Neatus noctivagus ( Mulsant & Rey, 1853 )

Soldati, Fabien, Leo, Piero, Jansson, Nicklas, Avci, Mustafa, Coşkun, Mustafa & Kayiş, Tamer, 2025, A new species of the genus Neatus J. L. Leconte, 1862 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrionini) from Türkiye, with new country records and a key to holarctic species, Zootaxa 5659 (2), pp. 179-190 : 185-186

Neatus noctivagus ( Mulsant & Rey, 1853)

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Type locality: “la Sicile ”, described from Sicily ( Mulsant & Rey 1853).

Studied material. Greece.— Etolía-Akarnanía, Lessini , 1 to 3-VII-1993, A. Liberto, 3 ♂♂ ( FS, PL). Italy.— Basilicata, Matera, Policoro , 24-IV-1986, F.Angelini, 1 ♀ ( FS). Idem , 24-IV-1988, F.Angelini, 3 ♂♂ ( FS, PL). Idem , 9-IV-1995, F. Izzillo, 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀ ( PL). Idem , 27-VIII-1995, F. Angelini, 2 ♀♀ ( FS). Basilicata, Matera, Policoro , Bosco Pantano , IV-1986, A. Liberto, 2 ♂♂ ( FS, PL). Calabria, Cosenza, Santo Stefano di Rogliano, 7-IV-1978, M. Zampetti, 1 ♀ ( CM). Lazio, Roma, Capocotta , 1959, E. Migliaccio, 1 ♂ ( PL). Lazio, Roma, Marcigliana , 31-XII-2005, A. B. Biscaccianti, 1 ♀ (DS) . Lazio, Roma, Pomezia , VIII-1986, E Pacieri, 1 ♀ ( PL). Idem , 28-VIII-2012, F. Turchetti, 4 ♂♂ ( FS, PL). Lazio, Roma, Villa Borghese , VII-1981, M. Mei, 1 ♂ ( PL). Sicily, Messina, Montalbano Elicona, Bosco Malabotta, 1100 m , 3-VI-1993, F. Angelini, 1 ♂ ( FS) . Sicily, Messina, Portella di Femmina Morta, 1300 m , 3-V-1972, Korell, 1 ♀ ( PL). Sicily, Messina, Mistretta , 26-V-1974, B. Massa, 1 ♂ ( PL) . Sicily, Palermo, Madonie , Petralia Sottana , Piano Battaglia , 9-V-1996, F. Angelini, 1 ♀ ( PL) . Türkiye.— Balıkesir, Ida Mountain, Ayi stream, 10 km N Edremit, 15-VI-2011, T. Öncül, S. Varlı & N. Jansson, 1 ♂ (NJ). Idem , 20-VII-2011, T. Öncül, S. Varlı & N. Jansson, 2 ♀♀ ( IEM). Greece and Türkiye are new country records .

Geographical distribution: From Latium ( Italy) to NW Türkiye; Albany, Croatia and Italy ( Iwan et al. 2020); in Italy, in the southern half of the country and in Sicily where it only occurs in few localities of the Madonie and Nebrodi mountains ( Aliquó et al. 2007). Occurring in Albany, it is not so surprising to discover this species in Greece (Etolía) and in the extreme NW of Türkiye.

The aedeagus of this species is quite variable, as shown by Schawaller & Grimm (1995: 72), specimens coming from Albany, Greece and Türkiye having apical tip of parameres larger ( Fig. 19 vs Fig. 18 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus (♂). 1: Neatus noctivagus (15.5 mm). 2: N. picipes (14 mm). 3: N. subaequalis (15 mm). 4: N. tenebrioides (11.5 mm). 5: N. turcicus (15.5 mm). 6: N. ventralis (15 mm). Habitus lengths are given in brackets.

FIGURES 18–28. Figures 18–25. Aedeagi, ventral side. 18: Neatus noctivagus (Italy). 19: N. noctivagus (Greece). 20: N. picipes (Czech Republic). 21: N. subaequalis (Armenia). 22: N. subaequalis (Greece). 23: N. tenebrioides (Canada). 24: N. turcicus (Türkiye). 25: N. ventralis (Japan). Figures 26–27. Aedeagi, in profile. 26: N. noctivagus. 27: N. turcicus. Figure 28. N. turcicus, parameres. Scale bars: 1 mm.