Speonomus (Speonomus) mengeli Jeannel, 1910

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 : 68

Speonomus (Speonomus) mengeli Jeannel, 1910 ( Fig. 58 )

Speonomus (s. str.) Mengeli Jeannel, 1910a : CLIV; fig. 5.

Current accepted name

Troglocharinus mengeli (Jeannel, 1910) : Fresneda et al., 2021: 169 .

Type locality

Cova de Vinyoles [original citation: “... Cova de Vinyoles, située dans le termino municipal de Cava (partido de Seo de Urgel, provincia de Lerida)”].

Type material

Syntypes: MZB 78-2626 (1 ♂), type loc., 23-VIII-1910, R. Jeannel, E. G. Racovitza & M. O. Mengel leg. (ex coll. R. Zariquiey).

Remarks

Type series consisting of 60 specimens originally deposited in the Biospeologica collection (Jeannel, 1910). The specimen in the MCNB collection has a label with the inscription “ TYPE ” printed in red and hand-written collection labels. We have located specimens belonging to the type series deposited in the Biospeologica collection (Jeannel, 1910, 1924a) in box 70 in the MNHNP general collection; their labels have been transcribed by Fresneda & Salgado (2016) and Fresneda et al. (2021). In the MNCNM collection (box 20) we have found a few specimens that, given the associated data and collection labels, could belong to the type series, although they do not bear any labels that identify them as such (one specimen is indicated as a new species on its determination label).

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).