Blaps (s. str.) mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

* Blaps (s. str.) mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 7 View FIGURE 1–10 .

Material. 1♂, 1♀, Mamer, 10 VIII.[1890], V . Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138523–24 ) .

Note. A synanthropic species of South European ( Everts 1922) or, more likely, Anatolian origin (F. Soldati, in litt.). It was temporarily introduced into Luxembourg and adjacent regions ( Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Thomaes et al. 2025), where it remained rare and eventually became locally extinct. The species was reported from Lorraine in the first half of the 19 th century ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847) but has not been observed there since ( Godron 1863). Already known from the Netherlands and Belgium in the early 20 th century ( Everts 1922; Libbrecht 1988), it remained localized and seemingly disappeared from Belgium before 1950. Known from the Rhineland since the late 19 th century ( Glaser 1871, 1881), the species has nonetheless remained continuously present along the Rhine and its major tributaries ( Horion 1956; Schawaller 1972; Zebe 1972; Köhler 2011b). Records from Saarland date up to 1962 ( Lillig 1999). The species is likely extinct in Luxembourg due to habitat loss.