Speonomus (Speonomus) aurouxi Español, 1966

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 : 57

Speonomus (Speonomus) aurouxi Español, 1966 ( Fig. 56 )

Speonomus (s. str.) aurouxi Español, 1966a: 2 ; plate 1, figs. 1–3.

Current accepted name

Speonomites aurouxi (Español, 1966) : Fresneda, 1998: 67.

Type locality

Escletxa Minguera; Escletxa de la Vinya d’en Jaufré; Cova de Sant Gervàs [original citation: “Lérida: Escletxa Minguera, Sant Miquel de la Vall … escletxa de la Vinya d’en Jaufré, Sant Miquel de la Vall … cova de Sant Gervás, Sant Miquel de la Vall”].

Type material

Syntypes: MZB 78-1054 / MZB 78-1059 (5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀), Escletxa Minguera , 8-XII-1964, Auroux & Amat leg. │ MZB 78-1060 / MZB 78-1063 (5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀), Escletxa Minguera , 26-XII-1964, González, Auroux, Amat & Español leg. │ MZB 78-1069 (1 ♀), Escletxa de la Vinya d’en Jaufré , 27-XII-1964, Auroux & Amat leg. │ MZB 78-1064 / MZB 78-1068, MZB 75-9330, 75-9331 (7 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀), Cova de Sant Gervàs , 27-XII-1964, González, Auroux, Amat & Español leg.

Remarks

Español (1966a) neither establishes a holotype in his original publication nor states how many specimens there are in the type series; we are unaware of any other specimens in any other collection. The specimen MZB 78-1054 has a red label with the inscription “Typus” hand-written by F. Español; the remaining specimens have red labels with the inscription “ Paratypus ” either hand-written or printed. The collection date on the labels of the specimens from Escletxa de la Vinya d’en Jaufré and Cova de Sant Gervàs is 26 December 1964 , whilst on the labels of the specimens from Escletxa Minguera (González, Auroux, Amat & Español leg.) the date is given 27 December 1964.

Figures

FIGURES 56–61. Type specimens of Iberian Leptodirini. Habitus photographs, dorsal view (scale bar: 1 mm): 56. Speonomus aurouxi Español, 1966, syntype ♂, Escletxa Minguera (MZB 78-1054); 57. Speonomus colominasi Zariquiey, 1924, syntype ♂, Cova de Joan d’Os (MZB 78-2632); 58. Speonomus mengeli Jeannel, 1910, syntype ♂, Cova de Vinyoles (MZB 78-2626); 59. Speonomus saforensis Escolà, Bellés & Comas, 1985, holotype ♂, Forat de Safor (MZB 78-1019); 60. Speonomus urgellesi Español, 1964, syntype ♂, Avenc de les Aranyes (MZB 78-0974); 61. Speonomus zariquieyi Jeannel, 1924, syntype ♂, Cova Negra de Corçà (MZB 78-2559).