truncatipennis; 160 – M. vosseleri (Pic, 1894); 161 – Microhoria sp., Spain, Jarama River env., near Madrid (ZFMK). 162 – M. depressa (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849), Azerbaijan, Zarat (ZKDC), apex of female tergum VII; 163 – M. gibbipennis sp. nov., apex of female tergum VII.