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Blaps mucronata Latreille 1804

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Description

* Blaps (s. str.) mucronata Latreille, 1804

Fig. 8.

Material. 1♀, Oberanven 4 VIII.[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. (MNHNL138525); 1 ex., Luxembourg, 15.IX[1900], V. Ferrant lgt. (MNHNL138526); 1 ex., ditto, 17 VII.[1900] (MNHNL138527); 1♂, Luxembourg Arbed, 20.VI.1948, A. Kuntgen lgt. (MNHNL138528); 2 exx., Luxembourg, 3.IV.1957, A. Mousset lgt. (MNHNL138529–30); 1ex., Luxembourg Ground, 28.V.2002, M. Theisen lgt. (MNHNL138531); 1♂, Grevenmacher, Rue de l’Eglise, 8 X.2014, S. Christian lgt. (MNHNL138532).

Note. A thermophilic synanthropic species of South European origin (Everts, 1922), recorded in all adjacent regions (Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Soldati 2007; Thomaes et al. 2025), historically common but in decline due to habitat loss. In Belgium, the species appears to be undergoing a southward range contraction, also driven by climatic factors (Libbrecht 1988). Correspondingly, in Luxembourg, it seems still present only in the Guttland.

Notes

Published as part of Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), pp. 65-78 in Zootaxa 5701 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17325989

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Biodiversity

Collection code
V
Material sample ID
MNHNL138525 , MNHNL138526 , MNHNL138527 , MNHNL138528 , MNHNL138529-30 , MNHNL138531 , MNHNL138532
Event date
1900-07-17 , 1900-08-04 , 1900-09-15 , 1957-04-03 , 2014-10-08
Verbatim event date
1900-07-17 , 1900-08-04 , 1900-09-15 , 1957-04-03 , 2014-10-08
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Blaps
Species
mucronata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804 sec. Vitali, 2025

References

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  • Gehin, J. P. J. (1846) Catalogue des insectes coleopteres des environs de Metz. Bulletin de la Societe d'histoire naturelle du departement de la Moselle, 4, 67-122.
  • Fournel, D. H. L. & Gehin, J. P. J. (1847) Catalogue des insectes coleopteres des environs de Metz (Extrait du Bulletin de la Societe d'histoire naturelle du departement de la Moselle, annees 1845 et 1846). Imprimerie, Librairie et lithographie de Verronnais, Metz, VI + 110 pp.
  • Godron, D. A. (1863) Zoologie de la Lorraine ou Catalogue des animaux sauvages observes jusqu'ici dans cette ancienne province (Extraits des Memoires de l'Academie de Stanislas, 1862). Academie de Stanislas, Nancy, VI + 283 pp.
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  • Soldati, F. (2007) Fauna of France and Corsica, Coleoptera Tenebrionidae (Alleculinae excluded). Systematic Catalogue and Atlas. Tome 6. Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 186 pp.
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