Published August 21, 2025 | Version v1
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Microlestes luctuosus subsp. chobauti Jeannel

  • 1. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland. & National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC), Rua da Escola Politécnica 56, 1250 - 102 Lisboa, Portugal.
  • 2. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
  • 3. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland. & IUCN SSC Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group, 9700 - 042 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal.

Description

Microlestes luctuosus chobauti Jeannel

Material examined: DG: Castanheira Centro, 19.IV.2012, 1 male, 1 female, DS, A. Serrano et al. leg., ASC; Eira, 27.IV.2011, 1 female, DS, A. Serrano et al. leg., ASC.

Remarks: This is a polytypic species. The nominal subspecies presents a wide distribution throughout the European Mediterranean Basin, reaching the Minor Asia region and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tadzhikistan (Lorenz 2021). Microlestes luctuosus chobauti is native to France, some North African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and the Macaronesian archipelagos of Madeira and Canaries. It was found beneath the stones and tufts of herbaceous vegetation, together with Bembidion tethys.

Notes

Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., Aguiar, Carlos A. S., Cardoso, Pedro, Pereira, Fernando, Prado, Catarina, Rego, Carla, Silva, Isamberto & Boieiro, Mário, 2025, Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Desertas Islands (Madeira archipelago, Portugal): description of a new subspecies and faunistic notes, pp. 397-416 in Zootaxa 5683 (3) on page 411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/17016142

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ASC
Event date
2011-04-27 , 2012-04-19
Verbatim event date
2011-04-27 , 2012-04-19
Scientific name authorship
Jeannel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Microlestes
Species
chobauti
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Lorenz, W. (2021) Carabcat database. In: Banki, O., Roskov, Y., Doring, M., Ower, G., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Remsen, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Keping, M., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Adriaenssens, E. M., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., Akkari, N., et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist. Version 03. August 2021. Faunaplan, Tuzing. Available from: https://www.catalogueoflife.org/ (accessed 14 February 2024)