Dendarus Explained

Dendarus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The genus is distributed from Morocco to Caucasus and exhibits a high level of diversity with 36 species, 27 of which are island endemics.^{[1] [2]} Analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of 23 species from Greece and Turkey revealed 13 distinct lineages with several para- and polyphyletic cases corresponding to three major phylogroups [south/south-east Aegean (D. foraminosus complex, D. rhodius, D. sporadicus, D. wettsteini); central to north Aegean, Turkey and mainland Greece (D. crenulatus, D. moesiacus group, D. sinuatus complex, D. stygius) and mainland Greece (D. messenius, D. paganettii)].^[1]

Species

The following species and subspecies within Dendarus are accepted by the Fauna Europaea database:^[3]

• Dendarus ananensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002
• Dendarus anaphianus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus angulitibia Koch, 1948
• Dendarus antikythirensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002
• Dendarus armeniacus Baudi, 1876
• Dendarus aubei (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus caelatus Brullé, 1832
• Dendarus calcaratus Baudi, 1881
• Dendarus carinatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus cazorlensis Koch, 1944
• Dendarus coarcticollis (Mulsant, 1854)^[4]
• Dendarus corcyrensis Koch, 1948
• Dendarus crenulatus (Ménétriés, 1832)
• Dendarus dalmatinus (Germar, 1824)
• Dendarus dentitibia Koch, 1948
• Dendarus depressus Reitter, 1915
• Dendarus dragonadanus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus elongatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus falassarnensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002
• Dendarus foraminosus (Kuster, 1851)
• Dendarus graecus Brullé, 1832
• Dendarus grampusanus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus insidiosus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
  • D. insidiosus subsp. alcojonensis Español, 1961
  • D. insidiosus subsp. insidiosus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus lugens (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus maximus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus messenius (Brullé, 1832)
• Dendarus moesiacus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus mylonasi Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002
• Dendarus opacus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus orientalis Seidlitz, 1893
• Dendarus pardoi Escalera, 1944
• Dendarus pectoralis (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
  • D. pectoralis subsp. bejarensis Español, 1961
  • D. pectoralis subsp. castilianus (Piochard de la Brulerie, 1869)
  • D. pectoralis subsp. pectoralis (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus piceus (Olivier, 1811)
• Dendarus piochardi Español, 1937
• Dendarus plicatulus (Brullé, 1832)
  • D. plicatulus subsp. jonicus Koch, 1948
  • D. plicatulus subsp. paganettii Koch, 1948
  • D. plicatulus subsp. plicatulus (Brullé, 1832)
  • D. plicatulus subsp. victoris (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus politus Reitter, 1904
• Dendarus punctatus (Serville, 1825)
• Dendarus puncticollis Koch, 1948
• Dendarus rhodius Baudi, 1876
• Dendarus schatzmayri Koch, 1948
• Dendarus schusteri Español, 1937
• Dendarus scoparipes Reitter, 1904
• Dendarus seidlitzi Reitter, 1904
• Dendarus serripes Reitter, 1904
• Dendarus simius (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus sinuatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus sporadicus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus stampalicus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus stygius (Waltl, 1838)
  • D. stygius subsp. oertzeni Koch, 1948
  • D. stygius subsp. stygius (Waltl, 1838)
• Dendarus tenellus (Mulsant & Rey, 1854)
• Dendarus tristis Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
• Dendarus werneri Koch, 1948
• Dendarus wernerianus Koch, 1948
• Dendarus wettsteini Koch, 1948
• Dendarus zariquieyi Español, 1937
  • D. zariquieyi subsp. almeriensis Escalera, 1944
  • D. zariquieyi subsp. vivesi Español, 1961
  • D. zariquieyi subsp. zariquieyi Español, 1937

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Notes and References

1. Trichas, Apostolos. Smirli, Maria. Papadopoulou, Anna. Anastasiou, Ioannis. Keskin, Bekir. Poulakakis, Nikos. Dispersal versus vicariance in the Aegean: combining molecular and morphological phylogenies of eastern Mediterranean Dendarus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) sheds new light on the phylogeography of the Aegean area. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2020. 190. 3. 824–843. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa022.
2. Book: Trichas, A.. 2008. The genus Dendarus LATREILLE, 1829 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Dendarini) in Greece. (A systematic account of the genus with description of a new species and four new systematic combinations.). Advances in arachnology and developmental biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar Ćurčić. Makarov, S. E.. Dimitrijević, R. N.. Vienna, Belgrade, Sofia: Institute of Zoology, Belgrade; BAS, Sofia; Faculty of Life Science, Vienna; SASA, Belgrade & UNESCO MAB Serbia. 417–462.
3. Web site: Dendarus Latreille, 1829 Fauna Europaea. 2021-03-10. fauna-eu.org.
4. Web site: Dendarus coarcticollis (Mulsant, 1854) - Ténébrion triste. 2021-03-10. Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel.