Bolbelasmus gallicus
Creators: name: Hillert, Oliver
name: Arnone, Marcello
name: Král, David
name: Massa, Bruno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Bolboceratidae
Bolbelasmus
Bolbelasmus gallicus

description: Bolbelasmus gallicus (Mulsant, 1842)
(Figs 3, 10, 16, 23, 29, 35, 41, 59, 62)
Bolboceras Gallicus Mulsant, 1842: 350 (original description). BOUCOMONT (1902): 4 (catalogue); HEYDEN et al. (1906): 725 (catalogue); FUENTE Y MORALES (1926): 146 (distribution).
Bolboceras Gallicus Var. Conjunctus Mulsant, 1842: 351 (original description). Type locality:‘ France meridionale’. BOUCOMONT (1912): 17 (synonymy).
Bolboceras Gallicus Var. Provincialis Mulsant, 1842:351 (original description). Type locality: ‘ France meridionale’. BOUCOMONT (1912): 17 (synonymy).
Bolboceras gallicus: MARSEUL (1857): 83 (catalogue); JAQUELIN DU VAL (1863): 434 (catalogue).
Bolbelasmus gallicus: BOUCOMONT (1912): 17 (catalogue); WINKLER (1927): 1035 (catalogue); PAULIAN (1941): 38 (monograph); SEABRA (1943): 50 (catalogue); GONZÁLEZ PEÑA (1979): 27, figs 1–3, 7 (key, biology); PAULIAN & BARAUD (1982): 69 (monograph); RUANO MARCO et al. (1988): 41 (distribution); LUMARET (1990): 362 (distribution, atlas); LÓPEZ- COLÓN et al. (1996): 4, 8, 10 (distribution, key); FABRA (2004): 38 (biology); PESLIER (2004): 1 (key, distribution); ARNONE & MASSA (2010): 410 (distribution, note).
Bolbelasmus gallicus [partim, populations from France, Portugal and Spain (excl. of Andalusia)]: BÁGUENA CORELLA (1967): 262 (monograph); KRIKKEN (1977): 284 (revision); BARAUD (1977): 159 (monograph), BARAUD (1992): 45 (monograph); MARTÍN- PIERA & LÓPEZ- COLÓN (2000): 180 (monograph); KRÁL et al. (2006): 82 (catalogue).
Type locality. ‘exclusivement [France] méridionale; Draguignan, Saint-Tropez, environs de Marseille’.
Material examined (441 specimens). FRANCE: PROVENCE- ALPES- CÔTE D’ AZUR REG.: Aix, 1 ♂ (ZFMK); Bouches-du-Rhône, Barbentane, 1.iv.2010, 4 ♂♂, J. Bidault lgt. (DJCP); Nimes (Gard), 10.iv.2008., 1 ♂, A. Hidalgo lgt. (AHCL); Jorques, B. [Bouches] du Rhone, 23.v.[19]90, 1 ♂, Michod lgt. (SZCM); Barbentane, 19.v.[19]85, 2♂♂, L. Pélssier lgt. (SZCM); Beausset (Var), iii.[19]06, 1 ♀, Baizet [lgt.] (NMPC); Beausset (Var), iv.[19]05,1 ♂, Baizet [lgt.] (NMPC); Var, Le Beausset, 4.v.1905, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (LHCB); Le Beausset, i.1901, 1 ♀ (DKCP), 1 ♀ (SMTD); Ollioules, 12.v.[18]91, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Masel [?lgt.] (ZSMC); Ollioules, [18]91, 6 ♂♂, Masel [?lgt.] (ZSMC); Beausset, Var, iii.