A new Meligethes of the M. pubescens species-group from South Africa (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)

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by  Paolo Audisio

Bonnerzoologische Beiträge Band 55 (2006) Heft 2 Seiten 151-157 Bonn, Juli 2007
A new Meligethes of the M. pubescens species-group from South Africa
(Coleóptera, Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)
Paolo AuDisio & Alessio De Biase
Rome, Italy
Abstract.AnewSouthAfricanspecies(fromWesternCape Province)oftherecentlyrevisedMeHgeiliespiihescensspe-
cies-groupisdescribedasM. colonnelliin. sp.,anupdatedkey tothe identificationoftheknownspeciesofthegroupis
provided,andnewdataareaddedonthegeographicdistributionoftherecentlydescribedM. heniuinniaeAudisio,Kirk-
&
Spriggs Kirejtshuk.
Keywords. Coleóptera, Nitidulidae, Meligethes, new species. SouthAfrica, Henmiiinici, Sterculiaceae.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Recentyearshaveseenthedescriptionofanumberofnew all previously described species have kindly been made
taxawithintheMeligethespubescens species-groupfrom availableforstudybyvariousEuropean institutions, such
SouthernAfrica(Spornraft& Audisio 1995;Kirejtshuk as the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), the
1996; Audisio et al. 1998), and a revision ofthe group MuséumNational d'HistoireNaturelle, Paris(MHNP),the
was recently published (Audisio et al. 1998). ZoologicalMuseumoftheUniversity, Lund(MZLU),the
Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt University, Berlin
This paper mainly deals with the description of a new (ZMHB),the MuseumAlexanderKoenig, Bonn (MAKB),
SouthAfrican species more closely related to Meligethes the Zoological Museum ofthe Russian Academy ofSci-
confertiisReitter, 1872,andtoM. aiirivestisAudisio, Kirk- ences, St. Petersburg (ZMAS), the Zoologischen Staat-
Spriggs& Kirejtshuk, 1998, andincludes anupdatedkey sammlungMünchen(ZSSM)andtheMuseoCivicodi Zo-
to the identification ofthe known species ofthe group; ología, Rome (MCZR).
both form part of a coming revision of the Southern
Africanspeciesofthe subfamilyMeligethinaeasawhole
DESCRIPTION OFTHE NEW SPECIES
(R Audisio, in preparation). 3.
Meligethes colonnellii n. sp. (Figs 1-3)
MATERIALS
2.
Diagnosis. Medium-sized (length 2.8-2.9 mm), black
The new species described herein was collected during specieswithorangebrown legsandantennae(outeredges
tworecentfieldtripsto SouthAfrica(April-May, andOc- ofall tibiae, andantennal scapesand clubs, slightly dark-
tober, 2005) organised by the Dept. ofAnimal and Hu- er), withtarsal claws stronglytoothed. In general appear-
man Biology ofthe Rome University "La Sapienza"; the ance(Fig. 3) similartoM. aiirivestis\uá\úo, Kirk-Sprig-
&
studiedmaterial ismostlypreservedinRAudisio'scollec- gs Kirejtshuk, 1998 (Audisio et al. 1998), but slightly
tion,Rome(CAR), intheAlbanyMuseum,Grahamstown naiTower and less convex, without distinct metallic cop-
(AMG) and in theTransvaal Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). pery reflections on pronotum and elytra, with finer and
Othercomparative material has been borrowed for study shortersilvery-goldendorsalpubescence, andwith amply
fromseveral SouthAfricanandNamibianinstitutions, in- distinctmalegenitalia.M. confertusReitter, 1872,recent-
cluding the National Collection ofInsects, Plant Protec- ly re-describedby Spornraft& Kirejtshuk (1993 ) andby
tion Institute, Pretoria (SANC), the SouthAfrican Muse- Audisio etal. (1998), shows less developedelytral trans-
um, Cape Town (SAMC), theNational Museum, Bloem- verse strigosity, wider and more convexbody shape, and
fontein(NMBS),the DepartmentofEntomologyandNe- again amply distinct male genitalia. M. translatus Grou-
matology. University of Stellenbosch (USSA), and the velle, 1913 (Reitter 1872; Grouvelle 1913),recentlyre-
National MuseumofNamibia,Windhoek (NMNW); much described by Spornraft & Kire,itshuk (1993 and by
)
other(mostlyunnamed) material, andthetypematerialof Audisio etal. (1998), shows lessdeveloped elytral trans-
152 PaoloAuDisio & Alessio de Biase: AnewMeligethes oftheM.pubescens species-group from SouthAfrica
versestrigosity, longergoldenpubescence, andagainam- Pronotum 1.54 times as wide as long(Fig. 3), broadestat
ply distinct male genitalia. M. piihesceii.s Reitter, 1872 posterior third, narrower anteriorly; sides very nan'owly
eventually shows strongly modified posterior tibiae in bordered, not explánate; posterior angles obtuse but dis-
males, much less developed elytral transverse strigosity, tinct. Posterior base not sinuate on either side ofscutel-
and different male genitalia. lum; punctures as on head, surface between thern smooth
and shining.
