Tentyria prolixa Rosenhauer 1856

Tentyria prolixa Rosenhauer, 1856 stat. rest. (Figs. 19, 53, 87, 124, 171, 205, 252, 253)

Tentyria prolixa Rosenhauer, 1856: 187.

Tentyria incerta sensu Kraatz 1865: 136 (Tentyria frigida Rambur in litt.), Reitter 1900: 175, Koch 1944a: 231, Español 1960: 410.

Tentyria angusticollis sensu Rosenhauer?

Types examined: The type of Tentyria prolixa Rosenhauer has not been located, nor documented by any author since its description, nor is it catalogued in any museum.

Additional material: Historical material: frigida Rambur,Andalus Rambur / 45577 / Hist.-Coll. (Coleoptera), 45577, Tentyria frigida Ramb., Andalus. Ramb., Zool. Mus. Berlin (1♀?, NMHUB) (Fig. 253). Two false syntypes of Tentyria incerta Solier carrying the following labels: incerta Kr., Type / Kraatz, 866 (square, small label) / TYPE (red label) / MUSÉUM PARIS; Tentyria incerta Sol., Andal. “Titf? 86” (?) (rounded label) / MUSEUM PARIS, Coll. Solier, COLL. DE MARSEUL, 2842-90 / Tentyria incerta Solier, Type? /? SYNTYPE (red label). Tentyria incerta / Coté de Huéjar / Rab. r and L.Bl., juillet 1879 / Coll. Peyerimhoff (4 exx, MNHN). Tentyria prolixa var. Bearing the following labels: T. prolixa / Lanjarón, P. Arcas / MNCN, Madrid (1♁, MNCN).

Granada: Sierra Nevada, 1500 m 14.VI.1935, O. Lundblad leg. (1 ex, CJF); Sierra Nevada, 2650 m, 13.V.1977, B. Gustafsson leg. (1 ex, CJF); idem, (old road), 1700 m, 8.VII.2004, J.L. Bujalance leg. (5♁♁, CJLB); idem, 2600 m, 8.VII.2004, Yeray Monasterio leg. (1 ex, CACT); idem (universitary shelter), 11.V.2005, A. Castro Tovar leg. (2♁♁ and 2♀♀, CACT); idem, 2300-2400 m, 4.VI.1997, Sánchez-Piñero leg. (9♁♁ and 4♀♀, CFSP / 3♁♁ and 2♀♀, CJF); Capileira, 30.VI.1973, Tentyria incerta Sol., P. Ardoin det., J. de Ferrer leg. (1♁, CJLB); Güejar Sierra, 30S-VG6605, 2600m, 25.VI.1996, nº 522 and 519, J. P. G. de la Vega leg. (1♁ and 1♀, CJJL); Aldeire, X.1955, J. Vives leg. (MCNB); Puerto de la Ragua, Almería, 28.IX.2009, Tentyria prolixa Rosenh. var. J.L. Bujalance det., A. Castro Tovar leg. (3♁♁, CACT); Idem, 1.V.2010, J.C. Martínez leg. (CJF).

Diagnosis: Elongated body 13–16 mm length (Fig. 205). Smooth, black, shiny, and finely punctured tegument. Head (Fig. 19) with the maximum width in the eyes, which are convex and with the temples converging back; fine but dense punctures; elongated and almost rounded epistome, rarely triangular or pointed in the middle; narrow, deep, and well delimited laterally gular groove, but no in the middle (Fig. 53).

Scarcely convex and slightly transverse pronotum (Fig. 87), fine and densely punctured, like the head, the sides are openly curved towards the apex and narrower towards the base, with a slightly sub-cordiform aspect, rear angles obtuse and hardly indicated, thickly bordered base, somewhat sinuate on the sides and slightly curved in the middle; well punctured prosternum and propleurae; the prosternal apophysis (Fig. 124) is commonly rounded at the apex and barely protruding between the procoxae. Graceful legs, male protibia long and sinuous in the inner edge. Oval narrowed elytra, convex and very elongated respect to the pronotum (Fig. 205), at least in males (at least three times the length of pronotum), smooth and very finely punctured, with the base generally cut in arc, adjusting to the base of the pronotum. Large and robust aedeagus, about 4 mm on average long (Fig. 171); the parameres slightly longer than the phallobase.

Comments: T. prolixa Rosenhauer, described from Sierra Nevada (Granada), has been misinterpreted by all authors since its description because the material type was no available. Kraatz (1865) considered this species valid although it was unknown to him and confused it with T. incerta Solier, as it has been already above mentioned. Reitter (1900) cited this species from Andalusia, placing it next to T. gaditana Rosenhauer. Koch (1944a) maintained the confusion of Kraatz (1865), adding another error to when establishing the synonymy between T. prolixa Rosenhauer and T. platyceps Steven, despite recognizing the discrepancy in the description of both species. Español (1960), Viñolas (1986) and Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) followed Koch’s criteria.

In short, T. prolixa Rosenhauer is a valid species (= T. incerta sensu Kraatz Fig. 252) and not a synonym of T. platyceps Steven, coexisting species in Sierra Nevada.

Geographic distribution: Only known from the provinces of Granada and Almeria: Sierra Nevada and adjacent areas.