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http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7C62934B-FFCF-4CF0-A1BC-16084E878578
DOI: 10.24412/2226-0773-2021-10-1-16-22
Two new Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Iran
M.L. Danilevsky1,K. Hodek2
1A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky prospect 33, Moscow 119071 Russia
e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
2Havlenova 29, Brno - Štýřice, 63900, Czech Republic
e-mail: [email protected]
Key words: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, taxonomy, new species, new subspecies, Phytoecia, Cortodera, Iran, Turkey.
Abstract: Cortodera colchica serowensis ssp. n. is described from Serow environs in Iranian West Azerbaijan province. Only one subspecies of Cortodera colchica Reitter, 1890 was known from Iran before - C. c. danczenkoi Danilevsky, 1985; the distinguishing characters are described. Phytoecia (s. str.) martinae sp. n. close to sympatric Ph. (s. str.) bodemeyeri Reitter, 1913 is described from same locality as previous taxon; the distinguishing characters are described.
Introduction
A very interesting locality (Fig. 7) in North-West Iran near Serow in West Azerbaijan province was several times visited by Czech entomologists 2018 and 2019. The first results of the collecting efforts in the area were published before as Agapanthia martinae Danilevsky & Navrátil, 2018. Now two more new taxa from same biotope are described below.
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Figs 1-3, 7
Description. Parthenogentic species, no males known; the newly discovered Iranian population definitely belongs to Cortodera colchica Reitter, 1890 because of wide and short, middle size body, short head with angulated temples and short oval palpal joints; transverse short prothorax without lateral angulation, pronotum with very dense, conjugates small punctation, with dense mixed erect and recumbent pubescence; elytra with dense small punctation, with oblique short pubescence, without erect setae.
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Body usually black, including antennae, elytra and legs (Fig. 1), but anterior femora always with narrow reddish middle band, which can be nearly indistinct or occupy about third of femur length; only one specimen (Fig. 3) have reddish-brown elytra and bicolored legs: all tibiae reddish with narrowly darkened apices, all femora reddish at middle, last ventrite red, 4th ventrite red near middle of hind margin; another single specimen (Fig. 2) with black elytra has partly (along internal margin) red scapus, partly red legs, red last ventrite, 4th ventrite red at middle, 3rd ventrite red near middle of hind margin.
Antennae surpassing elytral middle; 5th joint a little longer or a little shorter than 3rd, 4th joint is the shortest, sometimes about equal to 1st, but usually shorter.
Prothorax about 1.5 times wider posteriorly, than anteriorly; about 1.2 times wider than long; pronotum with shallow central depression bearing posteriorly a short shining stripe.
Elytra from 2.0 to 2.2 times longer than wide, widest behind middle; slightly narrowed before middle; body length (to elytral apices): 8.6-10.6 mm, width (at humeri): 2.6-3.4 mm.
Differencial diagnosis. Only one subspecies of C. colchica was known in Iran before. C. c. danczenkoi Danilevsky, 1985 penetrates to Iran from north-east in Iranian Talysh from the Republic of Azerbaijan, where it is connected with Centaurea sp. with blue flovers. C. c. danczenkoi is also parthenogenetic - no males known; all specimens are black; body distinctly wider about 2.1 times wider than long; anterior femora never with reddish central band; apical joint of maxillary palpi widened apically with distinct outer and inner angles; smooth pronotal line more elongated.
Type material. Holotype, female, Iran, West Azerbaijan prov. (Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī), 11 km SE Serow, 37°38'37"N, 44°44'13"E, 195 0m, 27-28.5.2019, K. Hodek leg. - collection of M.L. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 21 paratypes from same locality collected on 29-31.5.2018 and 25-28.5.2019: 2 females in collection of M.L. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia), 5 females in collection of K. Hodek (Brno, Czech Republic), 2 females in collection of I. Klapka (Česká Lípa, Czech Republic), 8 females in collection of M. Holomčik (Lužice, Czech Republic), 4 females in collection of Š. Hofmeister (Praha, Czech Republic).
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All specimens were collected on flowers of Centaurea sp.
Additional materials used for comparison. 12 females, paralectotypes of C. c. danczenkoi Danilevsky, 1985 - Azerbaijan, Talysh, Mistan, 4.6.1979, M. Danilevsky leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky.
Distribution. Only one locality (Fig. 7) is known in Iranian West Azerbaijan (Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī), 11 km SE Serow, 37°38'37"N, 44°44'13"E, 1950 m.
Remark. Due to unpredictable and unprecedented delay of the publication of the original description (Danilevsky, 1987) of C. c. danczenkoi by “Revue d’Entomologie de l’URSS” more than for 3 years, all new names of that paper were published in the key by Danilevsky and Miroshnikov (1985) without formal description. The publication in the key was valid, though it did not include complete description, neither type material, neither photographs. So, the type material, published in 1987 as holotype and paratypes, must be regarded as lectotype and paralectotypes.
Etymology. The new taxon is named after the name of the nearest village - Serow (37°43'19"N, 44°39'5"E).
Figs 1-3. Cortodera colchica serowensis ssp. n. (photos by M.L. Danilevsky): 1 - holotype, female; 2-3 - paratypes, females.
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Phytoecia (s. str.) martinae sp. n.
Figs 4-5, 7
Description. Body totally black with dense recumbent grayish or partly yellowish pubescence.
Head a little wider than prothorax; frons and vertex with long erect black setae; frons slightly transverse; recumbent pale frons pubescence much denser in males, than in females; genae in males a little narrower than lower eye lobes, genae in females about as wide as lower eye lobes; eyes deeply emarginated, lower and upper lobes are connected by very narrow bar.