[19]05, 1 ♂, Baizet [lgt.] (NMEC); Beausset, Var, 1 ♀, Baizet [lgt.] (NMPC), 1 ♂ (ZSMC), 1 ♂ (ARCL), 2 ♂ 1 ♀ (ZFMK); Hyères, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (BMCP); La Sayne, 1 ♀ (ZFMK); Le Beausset, 1 ♂, H. Sietti [lgt.] (OHCB); Le Beausset, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MSNG), 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (MSNM), 1 ♂ (NMEC); La Seyne, 1 ♂ (NMPC); Marseille, 1 ♂ (MSNG), 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MSNM), 1 ♂ (SMTD), 1 ♂ (VMCP), 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ZFMK), 4 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (ZSMC), 11 ♂♂ (BMNH); Mars. [Marseille], 1 ♂ (ZSMC); Marseille, 1 ♂, Mol de Boissy [lgt.] (SMTD); Marseilles, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (BMNH); Mars lle [Marseille], 3 ♂♂ (BMNH); Basses Alpes, 1 ♂, Riez [lgt.] (MSNM); Saint Gervazy (30), 21.iii.1995, 1 ♂, J. Angles lgt. (RCCP); Provence, 1 ♂, Riez [lgt.] (MSNG); Alpes Maritimes, Station Martin Vasubie, 1 ♂, coll. J. Clermont (MSNM); Toulon, 1 ♂ (MSNG). LANGUEDOC- ROUSSILLON REG.: Beziers, 1 ♂ (ZFMK); Chusclan, 1 ♀ (ZFMK). MIDI- PYRÉNÉES REG.: Pyrenaei, Bagneres, 1♂ (NMPC). CORSICA REG.: Corse, 1896, 1 ♂, coll. Brazier (MNHN); Corsica, 1 ♂ (SMTD). No further locality specified: Camargue, 1 ♂ V. M. Duchon [lgt.] (NMPC); France, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MRSNT); France mer., 1 ♂ (BMNH); S[üd]. Frankreich, 6 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (SMTD); Gall [ia]. mer, Mulsant, 1 ♀ (SMTD), 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gall [ia]. m. Mulsant, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (SMTD); Gallia, 1 ♂ (ARCL), 1 ♂ (DKCP), 4 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (MSNM), 1 ♂ (SMTD), 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (ZFMK); Gallia, 1 ♂, coll. De Marchi (MSNG); Gallia, 1 ♂, ex coll. Kelecsenyi (NMPC); Gallia, Bass [es]. Alp [es]., 1 ♂, Reitter [lgt.] (NMPC); Gallia, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Kirsch [lgt.] (SMTD); Gallia, 17 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Reitter [lgt.] (NMPC), 1 ♂ (VMCP); Gallia mer., 1 ♂ (NMPC); Gallia mer., det. Boucomont, 2 ♂♂ (SMTD); Gallia mer., 1 ♂, Reitter [lgt.] (VTCS); Gallia Merid, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gallia var, 2 ♂♂, A. Otto [lgt.], (ZFMK); Gallia, 1 ♂ (ZSMC), 3 ♂♂ (NMEC); Var, Port du Doin, 17.vi.1963, 1 ♂ (MSNG). PORTUGAL: ALGARVE PROV.: Algarve, 5 km NW Vila do Bispo, 2.iii.2014, 1 ♂, Z. Lucbauer lgt. (ZLCK); Armacao de Pera, 16.–20.ii.2013, 2♂♂ 1♀ (PKCS); Carrapateira, S. of Aljezur, 1.iii.2010, 2 ♀♀, H. Kalz lgt. (HKCS); Faro, 1 ♂ (MSNM); Faro, Sagres, 21.–25.ii.2011, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Petr Kylies lgt. (DJCP), 7 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (PKCS); Momchique, 1 ♂ (NMPC); Sagres, 37°00′53″N 08°57′10″W, 24.ii.2014, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, V. Řebíček, M. Turčín & M. Mařík lgt. (DKCP), 8 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ (VRCH); 4 km S Vila Do Bispo, SW of Lagos, 1.iii.2010, 1 ♂, H. Kalz lgt. (HKCS); 1 km E of Juniqueira, Vila Real de Sto António env., 37°15′15″N, 07°27′37″W, 2.