CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IBERIAN ZOPHOSINI: ZOPHOSIS MINUTA (FABRICIUS, 1775), AN EGYPTIAN SPECIES, TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE IBERIAN FAUNA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE, PIMELIINAE)
Resumen: Como resultado del examen de material típico e histórico se establece que Zophosis minuta (Fabricius, 1775), descrito de Oriente, es Zophosis pygmaea Solier, 1834 syn. nov. y por ello, debe excluirse de la fauna de tenebriónidos de la Península Ibérica. Se rechaza la supuesta sinonimia (Löbel & Smetana, 2008) con la especie ibérica Zophosis suborbicularis, Solier, 1834, bona species de España y Portugal, confundido con Zophosis minuta (F.) por Fuente (1934), Español (1963), Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) y López Pérez (2014a, 2014b, 2016); se aportan caracteres diagnósticos y figuras para separar las dos especies. Se resu- elve la confusión entre Erodius minutus Fabricius, 1775 y Pimelia minuta Fabricius, 1781, de Fuente (1934), Español (1963), Vi- ñolas & Cartagena (2005) y López Pérez (2014a, 2014b, 2016) malinterpretando a Herbst (1799), separando las dos especies a la vista de los respectivos tipos: Zophosis minuta (F.) y Cryptochile minuta (F.). Se propone una nueva sinonimia: Erodius minutus Fabricius, 1775 es idéntico a Zophosis pygmaea Solier,1834 syn. nov., de Egipto litoral, que, a diferencia del Zophosis ibérico, presenta ojos apendiculados en su zona inferior; el nombre resultante es Zophosis (Oculosis) minuta (Fabricius, 1775) comb. nov.
Palabras clave: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Zophosis, Cryptochile, Hunter, Banks, Fabricius, Olivier, Herbst, tipos, errores, Egipto, Península Ibérica.
Abstract: The study of typical and historical material leads to the conclusion that Zophosis minuta (Fabricius, 1775), described from the Orient, is Zophosis pygmaea Solier, 1834 syn. nov., which must therefore be excluded from the darkling beetle fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, and to the rejection of the synonymy proposed by Löbl & Smetana (2008) with the Iberian spe- cies Zophosis suborbicularis, Solier, 1834, bona species from southern Spain and Portugal, confused with Zophosis minuta (Fab- ricius, 1775) by Fuente (1934), Español (1963), Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) and López Pérez (2014a, 2014b, 2016); diagnostic characters and figures are given to identify both species. The confusion between Erodius minutus Fabricius, 1775 and Pimelia minuta Fabricius, 1821 in Fuente (1934), Español (1963), Viñolas & Cartagena (2005) and López Pérez (2014a, 2014b, 2016), mis- interpreting Herbst (1799), is resolved after examining their respective types, resulting in the recognition of Zophosis minuta (F.) and Cryptochile minuta (F.). A new synonymy is proposed: Erodius minutus Fabricius, 1775 is found to be identical with Zophosis pyg- maea Solier, 1834 syn. nov., from Egypt, which differs from the Iberian Zophosis species by its appendiculate eyes; the resulting name is Zophosis (Oculosis) minuta (Fabricius, 1775) comb. nov.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Zophosis, Cryptochile, Hunter, Banks, Fabricius, Olivier, Herbst, types, errors, Egypt, Iberi-