Antennae in males and females black, thin, long, a little longer than body, 3rd and 4th antennal joints with indistimct apical swellings; with very rare single erect setae and fine dense grayish recumbent pubescence; 3rd joint is the longest, longer than 4th and much longer than 1st, 5th joint a little shorter than 1st.
Prothorax long, cylindrical, without lateral tubercles, nearly without middle widening, about as wide anteriorly as posteriorly, in males and in female about as long as basal width, or in males a little longer; pronotum with moderately dense small punctation, with wide central grayish-yellowish central pronotal stripe and numerous black erect setae, lateral stripes absent; two small flat callosities distinct in males, or usually indistinct in females.
Scutellum transverse, with dense pale pubescence.
Elytra slightly converging posteriorly, more in males than in females; about 2.9-3.0 times longer than basal width in males, or 2.6-2.7 times in females; flat with distinct lateral carinae; slightly depressed along middle; with grayish short recumbent pubescence and numerous short erect setae all along elytral length; elytral punctation very small, moderately dense, distant between dots longer than diameter of each one; elytral apices truncated with poorly pronounced outer and inner angles.
Legs black with reddish anterior tibiae and partly reddish apices of anterior femora; coxal spines of hind legs absent; 1st joint of posterior tarsi about as long as 2nd and 3rd combined; 4th tarsal joint deeply emarginated, nearly to about its bases; dents of tarsal claws sharpened, elongated.
Metepisternum with dense pale recumbent pubescence
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concentrated along its dorsal margin; ventral body side also with dense pale pubescence; pygidium with dense pale pubescence, convex in males or strongly convex in females, truncated apically; in males last ventrite slightly depressed, rounded apically, postpygidium emarginated; in females last ventrite slightly convex, shallow emarginated aipically; parameres wide, aedeagus with sharp apex.
Body length in males: 6.7-7.8 mm, width: 1.6-1.9 mm
Differential diagnosis. The new species is very close to sympatric Ph. (s. str.) bodemeyeri Reitter, 1913 (Fig. 6), which differs by distinctly transverse prothorax, very sparse elytral punctation with wide spaces between dots, recumbent elytral pubescence very dense hiding elytral sculpture, antennae thicker, 3rd and 4th antennal joint with apical swellings, middle antennal joints partly reddish.
Besides body, legs and antenae in Ph. martinae sp. n. more subtile than in Ph. bodemeyeri; pronotum narrower and longer, with indistinct calloused bumps; antenae slightly longer than in Ph. bodemeyeri, in males usually reach the end of the elytra; tarsi longer than in Ph. bodemeyeri, especially posterior tarsi; eyes about same width as genae; in Ph. bodemeyeri genae shorter than eyes.
Ph. (s. str.) bialookii Danilevsky, 2010 from Eastern Turkey is also similar to the new species, but easily differs by very short antennae reaching in males posterior elytral forth, and in female posterior elytral third
Type materials. Holotype, male, Iran, West Azerbaijan prov. (Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī), 11 km SE Serow, 1950 m, 37°38'30"N, 44°44'04"E, 27-28.5.2019, K. Hodek leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 9 paratypes from same locality; 1 female, 30-31.5.2018, K. Hodek leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 5 females, 27-28.5.2019, K. Hodek leg. - collection of K. Hodek (Brno, Czech Republic); 1 male and 1 female from same locality, 27-28.5.2019, L. Klapka leg. - collection of L. Klapka (Česká Lípa, Czech Republic); 1 male from same locality, 27-30.5.2018, P. Jelinek leg. - collection of P. Jelinek (Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic).
Additional materials used for comparison. Ph. (s. str.) bodemeyeri: 1 male and 1 female, Iran, West Azerbaijan prov. (Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī), 11 km SE Serow, 1950 m, 37°38'30"N, 44°44'04"E, 27-28.5.2019, K. Hodek leg. - collection of
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M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 1 male, Iran, Kazvin prov., Kouhin, 31.5.2019, K. Hodek leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow); 1 female with same label - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia).
Ph. (s. str.) bialookii: 1 male, holotype, E Turkey, Guroymak env., NW Tatwan, 9.6.2002, P. Bialooki leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 7 paratypes; 2 males and 2 females with same label - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia); 1 male, 2 females, E Turkey, Buglan Gecidi, NW Mus, 8.6.2002, P. Bialooki leg. - collection of M. Danilevsky (Moscow, Russia).
Distribution. Only one locality (Fig. 7) is known in Iranian West Azerbaijan (Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī), 11 km SE Serow, 37°38'37"N, 44°44'13"E, 1950 m.
Etymology. The species is dedicated to Martina Jandlová - a girlfriend of Karel Hodek, as thanksgiving for her help and support in his entomological activity.
Figs 4-5. Phytoecia (s. str.) martinae sp. n.: 4 - holotype, male with genitals (photos by K. Hodek); 5 - paratype, female, K. Hodek leg. (photo by M.L. Danilevsky).
Fig. 6. Phytoecia (s. str.) bodemeyeri Reitter, 1913 - male with genitals, Iran, Qazvin, Kouhin, (photos by K. Hodek).
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Fig. 7. Iran, West Azerbaijan, Serow environs, type locality of both new taxa (photo by K. Hodek).
Acknowledgments. We are very grateful to Štěpán Hofmeister (Praha, Czech Republic), Michal Holomčik (Lužice, Czech Republic), Petr Jelinek (Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic) and Ladislav Klapka (Česká Lípa, Czech Republic), who supplied us with specimens for study.
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Received: 04.01.2021
Accepted: 11.01.2021
