Tentyria bassii Solier F. Espanol 1835
Creators: name: Bujalance, José L.
name: Ferrer, Julio
name: Cárdenas, Ana M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Tentyria
Tentyria bassii

description: Tentyria bassii Solier, 1835 (Figs. 15, 50, 84, 120, 168, 201, 235, 236)
Tentyria bassii Solier, 1835: 356; Kraatz 1865: 134, Reitter 1900: 173, Fuente 1934: 31, L̂bl & Smetana 2008: 206, Martínez 2018: 58, Iwan & L̂bl 2020: 248.
Tentyria bassii ssp. bassii Solier Koch 1944a: 230; Español 1960: 409, Viñolas 1986: 104, Viñolas & Cartagena 2005: 83, 276 Fig. 358b.
Tentyria bassii ssp. cantabrica Koch, 1944a: 230; Español 1956: 31 and 1960: 409, Viñolas 1986:104 syn., Viñolas & Cartagena 2005: 83, 276, Iwan & L̂bl 2020: 248.
Tentyria bassi ssp. meridionalis Koch, 1944a: 231; Español 1960: 409, Viñolas 1986: 104 syn., Viñolas & Cartagena 2005: 83, 276, Iwan & L̂bl 2020: 248.
Types examined: We have not found, in the Museum of Paris, the type of Tentyria bassii Solier Dupont’s collection, labelled “ Pimelia curculioides Herbst ” as described Solier (1835). Instead of that, we have examined four specimens which coming from the Dupont’s collection (Du64) and another one from the Deyrollei’s collection (Deyr. 77), as indicated in the round label carried in each specimen. This label also refers to the locality of Extremadura in three of specimens and to Spain in the other two. In addition, all of them bear the following rectangular label: “ Museum Paris, Coll. Solier, Coll. Marseul, 2842–90.
Two syntypes of Tentyria bassii ssp. cantabrica Koch, labelled: Ponferrada (León), Paganetti leg. (1♁ and 1♀, NRMS) (Fig. 235).
Typus of Tentyia bassii ssp. meridionalis Koch labelled: Portugal, Evora / Typus bassii ssp. meridionalis m., 1944 C. Koch / Sammlug Adr. Schuster / Schatzm. / corrugata (1♁ NHMB) (Fig. 236).
Typus of Tentyia bassii ssp. gredosana Koch labelled: Piedraleves, Hi., S. de Gredos, 18.5.34, C. Koch / Typus, bassii ssp. gredosana m., 1944 C. Koch, / Sammlung H Gabien (1♀, NHMB).
Additional material: Portugal: Ebora (Evora), (1 ex, MNCN); Serra de Gerês, Minho 25.IV.1974, T. Branco leg. (1 ex, CJF); São Cristóvão, Alto Alentejo, 9.IV.1982, A. Zuzarte leg. (10 exx, CJF); Montargil, Ribatejo, 18.IV.1979, A. Zuzarte leg. (8 exx, CJF); Antas, C. de Barros leg. / Bassii / Tentyria bassii det. A. Schuster (1 ex, NRMS); Trancoso (B. Alto, Portugal), 3.III.2003, nº 14447, col. Artur Serrano (2 exx, CJF); Covilha, Lamaçais, 23.IV.1978, nº 690, col. Canduso? Matas. (1ex, CJF); Peniche 25.IV.1982, nº 8245, col. Artur Serrano / Tentyria emarginata, A. Serrano det. (1 ex, CJF); Évora, Herdade de Vale Moura, Alto Alentejo, 27.V.1985, A. Zuzarte leg. (2 exx, CJF); Estremoz, Veiros, Vale das Quintas 11.IX.1972, (1 ex, CJF); Coruche, Alentejo, A. Zuzarte leg. (2 exx, CJF); Coruche, Ribatejo, Quinta Grande 15.IV.1976 (1 ex, CJF); Coruche, Ribatejo, 16.IV.1977, A. Zuzarte leg. (3 exx, CJF); Coruche, Fajarda, 31.III.1979 (2 exs, CJF); Beira Baixa, Belmonte-Inguias XII.1961, J. Matos leg. (2 exx, CJF); Belmonte, VII-1967 (1 ex, CJF); Monforte, St. Aleixo, Bacoreira, 24.VI.1988, A. Zuzarte leg. (2 exx, NRMS); Campo Maior, Herd. do Cabeça Gorda, Alto Alentejo, 8.IV.1986, A. Zuzarte leg. (1 ex, NRMS); Monforte, Herrera de Espuilas, 22.17.1988, A. Zuzarte leg. (CJF); Vilar Formoxa, Beira Alta, 7.VI1970, idem (CJF); Coruche, Alentejo, idem (CJF); Coruche, Monte Velho Ribatejo, 24.II.1976, A. Zuzarte leg. (2 exx, CJF); Strada de Pavía, Vimieiro, Alto Alentejo, 6.XI.1973, idem (CJF); Campo Maiva, Cabeza Gorda, Alto Alentejo, (IV.1976, idem (CJF); San André, Coruche, 3.V.1976, idem leg. (CJF). Spain: Hoyos (Cáceres) V.1957, Tentyria bassii Solier F. Español leg. and det. (CJF); Hoyos, 9.V.1957, F. Español leg. (CJF); Almaraz (Cáceres). 