Adelops kiesenwetteri Dieck, 1869

Prieto-Manzanares, Miguel & Masó-Ros, Glòria, 2025, Annotated catalogue of type specimens of Iberian Leptodirini Lacordaire, 1854 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) deposited in the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona (Spain), Zootaxa 5682 (1), pp. 1-102 : 15

Adelops kiesenwetteri Dieck, 1869 ( Figs. 1 , 26 )

Adelops Kiesenwetteri Dieck, 1869: 350 .

Current accepted name

Troglocharinus kiesenwetteri ( Dieck, 1869) : Fresneda et al., 2024: 775.

Type locality

Montserrat (caves of) [original citation: “Grotten des Montserrat in Catalonien”].

Type material

Syntypes: MZB 78-2710, MZB 78-2711 (2 exs.), type loc. (ex coll. R. Zariquiey).

Remarks

Dieck (1869) neither establishes a holotype, nor states the exact number of specimens in the type series nor where it is deposited. Thanks to intercession by C. Bolívar, Zariquiey was able to study various cotypes sent by Dieck to Pérez Arcas and Escalera, that formed part of the MNCNM collection ( Zariquiey, 1924: 4). Zariquiey subsequently describes the material that he studied and indicates textually “Cuevas y Avencs de Montserrat. Cova del Salitre (Tipos), siete ejemplares Co-tipos! del Museo de Madrid; un ejemplar cotipo? ex coll. Bedel...” ( Zariquiey, 1924: 13). Based on this information, and in accordance with the inscription on its labels, specimens MZB 78-2710 and MZB 78-2711 from the Zariquiey’s collection, would seem to belong to this series of seven cotypes mentioned above. Both specimens have red labels with the inscriptions “Grotte pres du MONTSERRAT ” and “COTIPUS”. Specimen MZB 78-2710 also has a label with the inscription “CO-TIPOS de DIECK ex Museo de MADRID”. A third specimen (MZB 78-2712) has labels with the inscripions “ Montserrat ” and “Ex. coll. BEDEL” (the latter a red label) and seems to correspond to the specimen cited by Zariquiey as a doubtful cotype.

In the MNCNM collection (box 27) we have located a specimen from the Pérez Arcas collection with the hand-written inscription “Dieck” on the back of the label, as mentioned by Zariquiey (1924: 4). We have also found four damaged specimens that would seem to correspond to the material sent by Dieck to Escalera (none of these specimens are identified as belonging to the type series). The characteristics of the cards on which the specimens in the MCNB are mounted, as well as the transcription of their locality of origin, coincide with the those of the four above-mentioned specimens, which indicates that they all form part of the same group of specimens (with which they complete the series of seven cotypes studied by Zariquiey) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Original labels associated to type specimens of Iberian Leptodirini: 1. Adelops kiesenwetteri Dieck, 1869, syntype, Montserrat (MZB 78-2710); 2. Anillochlamys raholai Zariquiey, 1922, holotype ♂, Cova Tassana (MZB 78-3018) including label handwritten by Escolà; 3. Anillochlamys raholai luis-bofilli Zariquiey, 1940, holotype ♂, Cova de l’Aigua de Malaterra (MZB 78-2913); 4. Bathysciola breuili Bolívar, 1921, paratype ♂, Cueva de Landarbaso (MZB 78-2239); 5. Bathysciola obermaieri Bolívar, 1918, paratype ♂, Cueva de la Ermita de Santa Elena (MZB 78-2490).

FIGURES 26–31. Type specimens of Iberian Leptodirini. Habitus photographs, dorsal view (scale bar: 1 mm): 26. Adelops kiesenwetteri Dieck, 1869, syntype, Montserrat (MZB 78-2710); 27. Anillochlamys aurouxi Español, 1965, syntype ♂, La Covatilla (MZB 78-1728); 28. Anillochlamys avariae Comas, 1977, holotype ♂, Cova del Forat (MZB 78-1709); 29. Anillochlamys moroderi subtruncatus Jeannel, 1930, syntype ♀, Cova Negra (MZB 78-2157); 30. Anillochlamys raholai Zariquiey, 1922, paratype ♀, Cova Tassana (MZB 78-2225); 31. Anillochlamys urgellesi Español, 1965, syntype ♂, Cova Bonica (MZB 78-1764).