Dima evritaniensis Schimmel & Platia 2008
Creators: name: Mertlik, Josef
name: Németh, Tamás
name: Kundrata, Robin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Dima
Dima evritaniensis

description: Dima evritaniensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008
Figs 26–28, 126–127, 183, 245.
Dima evritaniensis Schimmel & Platia, 2008: 573.
Type depositories. Holotype, ♂ (MRSN), 3 paratypes: ♀♀ (MCSB, PCGP, PCRS).
Type locality. Greece: Evritania province, Panetoliko Mts., 620 m, Proussos env.
Redetermined material. One of the paratypes of D. evritaniensis, a male from Mt. Ossa (PCGP; Fig. 87), belongs under D. pecoudi Fleutiaux, 1944.
New material. GREECE: distr. Evritania, Timfristos Mts. [Veluchi], 1 ♀, without further data (PCVD); distr. Evritania, Timfristos Mts., Karpeníssi env., firry wood, 1446 m (38°55'25.22"N, 21°48'33.22"E), 13. VI.2012, 4 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀, J. Mertlik leg. (PCJM); dtto, 1 ♂ (PCRK); dtto, 8 ♂♂, 28 ♀♀, V. Dušánek leg. (PCVD); dtto, 3 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, P. Brůha leg. (PCPB); dtto, 4 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, B. Zbuzek leg. (PCBZ); distr. Evritania, Timfristos Mts., Karpeníssi env., firry wood, 1446 m (38°55'25.22"N, 21°48'33.22"E), 8. VI.2015, 8 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, J. Mertlik leg. (PCJM); dtto, 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, B. Zbuzek leg. (PCBZ); dtto, 2 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀, P. Brůha leg. (PCPB); dtto, 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, T. Németh leg. (PCRK); dtto, 1 ♂ (HNHM); dtto, 9. VI.2015, 1 ♀, J. Mertlik leg (PCJM).
Diagnosis. Dima evritaniensis is a medium-sized species (11.3–13.5 mm) with dense pronotal punctuation, semi-erect setae on the pronotal lateral margin, and elytra with short, dense, decumbent pubescence (Figs 26–28, 126–127). This species is morphologically very like D. fthiotidensis, based on the body shape, size, and matt pronotum with dense, fine punctation (Figs 35–41). Dima fthiotidensis has slightly coarser punctation of pronotum (Figs 130–134), shorter hairs on pronotum and elytra, decumbent to semi-erect pubescence on the pronotal sides (in most cases), and shorter apical lobe of paramera (Figs 186–187). Dima evritaniensis differs from the remaining species in the central Greece by its matt body surface and pronotum with denser, finer punctation (Figs 26–28, 126–127). Additionally, D. pelionensis sp. nov. has the sides of pronotum with decumbent setae in the anterior two thirds (semi-erect setae along its whole length in D. evritaniensis; Figs 126–127, 152–153), D. etoliensis has the scutellar frontal margin flattened, declined gradually to the plane of elytra (convex, steeply declined in D. evritaniensis; visible from the lateral view), D. hladilorum has more robust apical lobe of paramera (Fig. 190), broader scutellum, which is less convex basally (in most cases; scutellum longer and more convex basally in D. evritaniensis), and D. zbuzeki sp. nov. is a smaller species with much longer apical parameral lobe (Fig. 221).
Intraspecific variability. In some cases, elytra or whole body is paler than in a typical form.
Distribution. Greece (Evritania: Panetoliko Mts., Timfristos Mts.; Fig. 245).
Remarks. We did not have an opportunity to study the holotype of D. evritaniensis, which is deposited in the Natural History Museum in Torino (MRSN). The collection is closed and not available for study (M. Garsena, pers. comm.). We studied the female paratype with the same locality data as the holotype (i.e. Panetoliko Mts., Proussos env.; from MCSB; Fig. 26) and this is conspecific with the specimens from Timfristos Mts. (Figs 27–28). Based on the comparison of the high-resolution holotype male photograph (kindly provided us by R. Schimmel) and fresh male specimens collected in Timfristos Mts. in 2012 and 2015, these populations share similar body size and shape, pronotal punctation and pubescence, and length of antennae. According to the original description of D. evritaniensis (Schimmel & Platia 2008), the holotype has short antennomeres II and III, with antennomere III slightly longer than II, and both combined as long as antennomere IV. However, all specimens which we examined here (including the paratype) have antennomere II slightly elongate, subtriangular, narrower than antennomere III, antennomeres II and III of subequal length, both combined longer than antennomere IV. Additionally, the parameral apical lobes of D. evritaniensis figured in the original description (Schimmel & Platia 2 008) are shorter than in the specimens from Timfristos, however, it might be caused by the different angle and/or the low-quality photograph. Therefore, the real shape of paramera might differ from the one originally figured (compare e.g. the shape of paramera of D. assingi holotype in the original description and herein; Schimmel & Platia (2008); Fig. 175).
description: Published as part of Mertlik, Josef, Németh, Tamás & Kundrata, Robin, 2017, Revision of the flightless click-beetle genus Dima Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini) in the Balkan Peninsula, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 4220 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4220.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4670787