–4. iv.2004, 1 ♀, Jiří Skuhrovec lgt. (DKCP). ALTO- ALENTEJO PROV.: Paraisé da Mata, 29.iii.1984, 1 ♂ (MSNM). BAIXO ALENTEJO PROV.: Santiago de Cacem, Quinta de Ortiga, 12.xi.2005, 1♂ 1♀, A.M. & T. Branco lgt. (OHCB). SETÚBAL PROV.: S Poceirao, E Pinhal Novo, 25.ii.2014, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, Z. Lucbauer lgt. (DKCP), 7 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (ZLCK); Lisbonne, Poceirao, 21.i.2013, 1 ♂, O. Boilly lgt. (OBCB); Lisabon – Poceirao, 24.ii.2012, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (PKCS); Setubal, Rio Frio env., 40 km E of Lisabon, 5.iii.2010, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB); Setúbal, Poceirao vill.env., 38°37.392″N 08°43.739″W, 21.ii.2009, 2 ♀♀, Jan Schneider lgt. (DJCP), 4 ♀♀ (JSCP). No further locality specified: Setubal, 9.iv.1992, ex coll. A. Drumont, 1 ♂ (GMCL). SPAIN: ANDALUSIA AUTONOM. COMM.: HUELVA PROV.: Andalusia, W Huelva, W El Rincon, 26.ii.2014, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, Z. Lucbauer lgt. (ZLCK); Aljaraque, 10 km W of Huelva, 23.ii.2011, 4 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB); Aljaraque, 10 km W of Huelva, 02.iii.2010, 2 ♂♂, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB), 2 ♂♂ but H. Kalz lgt. (HKCS); Aljaraque vill.env., 37°15.425″N 07°04.078″E, 25.ii.2009, 3 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ David Král lgt. (DKCP), 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (JSCP); Aljaraque, 10 km W of Huelva, 25.ii.2009, 1 ♂, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB), 1 ♂ (GNCA); El Aljaraque, 3.ii.2001, 10 ♂♂, J. Navarro lgt. (JNCS); Bonares, 20 km E of Huelva, 04.iii.2008, 2 ♂♂, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB); 12 km N of Cartaya, 3.–14.ii.2007, 2 ♂♂, Petr Kylies lgt. (DJCP), 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (PKCS), 1 ♂ (LMCT), 1 ♂ (RCCP), 1 ♂ (VTCZ); 6 km N of Cartaya, 16.–20.ii.2013, 2♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Petr Kylies lgt. (PKCS); 5 km SE Moguer, 19.i.2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, O. Boilly lgt. (OBCB); Punta Umbria, 12.ii.2010, 2 ♂♂, A. del. Barco lgt. (VTCZ); 13 km S of Targuejo, 11.ii.2008, 1 ♂, Jiří Klícha lgt. (VMCP). SEVILLA PROV.: Aznalcázar env., 14.ii.2010, 1♂ 2♀♀, Petr Kylies lgt. (DJCP), 1♂ (JSCP), 1♂ (VMCP), 2 ♂♂ (PKCS), 1 ♂ (VTCZ); Pinar de Aznalcázar & Puebla del Río, 1.ii.2014, 18 ♂♂ 13 ♀♀, J. Navarro lgt. (JUCS), same data but 5.i.2013, 2 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀ (JUCS), same data but 17.ii.2013., 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (AHCL); Pinar Forestal del Boyal, Villamanrique de la Condesa, 1.iii.2010, 1 ♂, J. Navarro lgt. (JUCS); Pinar de Aznalcázar, 21.ii.2009, 19 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀, J. Navarro lgt. (JUCS), same data but 15.ii.2009, 5 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ (JUCS), same data but 21.ii.2010, 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (JUCS), same data but 3.ii.2010, 2 ♂♂ (JUCS), same data but 11.ii.2012, 4 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (JUCS), same data but 24.xi.2012, 7 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (JUCS); Poblado Colinas, Puebla del Río, capturas a la luz, 23.iii.2002, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Navarro lgt (JUCS). ARAGON AUTONOM. COMM.: SARAGOSSA PROV.: Los Monegros-Monegrillo, 250 m, 24.v.1996, 1♀, M. Dvořák lgt. (DKCP), 1♂ (JSCP); Zaragoza, Los Monegros-Castejon, 23.v. 1996, 400 m, 1 ♂, M. Dvořák lgt. (RCCP). TERUEL PROV.: Albarracin, 11.