The genus Bathysciola Jeannel, 1910 in the Iberian Peninsula and Pyrenees. Taxonomic revision of the Sections IV, VI and VII (Jeannel, 1924) (Coleoptera, Cholevide, Leptodirinae)

Abstract

The taxonomy of the Iberian and Pyrenean species of Bathysciola Jeannel, 1910 (sections IV, VI and VII of Jeannel, 1924) is revised. The proposed ordenation is based on the study of the genital structures of both sexes, in particular the sclerotised shield of the internal sac of the aedeagus. According to the different models of internal sac were identified the following species groups in the genus Bathysciola Jeannel, section IV: aubei group of Peyerimhoff (1 taxon): B. aubei (Kiesenwetter); madoni new group (2 taxa): B. madoni Jeannel and B. penicillata Jeannel; zariquieyi new group (2 taxa): B. zariquieyi zariquieyi Bolívar and B. zariquieyi serratensis Coiffait; section VII or ovata group of Perreau (8 taxa): B. asperula asperula (Fairmaire), B. asperula subasperata (Saulcy) (= intermedia Jeannel), B. ovata ovata (Kiesenwetter), B. ovata aragonica Coiffait, B. ovata catalana Coiffait, B. ovata gabasensis Hustache, B. simonis (Abeille de Perrin) and B. talpa (Normand); section VI: lapidicola new group (4 taxa): B. arcuatipes Jeannel, B. lapidicola lapidicola (Saulcy), B. lapidicola rectipes Coiffait and B. lapidicola simplex Coiffait; meridionalis new group (3 taxa): B. finismillennii sp. n., B. grenieri (Saulcy) and B. meridionalis (J. Du Val) (= nitidula Normand); larcennei new group (2 taxa): B. convena Jeannel new rank and B. larcennei (Abeille de Perrin); schiodtei group of Perreau (9 taxa): B. bigerrica Jeannel new rank (= convexa Coiffait n. syn.), B. breuili Bolívar (= azuai Bolívar n. syn.), B. diegoi Salgado & Fresneda, B. fauveli Jeannel, B. grandis (Fairmaire), B. obermaieri Bolívar, B. parallela (Jeannel), B. rugosa (Sharp) and B. schiodtei (Kiesenwetter) (= navarica Coiffait). Incertae sedis: Bathysciola aranensis Coiffait and Bathysciola minuscule (Abeille de Perrin).