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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Qubaiová, Jarin AND Růžička, Jan AND Šípková, Hana
 | author_abbreviated = Qubaiová J AND Růžička J AND Šípková H
 | year = 2015
 | title = Taxonomic revision of genus ''Ablattaria'' Reitter (Coleoptera, Silphidae) using geometric morphometrics
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 
 | issue = 477
 | pages = 79--142
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.477.8446
 | citationurl = http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4585&element_type=9 
 | url = http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4585
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Coleoptera
 | Familia = Silphidae
 | Genus = Ablattaria
 | Specific name = 
 | Infraspecific name = 
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 | Taxon authority = Reitter, 1884
 | Taxon status = 
 | Nomenclature citation = {{Nomenclature citation |''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria}}'' Reitter 1884<ref name="B32">{{aut|Reitter E}} (1884) Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. XII. Necrophaga ({{Taxon name|Platypsyllidae}}, {{Taxon name|Leptinidae}}, {{Taxon name|Silphidae}}, {{Taxon name|Anisotomidae}} und {{Taxon name|Clambidae}}). Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 23: 3–122.</ref >: 75.}}
 | Wikispecies page name = Ablattaria
 | Pensoft Profile = Ablattaria
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==Type species==
''{{Taxon name|Silpha laevigata}}'' Fabricius, 1775 (subsequently designated by Hatch (1928<ref name="B18">{{aut|Hatch M}} (1928) Fam. {{Taxon name|Silphidae}} II. In: Schenkling S (Ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 95. W. Junk, Berlin, 63–244.</ref >: 120)).

==Diagnostic description==
Body, in general, dull-black (brown to dark brown in subteneral specimens), total body length 9–19 mm.<br />
Head flattened with dense but fine puncturing, extra prolonged (used for the invasion of snail shells during feeding; Fig. 20). Eyes large, prominent, emerge to the sides. Antennae clavate, club formed by the antennomeres 9–11 (Fig. 22). Antennomere 1 longer than antennomeres 2 and 3 combined. Antennomere 2 slightly longer than antennomere 3. Frons broad, mandibles large and sickle-shaped, typical to snail eaters, maxilla densely haired outwards (Fig. 20).<br />
Pronotum with continuous margins, semielliptical (Figs 12, 13, 15) (conical in ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'', Fig. 14), with distinct punctures covering its dorsal surface (Figs 13–15) (only very superficial medially in ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria arenaria}}'', Fig. 12), rarely with a fine line in the middle.<br />
Scutellar shield small in size, cordiform in shape and with distinct punctation.<br />
Elytra regularly vaulted, densely and regularly punctured (Figs 16–19), without vestigial ribs, rarely with two very fine, longitudinal lines that are occasionally more visible (Fig. 21). Elytral epipleural ridge is incomplete; extends along the elytron but not to its subapical part (Figs 9–11). Punctures homogenously distributed, of similar size (Figs 18, 19) or varying in size, fine punctures intermixed with larger ones, predominantly in medial part (Figs 16, 17).<br />
Legs strong with fine spines, femur of hind legs broad, tibia ends with an apical spine stretching out (Figs 5, 6). Tarsi with robust tarsal claws. Males with laterally expanding tarsomeres, females with cylindrical and more slender tarsomeres (e.g., as show in Figs 4 and 5).

==Phylogenetic position==
''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria}}'' is classified preliminarily as a sister lineage to ''{{Taxon name|Phosphuga}}'' Leach, 1817 and ''{{Taxon name|Silpha}}'' Linnaeus, 1758, based on 2.1 kB sequence of cytochrome oxidase subunits I and II (Dobler and Müller 2000<ref name="B10">{{aut|Dobler S}}, {{aut|Müller J}} (2000) Resolving Phylogeny at the Family Level by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Sequences: Phylogeny of Carrion Beetles ({{Taxon name|Coleoptera}}, {{Taxon name|Silphidae}}). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 390–420. doi: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0765</ref >, Sikes et al. 2005<ref name="B55">{{aut|Sikes D}}, {{aut|Trumbo S}}, {{aut|Peck S}} (2005) The Tree of Life Web Project, {{Taxon name|Silphinae}}. Version 07 February 2005 (under construction). [http://tolweb.org/Silphinae/26994/2005.02.07 http://tolweb.org/Silphinae/26994/2005.02.07]</ref >), sometimes treated also as a subgenus of ''{{Taxon name|Silpha}}'' (Sikes et al. 2005<ref name="B55">{{aut|Sikes D}}, {{aut|Trumbo S}}, {{aut|Peck S}} (2005) The Tree of Life Web Project, {{Taxon name|Silphinae}}. Version 07 February 2005 (under construction). [http://tolweb.org/Silphinae/26994/2005.02.07 http://tolweb.org/Silphinae/26994/2005.02.07]</ref >).

