Marolia purkynei Maran 1933
Creators: name: Konvička, Ondřej
name: Brustel, Hervé
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melandryidae
Marolia
Marolia purkynei

description: Marolia purkynei Mařan, 1933
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Type material examined. SYNTYPES (6 spec.): 1 ♀, ‘Bosn. Herzeg. / Ivan. / Reitter [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ (NMPC); 1 ♀, ‘Bosn. Herzeg. / Ivan. / Reitter [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ (NMPC); 1 ♀, ‘ Herzegowina / Reitter [text in black frame] [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ (NMPC); 1 spec., ‘Šarlir [= ШаралИЯ = Sharaliya] Pirin / Mac. VII.32 / Mař. et Táb. [J. Mařan et K. Táborský] [p, w] // Marolia Purkyněi / přechod k / ab. obscura / M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ (NMPC); 1 spec., ‘Muntelui / Bihar, Rom. [Bihor, Romania] / Mařan et Táb. [J. Mařan et K. Táborský] [p, w] // TYPUS [p, r] // Marolia / Purkyněi M. / ab. obscura M. [h] / Dr. Mařan det. [p, w]’ (NMPC). All specimens were provided with an additional red printed label: ‘ Marolia / purkynei Mařan, 1933 / SYNTYPE / Ondřej Konvička & / Hervé Brustel labeled 2020’. Note: Location of the last specimen of type series is unknown.
Additional material examined. BULGARIA: Rodopi Mts, 15.vii.1987, I. Kovář lgt., J. Jelínek det., O. Konvička revid., 1 spec. (NMPC); Rila Mts., Musala, 18.vii.1988, K. Orszulik lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (OKZC); Tvarditsa env., Cumerna hill, 1500 m a.s.l., [ca. 42°47′N, 25°58′E], 4.–6.vi.1996, T. Růžička lgt. et det., 4 spec. (MNHT, JVOC, OKZC, PZPC, VNPC); Pirin Mts., Popina Laka, 41°40′22′′N, 23°24′53′′E, 19. –20.vi.2007, J. Pelikán lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (JPHC), same data, T. Kopecký lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (TKJC); Belasica Mts., Belasica chalet, 6.–8.v.2009, T. Kopecký lgt., O. Konvička det., 2 spec. (TKJC), same data, F. Pavel lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (FPVC); Rila Mts., Borovets, 11.vi.2017, J. Tatur-Dytkowski lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (JTWP); Rila Mts., Musala, 2532 m a.s.l., 15.vi.2017, J. Tatur-Dytkowski lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (JTWP). CROATIA: Dubrovnik, xii.1976, J. Kladil lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (NMPC); Velebit Mts., 16.x.2016, J. Kadlec lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (OKZC). GREECE: Epirus province, Smolikas Mts., 5 km S of Fourka village, 1600 m a.s.l., 5.vi.2008, forest zone, 1 spec., K. Rébl lgt., coll. (OKZC); Thessalia prov., Pindos Mts., Kiatra Broastra pass, 3 km SW of Amarandos village, 1400 m a.s.l., 15.v.2011, Z. Malinka lgt., J. Vávra det., 1 spec. (JVOC); Epirus province, Smolikas Mts., Fourka env., 40°07′46′′N, 20°58′53′′E, 1728 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, P. Brůha lgt., O. Konvička det., in beechwood, 1 spec. (OKZC); Evritanía region, Karpenissi, 38°55′25′′N, 21°48′33′′E, 1446 m a.s.l., 8.vi.2015, 1 spec., P. Brůha lgt., O. Konvička det., in fir forest, 1 spec. (OKZC). MONTENEGRO: Petrovac, iii.1978, J. Kladil lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (NMPC); Biogradska Gora National Park, Bendovac [ca. N42°53′ E19°37′], 28.–29.v.2014, P. Jansa lgt., 1 spec. (OKZC) [This record has been published already by Konvička (2015).]. REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA: Popova Shapka env., 1440 m a.s.l., 42°00′57′′N, 20°54′36′′E, 2.–3.vi.2012, J. Kadlec lgt., O. Konvička det., 1 spec. (OKZC). ROMANIA: ‘ Hermannstadt [= Sibiu], H. Riñe [= Păltiniș], VII.1932, Dr. E. Worell’ lgt., O. Konvička det., 2 spec. (NMPC).
Distribution. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (Nikitsky & Pollock 2008), also recorded from Albania (Kovács et al. 2012). The first specific record for Montenegro was published by Konvička (2015). First records for Croatia and Greece.
description: Published as part of Konvička, Ondřej & Brustel, Hervé, 2021, Description of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Spain and new distribution records of Marolia species, pp. 407-416 in Zootaxa 4920 (3) on page 413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4478157