Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 71

* Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804

Fig. 8 .

Material. 1♀, Oberanven 4 VIII.[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138525 ); 1 ex., Luxembourg, 15.IX[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138526 ); 1 ex., ditto, 17 VII.[1900] ( MNHNL138527 ); 1♂, Luxembourg Arbed , 20.VI.1948, A. Kuntgen lgt. ( MNHNL138528 ); 2 exx., Luxembourg, 3.IV.1957, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138529–30 ); 1ex., Luxembourg Ground , 28.V.2002, M. Theisen lgt. ( MNHNL138531 ); 1♂, Grevenmacher, Rue de l’Eglise , 8 X.2014, S. Christian lgt. ( MNHNL138532 ) .

Note. A thermophilic synanthropic species of South European origin ( Everts, 1922), recorded in all adjacent regions ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Soldati 2007; Thomaes et al. 2025), historically common but in decline due to habitat loss. In Belgium, the species appears to be undergoing a southward range contraction, also driven by climatic factors ( Libbrecht 1988). Correspondingly, in Luxembourg, it seems still present only in the Guttland.

Figures

FIGURE 1–10. 1. Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2. Omophlus lepturoides (Linnaeus, 1758). 3. Isomira murina (Linnaeus,1758).4.Nalassuslaevioctostriatus(Goeze,1777).5.TriboliumconfusumJacquelinduVal,1861.6.Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781). 7. Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758). 8. Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804. 9. Crypticus quisquilius quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1760). 10. Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798) (size of habitus not proportional to sizes of specimens).