–13.vi.2007, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Z. Laštůvka leg. (IECA); same data but 23.–25.vi.2008, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (IECA). ASTURIAS AUTONOM. COMM.: ASTURIAS PROV.: Asturien, 1 ♂ (NMPC). CASTILLE AND LEÓN AUTONOM. COMM.: ÁVILA PROV.: Sierra de Grados, Avila, v.1904, 1 ♂ (MSNG). SALAMANCA prov.: Aldehuela de la Boveda (Salamanca), 18.vi.1984, 1 ♂, J. C. Orella leg. & J. I. Lopez-Colon leg. (OHCB). CATALONIA AUTONOM. COMM.: BARCELONA PROV.: Umg. Barcelona, 15.ii.1996, 2 ♂♂, J. Blümel lgt. (ARCL); Lérida, Pavia nr. Talavera, 1.v.2013, 1 ♂, M. Tomás Rafael lgt. (DJCP); Lerida, Pavia, 1.v.2013, 2 ♂♂, Z. Lucbauer lgt. (ZLCK); Pavia, Lerida, 3.v.2003, 1 ♂, M. Tomas lgt. (GMCL); Lérida, Pavia, 28.v.[19]93, 2 ♂♂, M. Tomas lgt. (SZCM). GIRONA PROV.: Vidreras, Lichtfang, 29.iv.–6.v.1989, 1 ♀, F. Bahr lgt. (LSCN). Can Cast [ells] [near Vidreras], 1 ♀ (DKCP); Vidreras, Puig Ventos, 16.vii.1992, 1 ♀, Brunk lgt. (HKCS); Vidreras, Gerona, Puig Ventos, 8.vii.[19]89, 1 ♀, Erhard Bodj lgt. (DKCP). LÉRIDA PROV.: Catalunya, Coll del Rat, 7 km SW of Ponts, 41°53′58.9″N 1°05′35.9″E, 17.v.1992, 1 ♀, V. Valenta lgt. (LMCT). EXTREMADURA AUTONOM. COMM.: BADAJOZ PROV.: Cheles, Badajoz env., border to Portugal, 13.–27.ii.2013, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, O. Hillert lgt. (OHCB). CACERES PROV.: Sierra de Tormantos, Piornal, Caceres, alt.: 1000 m, 6.v.1991, 1 ♂, M. Tarrier lgt. (GMCL); NE of Jaraicejo, 12.v.2011, 39°41′51″N 05°44′10″W, 598 m, 1 ♂, P. Kylies lgt. (PKCS). MADRID AUTONOM. COMM.: Cercedilla, 1 ♀, Dr. Martin [lgt.] (ZFMK); Colmensar Viego, 4.v.[19]90, 1 ♀, S. Sobrino lgt. (SZCM); V. le de Odon, 21.iv.1983, 1 ♂ (MSNM); Fuensauco, Valdaracete, Madrid, 4.v.2010, 1 ♀, J. L. Gomez lgt. (GMCL); Loeches, 8.vi.2010, 1 ♀, A. Hidalgo lgt. (AHCL); Manzanare, 5.v.1982, 1 ♂ (MSNM); Valverde de Alcalá, 18.vi.2014., 1 ♀. A. Hidalgo lgt. (AHCL); Guadarrama, 10.v.1934, 1 ♂, P. Navacerrad lgt. (MSNM); Guadarrama, 8.v.1934, 1 ♂, P. Navacerrad (MSNM); Villavicosa le de Odon, 3.iii.1987, 1 ♂ (MSNG); Villavicosa le de Odon, 2.iii.1986, 1 ♂ (MSNG); Villavicosa le de Odon, 21.iv.1983, 1 ♂ (MSNG); Villavicosa de Odon (Madrid), 27.v.1977, 2 ♂♂, J. I. López-Colón & Antonio Perucho lgt. (OHCB). VALENCIA AUTONOM. COMM.: VALENCIA PROV.: Ayora (Valencia), 16.v.1979, 1 ♀, López-Colón lgt. (OHCB); La Vallesa, 2.iii.1997, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (GMCL). No further locality specified: Espagne, 1 ♂ (NMPC); Hisp [ania]., 1♂ (NMPC); Spanien, 1♂ (SMTD).
