Omophlus (s. str.) lepturoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 67

* Omophlus (s. str.) lepturoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 2 .

Material. 2♀♀, Ettelbrück , VII.[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138415–16 ); 1♀, Goebelsmühle VII.[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138417 ) .

Note. Ferrant collected the only known specimens before World War I at two xerothermic sites of the Éislek and erroneously identified them as “ Omophlus tibialis ”, a junior synonym of O. picipes (Fabricius, 1792) . This thermophilic species, still present in Rhineland ( Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998), disappeared from Belgium before 2000s ( Thomaes et al. 2025). Only old data are available from Lorraine ( Godron 1863) and none from the Netherlands and Saarland ( Everts 1903, 1922; Lillig 2000). It has to be considered as extinct in Luxembourg.

Figures

FIGURE 1–10. 1. Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2. Omophlus lepturoides (Linnaeus, 1758). 3. Isomira murina (Linnaeus,1758).4.Nalassuslaevioctostriatus(Goeze,1777).5.TriboliumconfusumJacquelinduVal,1861.6.Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781). 7. Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758). 8. Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804. 9. Crypticus quisquilius quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1760). 10. Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798) (size of habitus not proportional to sizes of specimens).