Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912

Gutierrez, Jean-Bernard Huchet José Luis Lencina, 2024, New insights and comparative morphology of the rare Western Palearctic species Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912 and its closest relative, O. inermis Reitter, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae), Insecta Mundi 2024 (79), pp. 1-16 : 3-6

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scientific name	Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912
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Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912 View in CoL ( Fig. 1–5 View Figures 1–2 View Figure 3 View Figures 4–5 , 6–8 View Figures 6–10 , 16, 17 View Figures 16–17 , 20 View Figures 20–22 , 23, 25 View Figures 23–26 , 28 View Figures 27–30 , 34 View Figure 34 )

Type material. Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912 . NEOTYPE ♀ [erroneously considered a male!], designated by Alonso-Zarazaga and López-Colón (1996) ( MNCN).

Labels: (a) white rectangular paper, handwritten: Molinicos, 29.V.1938; (b) white label, rectangular, handwritten: Ochodaeus / pocadioides Mots. , ♂ / J.J. L. Colón. det., 1980; (c) white label, rectangular, framed in black, handwritten and printed: Ochodaeus / montanus / Fuente, 1912 / F.M. Piera det. 1988; (d) red label, rectangular, handwritten: Ochodaeus montanus / FUENTE, 1912 / M.A. Alonso Zarazaga / & J.I. López-Colón des. 97 / –

NEOTYPUS –; (e) red label, rectangular, framed in black, printed: MNCN / Cat. Tipos Nº / 8380; (f) white label,

rectangular, framed in black, printed: MNCN_Ent / 2957; (g) white label, rectangular, handwritten and printed:

Ochodaeus / montanus Fuente ♀ / J. B Huchet det. 2024. Other specimens (3 ex.):

SPAIN: ALBACETE: River Guadalmena (Villapalacios), UTM: 30SWH 2871, 730m., 18-V-2003, attracted by artificial light in a meadow on the riverbank, in a holm oak forest environment with Quercus ilex L. ssp. ballota (Desf.) Samp., J.L. Lencina & F. Lencina leg. (1 ♂ / CJLL) ; JAEN: Sierra de Cazorla: Santiago-Pontones, Coto Ríos , 38.045688 -2.852325 (650 mts), Light trap, Ribera , 7.VI.2021, F.J. Campillo leg. (1 ♀ / CJBH) GoogleMaps . MURCIA: Collado de las Cabellas, Sierra de Villafuerte (Moratalla), UTM: 30SWH 7422, 1650 m., 9-VI to 8-VII-2017, in a clearing of pine forest Pinus nigra Arnold , in pitfall trap, J.L. Lencina & J. Miñano leg. (1 ♂ / CJLL) .

To the best of our knowledge, besides these four specimens, no other specimens of O. montanus are known, highlighting the extreme uncommonness of this species. Additionally, three specimens previously identified as O. montanus in the collections of the Museum of Madrid, as listed below ( MNCN _Ent 2959, 211587, and 211588), were found to correspond to O. inermis .