Description. Male. Length 2.76 mm; breadth (at widest
pointofelytra) 1.30mm. Moderatelyelongate,oval,con- Seutellum medium-sized, finely and sparsely punctate in
vex(Fig. 3); black,withmoderatelydevelopedsilver-gold- posteriorhalf; surface showingafainttraceofmicroscop-
en pubescence. Legsorangebrown, except fordorsal out- ic reticulation. Elytra 1.08 times as long as wide, broad-
er edges oftibiae, which are slightly darker, nut-brown. est at basal second fifth, scarcely wider than pronotum
Antennaeorangebrown,withscapeandclubslightlydark- (1.07 times); shoulders feebly raised, humeral striae al-
er. most absent; elytral punctures as on head and pronotum,
but slightly longer and closer, each joined to its lateral
Head with dorsal punctures as large as eye facets, rather neighbours by rather strongly raised aciculation, so giv-
strongly impressed, separated by less than one diameter, ing rise to a markedly distinct transrugosity, surface be-
surface between them smooth; front margin of clypeus tween them smooth.
completelyandverydistinctlybordered,widelyand shal-
lowlyemarginatewithobtuselyroundedsideangles. Fron- Ventral surfaceblack, with fineshortpubescence. Proster-
to-geneal grooves very distinct and complete. Antennae nal antennal fuiTows strongly marked. Prostemalprocess
ofnonnal size(Fig. 3), thirdantennal segmentslender, as ratherlongandnarrow inthemiddle(herescarcelyaswide
long as second one; antennal club medium-sized. as antennal club), with much wider and flatly rounded
Bonnerzoologische Beiträge 55 (2006) 153
ner edges not sinuate (Fig. 3); all tarsal claws strongly
toothed.
Genitalia. Tegmen (Fig. 1)with apex ofparameraobtuse-
lyrounded, scarcely pubescent,andwith median excision
relatively small, U-shaped; aedeagus elongate (Fig. 2),
strongly nan^owed from distal sixth, with naiTowly trun-
cate apex.
Female. Metasternum rather flat (punctures as in male
holotype), without tubercles at itsanteriortwo-fifths, and
without longitudinal imprMessionon itsposteriortwo-thirds.
Ovipositorshapedas in confertus ReitterandM. trans-
latiis Grouvelle (Fig 46 in Audisio et al., 1998), moder-
ately sclerotized.
Type material:- Holotype, cf. Republic ofSouth Africa:
Western Cape Province, Little Karoo, 20 Km S Oudt-
shoom (R328), road between Oudtshoom and the Robin-
son Pass,400in, 33°.49\55"S, 22°.07M3"E, 6.V.2005, R
Audisio leg., on Asparagus sp. (Liliaceae) (AMG).
Paratypes, 1 c?, 1 female; SouthNAfWrica: Western Cape,
SwartbergMts, Seweweekspoort, Calitzdorp, 700m,
33°.25M6"S, 21°.23'.50"E, 14.X.2005, R Audisio, M.
Biondi &A. De Biase leg., by sweeping on riverine veg-
etation, 1 (CAR); Western Cape Province, Langeberg
Mts, roadbetweenAshton and Montagu, Kogmanskloof,
(Fhimogao.lme)3..hoSlcHoaatlbyeiptebuasfrr(=odom1rsWmaelms.taesprenctC)aopfeMePrloivgientchee,s2c0olkonmneSUiOiund.tssp-. M1.80Bmi,on3d3i°.&49'A..26D"eS,B2i0a°s.e05le'g..2,5b"Ey,s9w.eXe.p20i0n5g,oRnAruidviesriion,e
vegetation, female (CAR).
