Descripción de una especie nueva de <i>Meloe</i> Linnaeus, 1758 del subgénero <i>Eurymeloe</i> Reitter, 1911 (Coleoptera, Meloidae) del norte de Marruecos

19 páginas, 6 figuras, 1 apéndice.[ES] Se describe una especie nueva de Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae) del subgénero\udEurymeloe, del grupo de M. rugosus, relacionada con especies del subgrupo de M. murinus.\udLos ejemplares estudiados de la especie nueva proceden del Rif occidental (Parque\udNacional de Talassemtane, dorsal caliza rifeña), en el noroeste de Marruecos y se localizaron\uden hábitat forestal hiperhúmedo de montaña. La nueva especie se caracteriza por presentar:\udcoloración negro mate con tonalidad grisácea; pilosidad blanquecino-amarillenta,\udmuy corta, curvada y poco densa que no forma mechones; pronoto transverso, subrectangular,\udcon surco medio longitudinal y depresiones longitudinales a ambos lados; punteado\udde cabeza y pronoto impreso y subconfluente; élitros apenas rugosos; artejos tarsales con\udcepillos pilosos poco desarrollados; edeago con lóbulos paramerales curvados con depresiones\udlaterales y terminados en punta aguda, y lóbulo medio con el diente distal de la zona\udventral cercano al ápice. El nuevo taxon es fenéticamente afín a M. nanus, M. baudueri y\udM. flavicomus, pero diferenciado de ellos tanto por los caracteres morfológicos externos\udcomo del edeago indicados. Esta especie, conocida únicamente de la localidad tipo, comparte\udárea geográfica general con M. murinus, M. nanus y posiblemente M. baudueri, si\udbien hasta el momento no se ha detectado simpatría estricta con ninguna de ellas. El tipo\udde hábitat en el que se localiza la especie nueva, áreas de montaña con formaciones forestales\udmixtas de Pinus pinaster hamiltonii var. maghrebiana, P. nigra mauritanica y Abies\udmaroccana (exclusivas del Rif calizo noroccidental), contrasta con los señalados para esas\udotras especies de Eurymeloe del subgrupo de M. (E.) murinus.[EN] We describe a new species of Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae), subgenus Eurymeloe,\udincluded in the M. rugosus species group, related to species of the M. murinus subgroup.\udThe specimens of the new species studied were found along the western Rif mountain\udchain (Talassemtane National Park) in northwestern Morocco, and were located in hiperhumid\udmontane forest habitats. The new species is characterized by having: a dull black We describe a new species of Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae), subgenus Eurymeloe,\udincluded in the M. rugosus species group, related to species of the M. murinus subgroup.\udThe specimens of the new species studied were found along the western Rif mountain\udchain (Talassemtane National Park) in northwestern Morocco, and were located in hiperhumid\udmontane forest habitats. The new species is characterized by having: a dull black We describe a new species of Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae), subgenus Eurymeloe,\udincluded in the M. rugosus species group, related to species of the M. murinus subgroup.\udThe specimens of the new species studied were found along the western Rif mountain\udchain (Talassemtane National Park) in northwestern Morocco, and were located in hiperhumid\udmontane forest habitats. The new species is characterized by having: a dull black coloration with greyish hue; a very short, curved, and not dense, yellow-whitish pilosity,\udwhich does not form tufts; a subrectangular transverse pronotum with a marked median\udgrove and two longitudinal lateral depressions; head and pronotum punctures well\udimpressed and subconfluent; elytra sligtly rugose; tarsomeres with slightly developed\udventral pads; aedeagus with curved parameres, laterally depressed, apically pointed, with\udthe distal ventral hook of median lobe close to apex. The new taxon es phenetically similar\udto M. nanus, M. baudueri and M. flavicomus, but distinguished from all of them by\udthe mentioned morphological external and male genitalia characters. The distribution of\udthe new species, only known from its type locality, overlaps those of M. murinus, M.\udnanus and possibly M. baudueri, but so far it has not been found in strict sympatry with\udany of them. The habitat type inhabited by the new species, mountain areas with mixed\udforests of Pinus pinaster hamiltonii var. maghrebiana, P. nigra mauritanica and Abies\udmaroccana (endemic taxa of the limestone northwestern Rif mountain chain), contrasts\udwith other habitat types recorded for species of the M. (E). murinus species subgroup of\udthe subgenus Eurymeloe.Este trabajo\udha sido financiado por el proyecto CGL2007-64621 del\udMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España).Peer reviewe