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The collection of numerous specimens
of Tenebrionidae in Morocco during the last few years has allowed two doubtful species to be placed
correctly. The Dichillus laevicornis described by Reitter in 1886 and only known from the type series,
belonging to the group of Dichillus minutus Solier, 1838, which is proper to north and central Europe and
does not cross the Pyrenees, caused Kocher (1958) to cast doubt on its validity as a species and refer to it
as the result of a mistake in the locality. The capture of a male specimen on Tamara beach, south of Rabat, on
12-IV-1992 (T. Yélamos leg.) confirms the validity of this species.
A specimen of Catomus vaulogeri Théry, 1932, was found in Tizi-n-Talrhemt, High Moluya, on
9-IV-1990 (X. Vázquez leg.). Previously only the type specimen from Missour, High Moluya, was known,
placed by Théry in the genus Catomus Allard, 1876, and left there by Antoine (1945-47) and Kocher
(1958) with doubts about its specific and generic validity. The species has nothing to do with Catomus
and so the genus Pseudocatomus n. gen. is proposed for it.
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Document relacionat
Sessió Conjunta d’Entomologia, núm. 12 (2001), p. 186