Tentyria gaditana ? Rosenhauer 1856
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 gaditana

description: Tentyria gaditana Rosenhauer, 1856 (Figs. 24, 58, 92, 129, 176, 210, 241, 258)
Tentyria gaditana Rosenhauer, 1856: 186; Tentyria gaditana Rambur in litt. Dejean 1837: 204, Kraatz 1865: 143, Reitter 1900: 171 (specimens from Spain), Gebien 1910: 69, Fuente 1934: 30, Koch 1944a: 227, Español 1960: 407, Viñolas 1986: 103, Viñolas & Cartagena 2005: 357 a, L̂bl & Smetana 2008: 206, Ferrer & Holston 2009: 32, Fig. 4 (Non Tentyria levis Solier), Bujalance et al. 2016: 354, Martínez 2018:5 8, Iwan & L̂bl 2020: 249.
Types examined: Three syntypes from MNHN, bearing the following labels: gaditana Rosh., Type, Espagne donné par Rosenhauer / 225 / MUSEUM PARIS, COLL. CHATANY 1914 / TYPE / prolixa Rosh. (Fig. 241); MUSEUM PARIS, COLL. CHATANY 1914 / TYPE / SYNTYPE; gaditana Rosh. / Type Ros. / Coll. Desbr. / MUSEUM PARIS, 1922, COLL. L. BEDEL / TYPE.
Additional material: Historical material: Two specimens belonging to the Rambur’s Historical collection NMHUB, carrying the following labels: handwritten old label “ gaditana Ramb., andalus Ramb.” / 45541 / Hist.- Coll. (Coleoptera), Nr. 45541, Tentyria gaditana Ramb., Andalus, Rambur, Zool. Mus. Berlin. Three specimens without identification label: Andalusia, Staud. Leg. / Riksmuseum Stockholm (NHMS). One Paralectotype of Tenebrio caraboides Linné 1758 (UUZM), found in the old collection of the Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf, really belonging to Tentyria gaditana, was designated by Ferrer & Holston (2009).
Cádiz: Rota, Gres leg. Tentyria gaditana Ros. F. Español det. / var. JL. Bujalance det. (2 exx, CJF); Tarifa, 9.VIII.1978, B. Lassalle leg. (1 ex, CJF); idem, 16.VIII.2008, A. Castro Tovar leg. (2 exx, CACT); idem, 20.VI.1977, J. de Ferrer leg., Tentyria gaditana Rosenh. P. Leo det. (1♀, CJLB); idem, 23.8.1997, J.J.de la Rosa leg. (1♁, CACT); Olvera, J. Barroso leg. (1 ex, CJF). Puerto Real, 9.VII.1973, M. Tóth leg. (1 ex, HMNH); Véjer de la Frontera, Cádiz, 14.VI.1984, Podlussány leg. (1 ex, HMNH); San Roque, col. Juan de Ferrer (1 ex, CJCM); Zahara de los Atunes, 2.VIII.2006, J. A. Alejo leg. (1♀, CACT); Cádiz, 18.VIII.1972, G. Steen leg. (1 ex, CJF); Grazalema, VI.1903, Escalera leg., MNCN_ Ent. Nº Cat. 70801-70803, T. gaditana var., JL. Bujalance det. (2♀♀ and 1♁, MNCN); Pinar del Rey, San Roque, 16.VI.1972, J. de Ferrer leg. Tentyria gaditana Rosenh. F. Español leg. (1 ex, CJLB); San Roque, 6VIII.1975, idem, P. Leo det. (1 ex, CJLB); El Palmar, Conil, 29.VIII.2001, J.C. Martínez leg. (2♀♀ and 2♁♁, CJLB); Playa de Bolonia, Cádiz, 28.XI.1995, J.C. Martínez leg. (1♀, CJLB); Novo Santi Petri, Chiclana, Cádiz, 20.V.2007, T. gaditana, JL. Bujalance leg. (1♁, CJLB); Torre Gorda, Cádiz, 12.VII.2000, Depart. Zoología UCO leg., T. gaditana var., JL. Bujalance det. (4exx, CUCO) / 17.VII.2000 (2 exx, CUCO) / 14.IX.2000 (2 exx, CUCO).
