Notes on some Greek Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) with new descriptions and synonymy

Abstract

Taxonomic changes, new records and descriptions of Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 from Greece are presented. Microhoria emgei (Pic, 1897) statt. restit. is removed from synonymy with M. terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842) and considered valid species. The following five species new to science are described and illustrated: Microhoria berrai, M. mammuthus, M. melecisi, M. sabellai, and M. vetroveci spp. nov., all from Crete. Lectotype designation is made for M. funeraria (Marseul, 1879) to maintain nomenclatural stability. The following new synonyms are introduced: Microhoria basithorax (Pic, 1941) = M. cerrutii Bucciarelli, 1976 syn. nov., M. fasciata fasciata (Chevrolat, 1834) = M. caliginosa pannonica (Kaszab, 1956a) syn. nov., M. pinicola (Reitter, 1889) = Anthicus terminatus var. latebrunneus Pic, 1901 syn. nov. (hitherto considered a synonym of M. terminata), M. unicolor (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842) = M. unicolor calliger (Marseul, 1879) syn. nov., = M. sydowi sydowi (Pic, 1936) syn. nov., = M. sydowi reductior (Pic, 1936) syn. nov., = M. sydowi olympiae (Pic, 1941) syn. nov. Supplementary descriptions of eight poorly known species of Microhoria are made. An erroneous species-concept is corrected for M. raveli (Pic, 1899). Several new faunistic records and ecological observations are provided for poorly known species. Additionally, a new synonym is introduced for non-Greek taxa, M. akbesiana (Pic, 1896) = M. fasciata helvetica (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1929) syn. nov.