==Key to the ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria}}'' species==
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{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | 1 | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Elytra with medium-sized, distinct punctures of similar size (Figs 18, 19)
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''2'''}}
{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | – | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Elytra with fine punctures, intermixed with larger ones (Figs 16, 17)
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''3'''}}
{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | 2 | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Pronotum semi-elliptical, margin regularly rounded anteriorly (Fig. 15), surface matt (Fig. 4). Widely distributed from western and southern Europe (incl. Spain) to southern Russia, western and northern part of Asia Minor and western Transcaucasia
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'''''}}
{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | – | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Pronotum almost conical in shape, margins anterolaterally constricted (Fig. 14, arrow), surface glossy (Fig. 3). Endemic to Spain
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'''''}}
{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | 3 | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Pronotum with only very superficial, very fine punctures medially on disc (which looks impunctate under lower magnification), much larger punctures more peripherally (Fig. 12). Elytra with few larger punctures (usually slightly finer than in ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria cribrata}}''), dispersed mostly toward the inner elytral margin (Fig. 16). Eastern part of Greece, Asia Minor, Middle East
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria arenaria}}'''''}}
{{Lead | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | – | colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Pronotum with evenly distributed, homogenous, distinct punctures on whole dorsal surface (Fig. 13). Elytra with middle-sized, more densely arranged larger punctures, very dense toward the inner elytral margin and here sometimes subquadrate in shape (Fig. 17). Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iran, south-western Turkmenistan
	| colspan="1" rowspan="1" | result text = '''''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria cribrata}}'''''}}
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==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Qubaiová, J}}; {{aut|Růžička, J}}; {{aut|Šípková, H}}; 2015: Taxonomic revision of genus ''Ablattaria'' Reitter (Coleoptera, Silphidae) using geometric morphometrics [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''(477)''': 79-142. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.477.8446}}

==Images==
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|1= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g001.jpg|2= '''Figures 1–4.''' Habitus in dorsal view: '''1''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria arenaria}}'' (male, Israel: Mount Carmel) '''2''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria cribrata}}'' (female, Azerbaijan: Zagulba Baglari) '''3''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'' (female, Spain: Cameros) '''4''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'' (male, Hungary: Budapest).
|3= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g002.jpg|4= '''Figures 5–8.''' Habitus of ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'' in dorsal view: '''5''' female (Croatia: Pula) '''6''' male (Austria: Elenderwald) '''7''' female (Greece: Loutraki) '''8''' female (Italy: Pioppi).
|5= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g003.jpg|6= '''Figures 9–11.''' Habitus of ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'' in dorsal view: '''9''' male (Hungary: Budapest) '''10''' female (Greece: Loutraki) '''11''' female (Italy: Pioppi).
|7= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g004.jpg|8= '''Figures 12–15.''' Pronotum in dorsal view: '''12''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria arenaria}}'' (female, Iraq: Khanaqin) '''13''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria cribrata}}'' (male, Russia: Dagestan) '''14''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'' (male, Spain: Soto) '''15''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'' (female, Austria: Bisamberg).
|9= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g005.jpg|10= '''Figures 16–19.''' Left elytron in dorsal view: '''16''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria arenaria}}'' (female, Iraq: Khanaqin) '''17''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria cribrata}}'' (male, Russia: Dagestan) '''18''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'' (female, Austria: Bisamberg) '''19''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'' (male, Spain: Soto).
|11= File:zookeys-477-e4585-g006.jpg|12= '''Figures 20–22.''' Morphological details in dorsal view: '''20''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria subtriangula}}'', elongated head (female, Spain: Cameros) '''21''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'', variable left elytron with traces of two lines (male, Greece: Alistrati) '''22''' ''{{Taxon name|Ablattaria laevigata}}'', right antenna (female, Hungary: Budapest).
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