Important notes on taxonomic structure of Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 with the description of new subspecies Blaps nitens medvedevi subsp. n. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptini)

Abstract

A new subspecies of Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, however well-known but badly interpreted since more than one century, is described from Morocco: Blaps nitens medvedevi subsp. n. The origin of this confusion is explained in a chronological way. Consequently, a new synonymy is given: Blaps nitens subsp. barbara Solier, 1848 = Blaps substriata Solier, 1848 syn. n

Keywords

• Blaps
• new subspecies
• new synonymy
• Morocco