5.IV.1986, Dellacasa leg. (2 exx, CJF); Sª de Guadalupe (Cáceres), 4.III, MNCN_ Ent, Nº Cat. 70800 (2 exx, MNCN); Foncebadón (León), 5.V.1976 (1ex, CJF). Valencia de Alcántara, (Cáceres) VI.1965, J. Vives leg. (MCNB); Sierra de la Vera (Cáceres), VI.1959, A. Cobos leg, (MCNB).
Diagnosis: Although T. bassii Solier shows great variability in some characters such as the shape of the pronotum, it is distinguishable from its congeners in the tegument, black and almost dull, and with very well marked and dense punctures, the head (Fig. 15) with large and convex eyes (usually more in males) and the temples converging back. This species also shows a well noticeable supraorbital keel, rounded epistome and provide with a tiny tooth, moderately deep and laterally well delimited gular groove (Fig. 50); transverse and slightly convex pronotum (Fig. 84), usually somewhat narrowed at the base, rear angles always marked and slightly obtuse, with the sides regularly rounded and the maximum width at the centre; prosternal apophysis (Fig. 120), broad (more in females), with parallel or subparallel sides, rounded at the end, reaching or surpassing posteriorly the procoxae; graceful legs, particularly in males, protibiae with the inner side sinuous (Fig. 141); elytra oval elongated in males (Fig. 201, 235a, 236), wider and stubbier in females (Fig. 235b); usually, striated and somewhat rough, with the upper and lower margins of each epipleura non-converging at the apex, the lower one protruding somewhat, but not becoming spiny. Aedeagus (Fig. 168) about 3.3 mm long on average, with the parameres similar in length to the phallobase, sinuous sides and tapering almost equally towards the base as at the apex.
Comments: The type examined of Tentyria bassii ssp. gredosana Koch certainly corresponds to a female of Tentyria peiroleri ssp. castiliana Koch (= Tentyria castiliana Koch stat. nov.) as it will be explained ahead. The other two subspecies described by Koch (1944a), T. bassii ssp. cantabrica and T. bassii ssp. meridionalis are indistinguishable from the type, as pointed Viñolas (1986).
Geographical distribution: Species described from Spain, abundant in the central area of the Iberian Western, known from the provinces of Caceres and León in Spain, and from the Évora district, Port Alegre, Santarem, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Leiria, Braga and Viana do Castelo, Portugal. It has been also cited from of Ávila, Salamanca, and Valladolid (Español 1960), and Zamora and Toledo (Viñolas1986, Viñolas & Cartagena 2005).
description: Published as part of Bujalance, José L., Ferrer, Julio & Cárdenas, Ana M., 2023, A taxonomic revision of the genus Tentyria Latreille, 1802 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 5320 (1) on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5320.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8203747