Metholcus phoenicis Jacquelin du Val 1860
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Demetriou, Jakovos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae
Metholcus
Metholcus phoenicis

description: Metholcus phoenicis (Fairmaire, 1859)
= cylindricus (Germar, 1817)
Baudi di Selve 1874: 333; Zahradník 2006: 138; Zahradník 2007a: 361; Zahradník 2016b: 121.
Distribution. Mediterranean, Africa (African Horn) (Zahradník 2006, 2007a, 2016b). P: AG AU BU CR CY EG FR GR IS IT LE MA ME RU SP SY SZ TR TU YU E: EH SO.
Material examined. Larnaca prov., Agios Theodoros, 6.vi.2014, 1 spec., lgt. J. Plecháč, coll. PCJPL; Paphos prov., Akamas Peninsula, Neo Chorio, 13.v.2008, 1 spec., lgt. J. Plecháč. coll. PCJPL; Paphos prov., Peyia, Avakas Gorge, 18.v.2008, 3 spec., lgt. O. Konvička, coll. PCOK; Paphos prov., Drouseia, 34°57’22 N, 32°22’48’’ E, 20.-21.ii.2016, 2 spec., lgt. T. Staněk., coll. PCTS; Limassol prov., Fasoula env., 13.vi.2014, 1 spec., lgt. et coll. J. Plecháč, coll. PCJPL; Limassol prov., Pentakomo, Governor’s beach, 21.-23.v.2008, 5 spec., lgt. O. Konvička, coll. PCOK; Larnaca prov., Kalavasos Dam, 120 m s. a. l., 34°48’18’’ N, 33°15’48’’ E, 9.-10.v.2012, 3 spec., lgt. T. Kopecký, coll. PCTK (2 spec.), PZPC (1 spec.); Larnaca prov., Kato, Lefkara, 34°51’32’’ N, 33°19’09’’ E, 10.v.2014, 1 spec., lgt. D. Frank, coll. PCDF; Nicosia prov., Lefkara Dam, Kyprovasa, 29.iv.2012, 2 spec., lgt. J. Pelikán, coll. PCJPE (1 spec.), PZPC (1 spec.); Larnaca prov., Larnaca env., 26.ii.2004, 1 spec. (ex larva), lgt. P. Kabátek, coll. PZPC; Paphos prov., Akamas peninsula, Latsi env., 1.-10.iv.2000, 2 spec., lgt. S. Kadlec, coll. NMPC; Limassol prov., Limassol, 6.-7.vi.2011, 6 spec., lgt. M. Fiala, coll. PCLB (4 spec.), PZPC (2 spec.); Limassol prov., Limassol, 11.-13.v.1985, 1 spec., lgt. I. Rydh, coll. PZPC; Paphos prov., Peyia, Coral Bay, 2 km SW of Peyia, steppe by the sea, beating of bushes, 34°51‘30‘‘ N, 32°21‘51‘‘ E, 11.v.2012, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM; Paphos prov., Kouklia, Aphrodite’s rock (Petra tou Romiou), forest steppe by the sea, beating of bushes, 34°39‘54‘‘ N, 32°37‘39‘‘ E, 18.v.2012, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM; Paphos prov., Mesogi env., 34°48’22’’ N, 32°27’41’’ E, 20.ii.2016, 1 spec., lgt. T. Staněk, coll. PZPC; Paphos prov., Kouklia, Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra Tou Romiou), 34°40’08’’ N, 32°37’58’’ E, 3.-4.v.2012, 4 spec., lgt. T. Kopecký, coll. PCTK (2 spec.), PZPC (2 spec.); Paphos prov., Kouklia, Aphrodite’s Rock, (Petra Tou Romiou), 34°40’08’’ N, 32°37’58’’ E, 2 spec., lgt. J. Pelikán, coll. PCJPE; Paphos prov., Polis Chrysochous env., 11.-21.v.2008, 2 spec., lgt. O. Konvička, coll. PCOK; Paphos prov., Pomos, forest steppe and fruit orchards, beating of bushes evening and night 100 m a. s. l., 35°09‘37‘‘ N, 32°32‘45‘‘ E, 25.v.2017, 6 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM (4 spec.), PZPC (2 spec.); Paphos prov., Pomos, forest steppe and fruit orchards, beating of bushes evening and night, 100 m a. s. l., 35°09‘37‘‘ N, 32°32‘45‘‘ E, 1.vi.2017, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM; Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, Akrotiri, cultivated land by the salt-lake, collected from Eucalyptus spp., 5 m a. s. l., 34 o 36’2’’ N, 32 o 58’23’’ E, 16.v. + 3.vi.2021, 2 spec., lgt. J. Demetriou, coll. PZPC; Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, Akrotiri marsh, collected from Eucalyptus spp. surrounding wetland, 0 m a. s. l., 34 o 37’36’’ N, 32 o 56’21’’ E, 16.vi.2021, 1 spec., lgt. J. Demetriou, coll. PZPC.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, pp. 243-265 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8061315