Empidideicus blascoi Evenhuis, Almeida & Andrade. Evenhuis 2024

Abstract

Empidideicus blascoi Evenhuis, Almeida & Andrade Empidideicus blascoi Evenhuis, Almeida & Andrade, 2023: 4. Empidideicus (Empidideicus) blascoi Evenhuis, Almeida & Andrade. Evenhuis, 2024: 39. Material examined. Types. Holotype ♂ (BPBMENT 0000081262) and 1♂, 2♀ paratypes from Portugal: Beja, Mértola, Mértola, 37°38′13.0″N, 07°39′47.1″W, 4 Aug 2022, R. Andrade. Other Paratypes: Portugal: 2♀, topotypic, 2 Aug 2022, R. Andrade; 1♀, Faro, Silves, São Bartolomeu de Messines, 37°16′28.7″N, 08°18′37.3″W, 12 Jul 2014, R. Andrade (BPBM); 1♂, Viseu, Moimenta da Beira, Leomil, 41°00′16.1″N, 07°40′13.4″W, 7 Aug 2013, R. Andrade (BPBM). Morocco: 1♀, AA, Tiznit plage, Sidi Moussa d’Aglou, 29.749°N, 9.892°W, 9 May 1999, V. Vrabeć, V. Vrabcová (BPBM); 1♀, MA, Ifrane, environs of Fôret de Cédres, 33°31′N, 5°06′W, 1,500 m, 29 Apr 1999, V. Vrabec & V. Vrabcová (BPBM); 2♀, MA, Ifrane, Zaouiet Ifrane, 33°33′32.88′′N, 5°7′35.73′′W, 1,497 m, 2 Apr 2017, K. Kettani (MNHNR); 1♀, Rif, Chefchaouen, Aïn Rami, 35°12′34.5′′N, 5°28′06′′W, 479 m, 18 May–27 Jun 2017, K. Kettani (MNHNR). Spain: Zaragoza Prov: 12♂ ♀, Monegros, Pina de Ebro, Retuerta de Pina, 360 m, 7 Jun 1991, pan traps between Juniperus thurifera and Rosmarinus sp., J. Blasco-Zumeta (BPBM); Segovia: 1♂, Chañe, 16 Aug–14 Sep 2000, J.F. Gomez (MCT); Salamanca: 1♀, Villa de Ciervo, La Navizuela, 31 May–9 Jun 2003, H.-P. Tschorsnig (MCT); 19♂ ♀, Sierra del Gata, Rio Azueda, N of El Payo, 15 Aug 2000, on Erigeron, J.F. Gomez (MCT): 163♂ ♀, Aldea del Obispo, Prado Caño, 28 Jun 1995, J.F. Gomez (MCT; 179♂ ♀, Villa de la Yegua, 24 Apr 1995, swept from Umbelliferae, H.-P. Tschorsnig (MCT). Diagnosis. Easily separated from the congeners in North Africa and Iberia possessing a yellow scutellum by the brown spot laterally on the tergites at the aera of the abdominal spiracle (no other species of Empidideicus from this region have this). Remarks. No new material has been examined of this species since its original description. Evenhuis (2024) listed NHMM as the type depository. This was an error. The type is in BPBM. This species occurs in three distinct habitats in Morocco (Map 1). It was collected from a coastal habitat in the Anti-Atlas along the southern Atlantic Plain, from a cedar forest under a perhumid climate in the Middle Atlas at high altitude, and from a lowland dotted by Asteraceae plants under a humid climate in the Rif at the north of Morocco. Distribution. Morocco, Portugal, Spain.