1
apex, 1.4 times as wide as antenna) club; punctures near- Comparative notes. M. colonnelliin. sp. is ratherclose-
ly as onhead; surface smooth and shining. Mesosternum ly related to M. aiirivestisAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kire-
withhindedgestraight. Metastemumratherflat(punctures jtshuk, M. confertus Reitterand M. translatus Grouvelle,
and the spaces between as on head and pronotum), with from which it differs by the characters given in the diag-
a couple ofsmall and barely distinct tubercles at its ante- nosis and in the following keys. Easily recognizable also
riortwo-fifths,andwithashallowlongitudinal impression from otherrelated members ofthe genus, such asM. pu-
on its posterior two-thirds, slightly widened posteriorly. bescens Reitter andM. hermanniaeAudisio, Kirk-Sprig-
The caudal marginal line ofthe hindcoxal cavity follows gs& Kirejtshuk,by thenotsinuate inneredgesofthepos-
closelyitsposterioredge,turningbackjustbefore itsout- terior tibiae, and the strongly differing male genitalia.
erend. Lastvisible abdominal stemite with its hind edge
slightly and widely curving forward medially, here with Biological notes. The type specimen ofthe new species
a flattened, scarcely raised, but markedly shining tuber- was collected in late Autumn (May) by sweeping in dis-
cle. turbed fynbos from flowers ofan unidentifiedAsparagus
sp. (Liliaceae)withwhite flowers, which isclearly not its
Anteriortibiae (Fig. 3) shaped nearly as in M. tvcmslatiis true larval host-plant. The above listed paratypes have
(Fig. 10inAuDisioetal. 1998),withtheirouteredgesfine- been both collected by sweeping on riverine herbaceous
ly crenulatefrombasalthird, thenwithasubapical group vegetation. Larvaevery likelydevelopinlateSummer/Au-
of4-5progressivelylargerandslightlysharperteeth, sep- tumn on certain hygrophilous species ofthe genus Her-
arated by one smaller tooth from the naiTow subtarsal mannia (Sterculiaceae; Verdoorn 1980; Arnold & De
plate,butthedistalteethareofreducedsizeandlesssharp, Wet 1993), given that all its closely related species are
ifcomparedwiththoseofM. translatus,M. aurivestis,and associated with members ofthis botanical genus (Audi-
M. confertus; anterior tarsi as wide as antennal club; in- sioetal. 1998). The holotypeandthetwoparatypeswere
termediateandposteriortibiaewith theirinneredgesnar- collected in company ofseveral specimens ofthe com-
rowlybordered;posteriortibiaerelativelynarrow,theirin- mon and widespread Meligethespubescens Reitter.
154 PaoloAuDisio & Alessio de Biase: A newMeligeíbes oftheM. pitbescens species-group from SouthAfrica
Figs 4. Known geographicdistributionofMeligethescolonnelliin.sp. (squares).A/. Iiei-inaniiiaeAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs&Kirejts-
hui\ (circles), and ofM. aurivestisAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kircjtshuk (triangles).
ADDITIONAL NOTES
4.
Geographic distribution. So far only known from the MeligetheshermanniaeAud\s\o. Kirk-Spriggs & Kircjt-
above mentioned localities in the Western Cape Province shuk. 1998
(Fig. 4); this species is probably more widely distributed
throughout the mountain areasborderingthe Little Karoo Examined material: South Africa, Eastern Cape
W
and the south eastern edge ofthe Great Karoo. Province, 10 km Kareedouw, 600 m, 33°.55\41"S,
24°.14\32"E, 5.V.2005, E. Colonnelli leg., on flowering
Etymology. This species is so named from ourcolleague bush ofProtea sp. (Proteaceae), 1 (CAR).
and friend Enzo Colonnelli (Rome), renowned speciaUst
inCurculionidaeCeutorhynchinae, inwhosecompanythe This species, at larval stage associated with Hermannia
firstknown specimen ofthenew specieswascollectedby salviifolia L. fil. (Sterculiaceae), was known so far only
the senior author. fromtwocoastal localitiesoftheeasternareasoftheWest-
emCape Province(Audisioetal. 1998; fig.4). Theabove
reportednew localitysignificativelyextendseastwardsand
inwards the geographic range ofthis species. The men-
tioned male specimen from Kareedouw area is peculiar-
mm
ly large, reaching 3.0 in length.
UPDATED KEYTO THE SPECIES OFTHE MELIGETHES PUBESCENS SPECIES-GROUP
5.
Refer to Figs 1-71 ofthe Au[:)isi() et al. (1998) revision (indicated in italic) and to Figs 1-5 ofthe present paper (in-
dicated in bold).
