Speocharis (Speogeus) avicularis Salgado, 1985

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 : 40

Speocharis (Speogeus) avicularis Salgado, 1985 ( Fig. 47 )

Speocharis (Speogeus) avicularis Salgado, 1985: 263 ; figs. 1–6.

Current accepted name

Quaestus avicularis ( Salgado, 1985) : Fresneda et al., 2024: 489.

Type material

Cueva de los Pandanes [original citation: “Cueva de los Pandanes ... en Soto de Agues (Asturias)”].

Types

Paratypes: MZB 78-2159, MZB 78-2160 (3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀), Cueva del Troncu , 27-IX-1984, J. M. Salgado leg.

Remarks

On the labels (hand-written by O. Escolà) the collection date is given as 24 September 1984. Type series consists of 69 ♂♂ and 46 ♀♀ from three caves in Asturias ( Salgado, 1985). Fresneda & Salgado (2016) refer to the deposit in the MCNB collection of paratypes from these three localities, although in the Museum there are only the six aforementioned specimens from Cueva del Troncu. Types deposited in other collections ( Salgado, 1985; Fresneda & Salgado, 2016): ♂ holotype, ♀ allotype and paratypes in the CZULE.

Figures

FIGURES44–49.Type specimensofIberianLeptodirini.Habitusphotographs,dorsalview(scalebar:1mm):44.Spelaeochlamys verai Comas, 1977, holotype ♂, Cova del Tío Melchor (MZB 78-1909); 45. Speocharidius galani Español, 1970, holotype ♂, Guardetxe-Aurreko Leizea 1 (MZB 78-2151); 46. Speocharidius vivesi Español & Bellés, 1980, holotype ♂, Ekainko Leizea (MZB 78-2145); 47. Speocharis avicularis Salgado, 1985, paratype ♂, Cueva de los Pandanes (MZB 78-2159); 48. Speocharis begoniae Nègre, 1965, holotype ♂, Cueva de Urrekoba (MZB 78-2219); 49. Speocharis jeannei Coiffait, 1965, paratype ♂, Cueva de la Vega del Teón (MZB 78-2187).