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Autore:  Michael Becker [ 16/10/2019, 5:58 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Otolelus pruinosus pruinosus (Kiesenwetter, 1861) - Aderidae

Buongiorno!
Ho trovato questo Otolelus (lunghezza 2 mm) ad agosto nella vegetazione costiera vicino a Liznjan (Istria). Purtroppo non ho una chiave per questo genere. Come si riconosce la specie?

Grazie,
Michael

Allegati:
otolelus_2_0_Liznjan_190811.jpg


Autore:  Enrico Ruzzier [ 16/10/2019, 9:16 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Otolelus sp.

The valid generic name is Gompelia (sensu Alonso-Zarazaga)

In orded to identify it I am afraid you will need to extract the genitalia.

check this: https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EntBer_44_0275-0278.pdf

E.

Autore:  giuseppe55 [ 16/10/2019, 14:40 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Otolelus sp.

Femmina di:
Otolelus pruinosus pruinosus (Kiesenwetter, 1861).

Enrico Ruzzier ha scritto:
The valid generic name is Gompelia (sensu Alonso-Zarazaga)

Prima la specie era nel genere Vanonus.
Ora :?

Ciao
Giuseppe

Autore:  Michael Becker [ 17/10/2019, 7:26 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Otolelus sp.

Thank you for your answers and the identification. I had doubts because of e.g. O. flaveola which is not mentioned in Klingers review of the pruinosus-group.

I now understand that the taxonomy is rather complicated. Mulsant & Rey proposed the name Olotelus, which was already used in Tenebrionidae. Mroczkowski then proposed Otolelus as a replacement, and that name was used by some authors. Alonso-Zarazaga now says that this name is not valid because Mroczkowski forgot to designate a type species, and replaced it by Gompelia.

However the species in question (pruinosus) was not put by him into Gompelia, but into the genus Cobososia as Cobososia pruinosa, an assignment which apparently didn't up to now find its way into literature. It seems not clear whether Cobososia and Otolelus (Gompelia) are really different genera. If not, the correct name would be Cobososia, which is older.

Meanwhile I will label the speciemen Otolelus pruinosus until these questions are resolved.

Ciao,
Michael

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