1 (2) Fronto-geneal and periocular grooves on head absent {as in fig. 53) ,3
Bonnerzoologische Beiträge 55 (2006) 155
2(1) Fronto-geneal and periocular grooves on head distinct {as in fig. 54) 9
3 (4) Tarsal claws with a well-formed, large and sharp tooth at base (as in Fig. 55). Male genitalia with acdeagiis pe-
cuharly long and narrow (Figs 30-32): ovipositor peculiarly small and unsclerotized (Fig. 51). Anterior tibiae
with minute and iixegular teeth on their distal outer edges (Fig. 16). Eastern Cape Province, Natal, southern
Mpumalanga (= Eastern Transvaal) (Fig. 63) 15.»lörs/i«///Grouvelle
4 (3) Tarsal claws with a virtually undeveloped tooth at base (as inJig. 57), or with a blunt tooth at base (i/,v in fig.
56). Male genitalia with aedeagus considerably less elongate (Figs 43-44. 68-71); ovipositor larger (Fig. 50),
or at least more sclerotized (Fig. 52) 5
5 (8) Tarsal claws with a blunt tooth at base (as in fig. 56). Anteriortibiae with a series of5/10 sharp teeth placed in
their distal halfor two-thirds, an intermediate one and the penultimate usually being the largest (as inJig. 73).
Body usually brown to blackish, with yellowish to orange legs and antennae, sparse and more or less conspic-
uous silvery, or golden pubescence, and elytra paler, or with a large reddish discal spot 6
6 (7) Dorsal and ventral pubescence usually silvery, more conspicuous, each hair being moderately long, but ofun-
usually large diameter. Male genitalia smaller, shaped as \n figs 70-71. Ovipositor as in the following species
(Fig. 50). Northern and eastern Namibia, Botswana, northern parts of South Africa (Fig. 64)
&
12.í7//í^///.v<:'t/.vAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs Kirejtshuk
7 (6) Dorsal and ventral pubescence golden, less conspicuous, each hair being moderately long and fine. Male geni-
talialarger, shaped as infigs 68-69. Ovipositoras in //g, 50. Central and southernNamibia, Namaqualand (Fig.
&
64) 13.eremitaAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs Kirejtshuk
8 (5) Tarsal claws lacking a distinct tooth at base (as infig. 57). Anterior tibiae with a series ofsmall, irregular and
usually blunt teeth on theirdistal outeredges (Fig. 17). Body unicolorous blackish-brown, with legs and anten-
naebrowntoblackish. Malegenitaliaas mfigs43-44. Ovipositorasin 52. NEEasternCape Province, south-
em Kwa Zulu-Natal (Fig. 61) 14. argentarius Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kirejtshuk
9(10) Tarsal claws simple, lacking a disfinct tooth at base (as in Fig. 57) 11
10 (9) Tarsal claws with a well-formed, large and sharp tooth at base (as in Fig. 55) 19
11 (12) Last segment ofthe antennal club peculiarly large (Fig. 21). Body peculiarly large, short and convex (Fig.
65). Anterior tibiae as in fig. 18. Male genitalia as in figs 66-67. Northern Transvaal (Fig. 62).
&
11. massiviis Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs Kirejtshuk
12 (11) Last segment ofthe antennal club much smaller, and normally shaped (Figs 1-5) 13
13 (14) Dorsal pubescence golden or silvery, scarcely long and dense, neverobscuring upper surface. Outer edges of
anteriortibiae with a series of7/12 sharp and usually in-egularteeth, neverregularly increasing in size from the
first to the penultimate (Figs 14-15). (The M. fiiersclii-comp\ex) 15
14(13)Dorsalpubescencegoldenorsilvery, peculiarly longanddense,partiallyobscuringuppersurface (in unrubbed
specimens). Outer edges ofanterior tibiae with a series of7/10 more or less sharp teeth placed in their distal
three-fifths, usually slightly and regularly increasing in size from the first to the penultimate, which as a rule, is
the largest (Figs 11-12). (The M. pliiinlieus-comp\ex) 17
15 (16) Elytra strongly transversely strigose. Male genitalia with a very small and shallow distal excision on tegmen
(Fig. 26) and moderatelypointedaedeagus (Fig. 27). Ovipositorslightly more pointed (Fig. 49). Southern parts
ofthe Western Cape Province, eastern Free State (Fig. 62) .10.pectén Audisio, Kirk-Spriggs& Kirejtshuk
. . .
