Penthicus corpulentus Reitter, 1896

Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Mofrad, Farhad Eshraghi, 2025, Progress in the knowledge of the genus Penthicus Faldermann, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini) of Iraq, Iran and Pakistan with descriptions of 17 new species, Zootaxa 5573 (1), pp. 1-100 : 29

Penthicus corpulentus Reitter, 1896

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Reitter 1896: 163; Reitter 1904: 162 ( Lobothorax ( Penthomegus )); Schuster 1919: 32 ( Lobodera (Penthomegus) , in diagnosis); Reichardt 1936: 143, 146 ( Lobodera (i. sp.)); Gridelli 1954: 285 ( Lobodera ); Kühnelt 1957: 78 ( Lobodera ).

Type material. Holotype, sex unknown ( SDEI): “ Persia settentl 1862-63 Coll. Doria ” (handwritten, yellowish), “Hyd. 2.” (handwritten, green), “R.” (handwritten, pink), “ Holotypus ” (red, print), “ P. corpulentus m” (handwritten by E. Reitter), “ Lobothorax corpulentus Rtt. Type! det. Schuster ” (handwritten by A. Schuster), “SDEI Coleoptera # 304559” (white, print).

Notes. Schuster (1919), who studied the holotype, correctly interpreted this species after the original description. Record of P. corpulentus from Isfahan (Kuh-räng”) ( Kühnelt 1957) probably refers to erroneous determination.

Distribution. North Iran (without localities).

Figures

FIGURE 21. Penthicus (Stonavus) corpulentus, holotype. A = habitus ventrally; B = laterally; C = pronotum dorso-laterally; labels of the holotype. Images courtesy Mandy Schröter (SDEI).