Blaps (s. str.) mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 71

* Blaps (s. str.) mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 7 .

Material. 1♂, 1♀, Mamer , 10 VIII.[1890], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138523–24 ) .

Note. A synanthropic species of South European ( Everts 1922) or, more likely, Anatolian origin (F. Soldati, in litt.). It was temporarily introduced into Luxembourg and adjacent regions ( Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Thomaes et al. 2025), where it remained rare and eventually became locally extinct. The species was reported from Lorraine in the first half of the 19 th century ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847) but has not been observed there since ( Godron 1863). Already known from the Netherlands and Belgium in the early 20 th century ( Everts 1922; Libbrecht 1988), it remained localized and seemingly disappeared from Belgium before 1950. Known from the Rhineland since the late 19 th century ( Glaser 1871, 1881), the species has nonetheless remained continuously present along the Rhine and its major tributaries ( Horion 1956; Schawaller 1972; Zebe 1972; Köhler 2011b). Records from Saarland date up to 1962 ( Lillig 1999). The species is likely extinct in Luxembourg due to habitat loss.

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).