16(15)Elytralessstronglytransverselystrigose. Malegenitaliawithmuchdeeperandnanowdistal excisionon tegmen
(Fig. 28), and subtruncate aedeagal apex (Fig. 29). Ovipositor slightly less pointed (Fig. 48). Eastern parts of
156 PaoloAuDisio & Alessio de Biase: AnewMeligethes oftheM.pubescens species-group from SouthAfrica
the Eastern Cape Province and of the Free State, Kwa Zulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga {Fig. 62).
9.fiierscliiSpomraft&Audisio
17 (18) Metastemum flat, not impressed in both sexes. Male genitalia much shorter (Figs 35-36). Ovipositor as in
fig. 47. Western parts ofthe Western Cape Province (Fig. 59) S.plumbeusReitter
18(17) Metastemum shallowly impressed in males. Male genitalia much longerand differently shaped (Fig.s 33-34).
Ovipositor as in M. pluinlieus (Jig. 47). Western parts ofthe Western Cape Province, southern Namibia (Fig. 61)
7. namakwaensisAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs & Kirejtshuk
19 (20) inner edges ofposterior tibiae markedly sinuate at distal third in both sexes (as inJig. 19). (The M. pubes-
C(?/z,s-complex) 21
M
20 (19) Inner edges ofposterior tibiae not sinuate at distal third in both sexes (as inJig. 20 and in fig. 3). (The
fo/;/c'/7i/.v-complex 23
)
21 (22) Male genitalia much longer and larger, with median distal excision oftegmen more rounded basally (Figs
24-25). Body on average larger(length: 2.3-3.0 mm). Eastern coastal and subcoastal areas ofthe Western Cape
Province and of the western portion of the Eastern Cape Province (Fig. 4)
&
2. //^riiifl/i/i/flíAudisio, Kirk-Spriggs Kirejtshuk
22 (21) Malegenitalia much shorterand smaller,with mediandistal excision oftegmenV-shapedbasally(Figs22-23).
Body on average smaller (length: 2.2-2.8 mm). Southern parts ofthe Western Cape Province and SW parts of
the Eastern Cape Province (Fig. 59) \.pubescensKqiWqx
23 (24) Pronotum moredistinctlynarrowerthanelytra(Fig. 4)\ pronotum andelytrapartiallycoveredbyusuallygold-
en pubescence. Elytra without, or with only a faint trace oftransverse strigosity. Male genitaliawith distal apex
oftegmen with deep and wide V-shaped excision (Figs 37-38). Subdesertic inner parts ofthe Western Cape
Province and extreme West ofthe Northern Cape Province (Fig. 60) 3. translatus Grouvelle
24 (23) Pronotum nearly as wide as elytra (us in fig. 3 and 3); pronotum and elytra partially covered by usually sil-
very, silvery-golden, or olivaceous pubescence. Elytra with distinct traces of, orwith strong, transverse strigos-
ity. Male genitalia differently shaped (Figs 39-42; Figs 1-2) 25
25 (26) Usually only with trace ofelytral transverse strigosity. Male genitalia differently shaped, with distally wide-
ly truncate median lobeofaedeagus, but without distally subtruncate tegmen (Figs 39-40). Body lacking a faint
coppery reflection. Southern parts of the Western Cape Province and SW parts ofthe Eastern Cape Province
(Fig. 60) 4. confertus Reitter
26(25) Elytrawith strongtransversestrigosity. Malegenitaliawith verypeculiarlyshapedanddistallytruncatetegmen
(Fig. 41), or with median lobe ofthe aedeagus much more narrowly pointed at the apex (Fig. 2) 27
27 (28) Body with a faint coppery reflection, especially dorsally. Dorsal pubescence silvery-olivaceous, longer and
more developed. Male genitalia with much more widely truncate apex ofthe median lobe ofaedeagus, com-
binedwith a subtruncate apex oftegmen, with short U-shaped median excision ofthe latter{Figs 41-42). Mon-
tane areas ofthe SW Western Cape Province (Fig. 4) 5.aurivestisiKuáiúo, Kirk-Spriggs&Kirejtshuk
28 (27) Body without coppery reflection. Dorsal pubescence silvery-golden, finer and less developed. Male genitalia
with much more nanowly truncate apex ofthe median lobe ofaedeagus, combined with roundly obtuse apex
ofparamera,with short U-shaped median excisionoftegmen(Figs 1-2). Montaneareas ofthe SEWesternCape
Province (Fig. 4) 6. colonnelUin.sp.
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The Meligethes of the M. pubescens species-group from Received 24.06.2006
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