Taxonomy and distribution of Cylindera germanica (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Middle East with the description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera, Carabidae Cicindelinae)
Author
Boetzl, Fabian A.
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany fabian. boetzl @ uni-wuerzburg. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5121 - 3370
Author
Franzen, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-06
4809
1
95
110
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.5
1175-5326
3933975
A797936A-F94E-4F2D-AD7F-6EC3B3F0660C
Cylindera
(
Cylindera
)
germanica muelleri
(Magistretti, 1966)
Material examined:
TURKEY
:
Edirne
:
26♂
,
24♀
,
Edirne
,
13.06.1976
, leg.
K. Witzgall
[
ZSM
]
;
1♂
,
Edirne
,
13.06.1976
, leg.
K. Witzgall
[
CMF
]
;
1♀
,
Edirne
,
10.06.1991
, leg.
D. Bernhauer
[
CMF
]
,
1♀
,
Edirne
,
14.06.1971
, leg.
K. Bernhauer
[
CWH
/
SMNS
]
.
Morphology:
C. germanica muelleri
is characterised by its predominantly azure blue colour (
Figure 6
). While blue or blueish individuals occasionally occur in most populations of
C. g.
germanica
, these are dominant in all populations of
C. germanica muelleri
if not the only morph present. In the large series from
Edirne
only a few specimens show a completely typical azure blue colour while most individuals appear to be dull blue-green to green. We assume that this is due to intergradation between
C. germanica muelleri
and
C. germanica germanica
in this region, including areas east of the Bosporus (see also account of
C. g. germancia
). As
C. germanica muelleri
merely represents a colour morph with a separated distribution across the eastern Mediterranean, we see the necessity of a re-evaluation of the validity of this subspecies.
FIGURES 2-7:
Cylindera germanica
ssp. from
Turkey (males).
C. germanica germanica
from Erzurum (2), Çankırı (3), Izmir (4), Istanbul (5);
C. germanica muelleri
from Edirne (6);
C. germanica lyciae
from Antalya (7; paratype).
Distribution:
Cylindera germanica muelleri
is a trans-Ionian subspecies occurring in southern
Italy
and on the Balkan peninsula. The taxon was previously not recorded from
Turkey
but is known from the bordering regions of easternmost
Greece
(Nestos delta, database Jörg Gebert). Therefore, its occurrence in the European part of
Turkey
could have been expected.