Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899)

Telnov, Dmitry & Degiovanni, Augusto, 2024, Notes On Some Greek Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) With New Descriptions And Synonymy, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 24 (1), pp. 81-127 : 110-111

Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899) ( Figs. 25‒26 )

Only selected sources containing Greek records are listed

Anthicus Raveli – Koch 1933: 156 (taxon rank changed to species).

Microhoria raveli – Uhmann 1985: 201 (record: ‘Kreta, Antr. Iovis, Mt. Ida’); Uhmann 1989: 389 (record: Corfu); Uhmann & Guéourgiev 2000: 37 (note on morphology, taxonomy, records: Crete, Rhodes); Nardi 2003: 65 (taxonomy, faunistics ( Italy), distribution: Italy, Greece (Corfu, Crete, Peloponneses Peninsula), ‘records from other countries … need to be confirmed’).

Note. The concept of this species as presented by Telnov (2022) is erroneous and is based on misidentified specimens of another, presumably undescribed, Microhoria . Here we present images of the dorsal habitus ( Fig. 25 ) and aedeagus and terminalia ( Fig. 26 ) of an Italian specimen. The Greek record of M. raveli in Telnov (2022: 282) refers to Microhoria sp. and in Telnov (1998: 170) – to M. unicolor (see below). However, this species is confirmed for Greece and Crete herein (see below).

New material examined. 1♂ ADC: GRECIA – CRETA: RETHIMNO IDEON ANDRON m 1500 G. SAMA LEG. [printed] 22/VI.89 [handwritten] ; 1♂ DTC: KRETA, Ag. Nikolaos, Lato , 3 km N Kritsa 300m NN 08.04. leg. Kopetz 1998 [printed] // Microhoria raveli Pic det. G.Uhmann 19 [printed] 99 [handwritten] .

Distribution. Bulgaria, Greece (mainland, Crete, Ionian Islands), Italy. The occurrence in Turkey was questioned by Telnov (2022). The record from Rhodes Island ( Uhmann 2000) requires further confirmation.

Chorotype. E-Mediterranean (3.03 EME).

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Notes on Some Greek Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 ( Insecta: Coleoptera : Anthicidae ) with New Descriptions and Synonymy

Figures

Figure 25. Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899), habitus, dorsal view. A ‒ ♂ from Basilicata, Muro Lucano, Italy; B ‒ ditto, dorsal forebody, C ‒ ♀ from Basilicata, Senise, Italy [not to scale]. Images: A. Degiovanni & D. Telnov.

Figure 26. Microhoria raveli (Pic, 1899), ♂ from Basilicata, Muro Lucano, Italy. A ‒ Aedeagus, lateral view; B ‒ Tergite VII, dorsal view; C ‒ Morphological sternite VII, ventral view; D ‒ Tergite VIII & morphological sternite IX, dorsal view [not to scale]. Images: A. Degiovanni & D. Telnov.