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.
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Identifiers
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
- Everts, J. E. (1922) Coleoptera Neerlandica: de schildvleugelige insecten van Nederland en het aangrenzend gebied. Vol. 3. M. Nijhoff, The Hague, XVIII + 668 pp.
- 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.
- Kohler, F. & Klausnitzer, B. (1998) Verzeichnis der Kafer Deutschlands. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 4, 1-185.
- Lillig, M. (1999) Die Schwarzkafer des Saarlandes. Teil I: Die Unterfamilien Pimeliinae, Tenebrioninae und Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Abhandlungen der Delattinia, 25, 33-56.
- 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.
- Thomaes, A., Drumont, A., Smets, K., Crevecoeur, L., Troukens, W., Fagot, J. & Dekoninck, W. (2025) Checklist of the beetles of Belgium (Coleoptera). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 158, 1-181.
- Libbrecht, M. B. (1988) Catalogue des Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) de Belgique. Documents de travail de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Section Entomologie, 51, 1-56.