Microhoria ottomana Kejval & Chandler 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Kejval, Zbyněk
name: Chandler, Donald S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anthicidae
Microhoria
Microhoria ottomana

description: Microhoria ottomana (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov.   
(Figs 114, 116)  
 Anthicus ottomanus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849b: 155.   
 Anthicus ottomanus: LAFERTÉ- SÉNECTÈRE (1849c): 254 (repeated description); PIC (1911b): 65 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927): 845 (catalogue). Tenuicomus ottomanus: UHMANN (1985): 198 (record Turkey).   
 Tenuicollis ottomanus: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 448 (catalogue, distribution).   
 Anthicus Merkli Pic, 1897b: 295, syn. nov.   
 Anthicus Merkli: PIC (1911b): 61 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927): 845 (catalogue).   
 Tenuicollis merkli: CHANDLER et al. (2008): 448 (catalogue, distribution).   
 Type locality. Anthicus ottomanus – Turkey (‘Asia-Minor’); A. merkli – Turkey.   
 Type material. Anthicus ottomanus – HOLOTYPE:, ‘friwal 1846 [h] // ottomanus Mihi [h]’ (coll. LaFerté-Sénectère, MNHN).   
 Anthicus merkli – LECTOTYPE:, ‘ Turquie (Merkl) [h] // n. sp. [h] // type [h; yellowish label] // A. Merkli Pic [h] // TYPE [p; red label]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN). PARALECTOTYPE: 1 spec., ‘ Turquie (Merkl) [h] // type [h; yellowish label]’ (coll. Pic, MNHN).   
 Additional material. TURKEY: 2, Ankara, v.1937, Vasvári lgt. (DCDC); 1 spec., Ankara prov., Tuz Gölu Lake, 30 km N of Seriflikoçhisar, 1.vi.1999, S. Kadlec lgt. (ZKDC); 4 spec., Ankara prov., Tuz Gölu Lake, 25 km NW of Seriflikoçhisar, salty shore, 900 m, 1.vi.1999, S. Benedikt lgt. (ZKDC); 15 spec., Antalya prov., Elmali env., Avlanbeli Geçidi Pass, 800–1600 m, 14.–17.vi.1996, M. Knížek lgt. (ZKDC); 2 spec., 20 km S of Elmali, 15.–16.vi.1996, Z. Malinka lgt. (ZKDC); 1 spec., Bingöl prov., Bingöl, 1125 m, Kadlec & Voříšek lgt. (ZKDC); 1 spec., Burdur prov., Bucak, 16.vi.1996, Z. Malinka lgt. (ZKDC); 1 spec., Burdur prov., 20 km SW of Burdur, 37°37ʹN 30°09ʹE, 940 m, 7.vii.2006, J. Halada lgt. (ZKDC); 1 spec., Eskişehir prov., Sakari Ilica, near Gümele, 6.–9.vii.1997, P. Průdek & M. Říha lgt. (ZKDC); 1 spec., İzmir prov., Bergama, 1.v.1990, F. Kantner lgt. (ZKDC); 20 spec., İzmir prov., Kabakum village env., N of Dikili, 4.–5.v.2002, T. Růžička lgt. (ZKDC); 3 spec., Konya prov., 46 km NNE Konya, 1000 m, 18.–19. vi.1996, M. Knížek lgt. (ZKDC); 4 spec., Kütahya prov., 30 km SW of Kütahya, steppe, 1200 m, S. Benedikt lgt. (ZKDC).   
 Diagnosis. Microhoria terminata species-group; small species, having dark, unicolorous body, mostly with slight bluish reflection on elytra and paler tibiae. Male sternum VII simple; sternum VIII forming paired, rather widely connected sclerites that are evenly rounded and setose posteriorly; tergum VII and VIII simple; aedeagus (Figs 114, 116). Female sternum VII simple; tergum VII simple.   
 Variation. Body length (♀) 2.2–2.9 mm.   
 Distribution. Turkey, Greece (Lesbos).   
 Remarks. LAFERTÉ- SÉNECTÈRE (1849b) described Anthicus ottomanus from a single specimen provided by Friwaldszky. PIC (1897b) described Anthicus merkli from an unstated number of specimens provided by M. E. Merkl. The type specimens were found to be identical, including form of the inner structure of the aedeagus, and so Anthicus merkli is placed as a junior synonym of Microhoria ottomana.
description: Published as part of Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), pp. 95-154 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.007, http://zenodo.org/record/3880221