Diagnosis: Very variable species and, therefore, difficult to characterize. Body usually short, convex, dorsally not very shiny and with well-marked punctures (Fig. 210). Broad head; flat eyes, exceptionally somewhat convex; supraocular fold generally not very raised; the epistome rounded, and with a small tooth in the middle (Fig. 24). Gular groove (Fig. 58) usually narrow and unwell delimited, often only consisting in a central depression; convex, almost dull, densely punctured, transverse and proportionally large pronotum, with sides in regular curve from base to apex, finely margined base, sub-right or curving slightly protruding backward, sometimes slightly sinuate at posterior angles that are obtuse and not well indicated (Fig. 92); prosternal apophysis slightly furrowed longitudinally in the centre, parallel-sided and converging at the apex which is not pointed (Fig. 129); protibiae without apparent sexual dimorphism; convex and smooth elytra, brighter than the pronotum, broad shape and regular oval from base to apex, with fine but well-marked punctures, sometimes as thick as in the pronotum, usually right or sub-right base, and finely margined; aedeagus (Fig. 176) about 3.5 mm in length parameters of subparallel sides, almost equal or little shorter than the phallobase. Commonly, the specimens from inland and Mediterranean-influenced areas are smaller and stubbier, with the base of the pronotum right or sub-right, elytra showing feeble longitudinal grooves, and the aedeagus with the parameters similar in length as the phallobase; the morphotypes from the inner lands (Sierra de Grazalema) also show most coarsely punctures.
Comments: T. gaditana Rosenhauer, is identical to T. gaditana Rambur in litt. Rosenhauer (1856), Dejean (1937) and Kraatz (1865). Rosenhauer (1856) described this species from Cádiz and kept the name that Rambur assigned in litt.; Reitter (1900) cited it as “ Tentyria gaditana Sol. ”, from Spain and Portugal without specifying locality. This indicates that, like Kraatz (1865), he did not examine Rosenhauer’s material. Koch (1944a), who did not know Rambur’s and Rosenhauer’s specimens, considered that T. gaditana sensu Kraatz (1865) and Reitter (1900) are identical to T. peiroleri sensu Koch (non T. peiroleri Solier), and that T. gaditana Rosenhauer is a species that should belong to the first group of Reitter (1900), next to other Tentyria species showing the base of the pronotum tri-sinuate. Español (1960) correctly interpreted the true identity of T. gaditana Rosenhauer, but dragged the Koch’s error (Koch 1944a) by considering T. gaditana Kraatz (= T. gaditana Rambur in litt.) and T. gaditana Reitter synonyms of T. peiroleri sensu Koch (non T. peiroleri Solier). Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) rectified the error dragged by Español (1960). Lastly, Bujalance et al. (2016) showed a photograph of a syntype of T. gaditana found in the MNHN (Paris).
In summary, T. gaditana Rosenhauer is a species known for long time, identical to Tentyria gaditana Rambur in litt. (Rosenhauer 1856) (Fig. 258). Nevertheless, it was misinterpreted by several authors who unknown the types of Rosenhauer and Rambur in litt. Only Kraatz (1865) examined the specimens of T. gaditana Rambur in litt.
Designation of Lectotype of Tentyria gaditana Rosenhauer, 1856. Present designation:
As already indicated the syntypes from Cádiz (Rosenhauer’s collection) have not been located or documented by any of the previous authors after description. We have got a specimen from NMHUB, labelled “ Tentyria gaditana Rosh., Hispania ”, which does not agree with the original description because it has the base of pronotum trisinuated and with the central lobe not margined, it is T. subcostata Solier (= T. emarginata Kraatz, = T. sinuatocollis Rosenhauer, part of the syntypes). For these reasons, we consider it necessary to designate a Lectotype to stabilize the taxonomy of this species.
We designate Lectotype of Tentyria gaditana Rosenhauer, 1856, the syntype previously referenced, bearing the following labels (Fig. 241): Cadiz Rosh., Type, Espagne donné par Rosenhauer / 225 / MUSEUM PARIS, COLL. CHATANY 1914 / TYPE / prolixa Rosh.
Geographical distribution: Species circumscribed to the province of Cádiz and neighbouring areas; it is very abundant in the coastal zone from the mouth of the Guadalquivir to Gibraltar, extending inland through the Sierra de Grazalema. The record from Portugal (Reitter 1900) does not correspond to this species; Viñolas (1986) also cites it from Malaga, and later Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) repeat this record referring to Español (1960). Nevertheless, this last author only mentioned this species in Cádiz.
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 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5320.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8203747