Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.3
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scientific name	Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804
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* Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804

Fig. 8 View FIGURE 1–10 .

Material. 1♀, Oberanven 4 VIII.[1900], V . Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138525 ); 1 ex., Luxembourg, 15.IX[1900], V . Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138526 ); 1 ex., ditto, 17 VII.[1900] ( MNHNL138527 ); 1♂, Luxembourg Arbed , 20. VI .1948, A. Kuntgen lgt. ( MNHNL138528 ); 2 exx., Luxembourg, 3.IV.1957, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138529–30 ); 1ex., Luxembourg Ground , 28. V .2002, M. Theisen lgt. ( MNHNL138531 ); 1♂, Grevenmacher, Rue de l’Eglise , 8 X.2014, S. Christian lgt. ( MNHNL138532 ) .

Note. A thermophilic synanthropic species of South European origin ( Everts, 1922), recorded in all adjacent regions ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Soldati 2007; Thomaes et al. 2025), historically common but in decline due to habitat loss. In Belgium, the species appears to be undergoing a southward range contraction, also driven by climatic factors ( Libbrecht 1988). Correspondingly, in Luxembourg, it seems still present only in the Guttland.