Microhoria terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842 )

Microhoria terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842)

See Telnov (2022) for synonyms.

Anthicus terminatus – W.L.E. Schmidt 1842: 128 (description: Corfu); Krekich-Strassoldo 1911: 77 (checklist, distribution: ‘Europa meridionale, Corfù’ [southern Europe, Corfu’]).

Anthicus (Immicrohoria) terminatus ‒ Pic 1901b: 180 (records: ‘Peleka, Prodromos, Argostoli’).

114 Microhoria terminata – Uhmann 1985: 201 (records: ‘Attica’, Corfu, ‘Kephallenia’, ‘Zante’).

New material examined. 1 specimen BMNH: 44765 [handwritten] // Heldreich [handwritten] // Grecia [handwritten] // Fry Coll. 1905.100. [printed] ; 1♂ BMNH: Greece Merlin Coll. 96‒275. [printed] // sanguinicollis Laf. [handwritten] // Received with this name from Merlin, C.O.W. [printed] ; 1♂ BMNH: Greece Merlin Coll. 96‒275. [printed] ; 2♀ BMNH: Grecia Pira Wnoli [handwritten] // Anthicus ruficollis [handwritten] // Ital. mer. A. Fiori [handwritten] // G.C.Champion Coll. B.M. 1927‒409. [printed] [since these specimens bear two locality labels – Greece and Italy – it remains unclear where exactly they came from] ; 1♂ BMNH: Corfu [handwritten] // Anthicus sanguinicollis var. [handwritten] det. V.Krekich [printed] // G.Bryant Coll. 1919‒ 147 [printed] ; 1♂ ADC: Grecia Ahaia str. Mega , Spileo, Kala urita,mt.600 21.VI.01 leg. I. Zappi Coll.A. Degiovanni [printed] ; 11♂ & 2♀ ADC: GR SE PELOPONNESO PR. CH. AG. DIMITRIOS M PARNONAS ( KOSMAS) 800 m PYRUS 28 LUG 2004 M. BERRA [printed] ; 1♂ ADC: CORFÚ: Pelekitó 21.VI.2010 Leg. M.Pavesi [printed] ; 1♀ ADC: GRECIA – Trikala prov. Meteore, Kastraki, 340 m 39°43'25''N 21°37'21''E 21. VII. 2010 leg. I. Zappi [printed] GoogleMaps ; 1♂ ADC: GRECIA, 2013 Chalkidiki W of Varvara 15.- 19.6. Snížek [printed] .

Ecology. As in Telnov (2022). One specimen collected from Pyrus sp.

Distribution. Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, European part of Russia (steppe zone), France (southern part), Great Britain (not established), Greece (including the Ionian Islands), Iran, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey (both European and Asian), Turkmenistan (record dubious, see Telnov (2022)), Ukraine.

Chorotype. Turano-Europeo-Mediterranean (1.09 TEM).

Notes on Some Greek Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 ( Insecta: Coleoptera : Anthicidae ) with New Descriptions and Synonymy