Descripción de Bathysciola liqueana sp. n. de los Pirineos centrales (Francia). Designación de lectotipos y datos de distribución de las especies del grupo de B. meridionalis (Jacquelin du Val, 1854) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)

Abstract

Description of Bathysciola liqueana n. sp. from the central Pyrenees. Designation of lectotypes and distribution data for species of the B. meridionalis group (Jacquelin du Val, 1854) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) We describe a new species of the genus Bathysciola Jeannel, 1910 (B. liqueana n. sp.) belonging to the ‘meridionalis’ group. It was collected in a subterranean environment, in Liqué cave, Larroque massif, Moulis, Ariège, France. The closest species is Bathysciola meridionalis (Jacquelin du Val, 1854), also known from Ariège. The new species differs mainly in morphological characteristics of the aedeagus: short, wide, with rounded apex in B. liqueana n. sp. whereas it is long, narrow, with pointed apex in B. meridionalis. We discuss the taxonomical position of the new species and provide illustrations of structures showing the differences between the two species, along with distribution data, including for B. finismillennii Fresneda & Salgado, 2006. We designate lectotypes of B. meridionalis and B. nitidula Normand, 1907.

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Leiodidae
• Bathysciola
• Meridionalis group
• Pyrenees