A new singular species of Croscherichia Pardo Alcaide, 1950 (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini) from arid zones of eastern Morocco
| Autor: | Mario García-París, Alexandre François, José L. Ruiz |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation, International Fund for Houbara Conservation, Ruiz, José Luis [0000-0001-5845-1638], François, Alexandre [0000-0003-3665-9483], García-París, Mario [0000-0002-9361-9405], Ruiz, José Luis, François, Alexandre, García-París, Mario |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Morphology
Atriplex Insecta Arthropoda Steppe Blister beetle Biodiversity Zoology Ammabris Arid steppes lcsh:Zoology Hammada Animalia Meloidae lcsh:QL1-991 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Tenebrionoidea Taxonomy blister beetle geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Phenology biology.organism_classification North Africa Arid Alluvial plain Coleoptera Blister beetles Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) |
| Zdroj: | ZooKeys, Vol 885, Iss, Pp 27-50 (2019) Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname ZooKeys 885: 27-50 |
| ISSN: | 1313-2989 1313-2970 |
| Popis: | A new species of blister beetle (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini), Croscherichia armass Ruiz, François & García-París, sp. nov., is described from the arid steppes of eastern Morocco (Missour, Boulemane Province). The new species presents traits shared with both Croscherichia and desert species of the genus Ammabris,making it morphologically singular. Conspicuous external similarities (coloration pattern, shape of the mandibles, setation) between C. armass sp. nov. and Ammabris allow the two to be easily confused. However, C. armass sp. nov. can be readily distinguished from all other Croscherichia species by the following traits: reddish-orange legs with dark tarsi; relatively short black antennae with the proximal-most three to four antennomeres of each antenna having a reddish-brown coloration; dense and silvery body setation that lies over most of the body integument; straight and pointed outer mandible margins that protrude from the labrum; a mesosternum with an angulate anterior margin; a short, subcylindrical, and weakly spatulate external metatibial spur that is truncated obliquely at the apex. Croscherichia armass sp. nov. is only known from three localities in the arid Hammada steppes, which are located within the Quaternary alluvial plains of the Muluya river valley. Live specimens of C. armass sp. nov. were found in flight and actively feeding on Atriplex halimus (Chenopodiaceae) flowers at the end of summer (mid-September). The phenology of C. armass sp. nov. is exceptional as no other Mylabrini species known from eastern areas of Morocco are active in late summer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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