Redescription. Distinctly convex, surface black, shiny, pronotum covered with double punctation, elytra glabrous.
Male. Head (Figs 3, 16, 23, 29, 35). Clypeus broadly rounded, nearly semicircular, anterior angles vague. Posterior angles of clypeal margin not elevated. Frontal horn well developed, long, conical, apex widened, triangular in frontal view, base conical, not keeled, apex simple, unmodified. Punctation of clypeal disc simple, distinct. Oblique keels above eyes approximately reaching eyes. Punctation of frons and vertex same as the one on clypeus; fronto-clypeal suture present. Eyes distinctly elliptic, well developed; genae evenly rounded, semicircular.
Pronotum (Figs 3, 16, 23, 29) distinctly transverse; broadest just in basal quarter, entirely bordered; lateral margin evenly rounded, marginal carina not crenate, distinctly widened and elevated; lateral fovea almost missing. Pronotal punctation distinct and double, consisting from well and deeply impressed punctures, except on basal part; punctures separated approximately by distance equal to their diameter, intermixed with very fine pinned punctures. Lateral hornlike apophyses well developed, conical, bent upwards and sidewards. Apical hornlike apophyses distinct but weakly elevated, obtuse-angled, directed 30° frontoapically. Both apical hornlike apophyses joined in keel.
Scutellar shield triangular, as long as wide, shiny, densely punctate.
Elytra approximately as long as wide, surface shiny, not punctate; humeral umbone weak; between suture and humerus seven distinct striae along entire elytral length, all striae with confluent punctures; intervals convex.
Parameres as in Fig. 62.
Variability in males. Surface black to brownish; pronotal hornlike apophyses in medium developed and underdeveloped (hypothelic) specimens short, more or less straight, only simply rounded to almost acute apically.
Female. Head (Figs 10, 41). Clypeus broadly rounded, nearly semicircular, anterior angles vague. Posterior angles of clypeal margin not elevated. Frontal carina well developed, not interrupted in middle, doubly s-shaped. Punctation of clypeus, frons, vertex and occiput simple, distinct; oblique keels above eyes distinct, elongated to base of eyes; eyes well developed, distinctly elliptic, genae well developed, arcuate anteriorly.
Pronotum (Fig. 10) distinctly transverse, lateral margin weakly widened, broadest just basally, surface distinctly deeply punctate, punctation double except for base, punctures consisting of well and deeply impressed punctures, separated approximately by distance equal to their diameter, intermixed with very fine, pinned punctures. Anterior transverse protrusion distinct, sharply semicircular, lateral apophyses present.
Elytron surface shiny, glabrous; humeral umbone weak.
Measurements. Total body length 11.0–14.6 mm.
Differential diagnosis. Refer to species key.
Collecting circumstances. Prefers sandy soils.
Distribution. Southern and south-western France, Portugal, North-western and Central Spain (Fig. 59). We provide first records from Corsica and the Midi-Pyrénées Region of France.
description: Published as part of Hillert, Oliver, Arnone, Marcello, Král, David & Massa, Bruno, 2016, The genusBolbelasmus in the western and southern regions of the Mediterranean Basin (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), pp. 211-254 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on pages 223-229, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5306071