Dodomeira pfisteri (Stierlin, 1864) Baviera, 2017

Baviera, Cosimo, 2017, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Dodomeira Bellò & Baviera, a new genus of Peritelini from Sicily (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4334 (1), pp. 1-138 : 80-81

Dodomeira pfisteri species group (13)

( Figures 43c, 43d, 43e, 43f, 43g, 43h , 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 44e, 44f, 44g )

Diagnosis. A Dodomeira group of small or medium-sized species (length: 2.90–4.25 mm.) with elytra parallel or sub-parallel (length/width ratio: 1.66–1.80) and body shape cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. Epistome absent. Mesorostrum with widened or clavate, golden-silvery setae. Antenna with length scape/length funicle ratio 0.67– 0.83. Pronotum (length 0.70–0.90 mm, width 0.70–1.00 mm) with length/width ratio 0.88–1.00. Elytra clothed by imbricate brown silvery scales and silvery-golden setae clavate or spatulate on elytra or elytral declivity; flattened (0–15°), recumbent (15°–30°), raised (30°–45°) on sides.

Distribution. The species of this group lives in the Tyrrhenian central-western Sicily and are uncommon on Sicani Mountains ( Fig. 141).

Main soil types. Chromic-Luvisol (6 sp.), Vertic-Cambisol (7 sp.) (European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012).

Reproduction. To date twelve species are parthenogenetic or probably parthenogenetic.

Figures

FIGURES 43 a – 43 h. Facies of Dodomeira petrensis species group: 43 a— D. petrensis (Bellò & Baviera, 2011) ♀ holotype; 43 b— D. asinelliensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype. Facies of Dodomeira pfisteri species group: 43 c— D. pfisteri (Stierlin, 1864) ♀ topotype; 43 d— D. angelae Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 43 e— D. bertoni Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 43 f— D. elima Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 43 g— D. fossor Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 43 h— D. giustoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype.

FIGURES 44 a – 44 h. Facies of Dodomeira pfisteri species group: 44 a— D. illuminatae Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 44 b— D. magrinii Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 44 c— Dodomeira montivaga Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 44 d— D. nobilis Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 44 e— D. paladinii Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 44 f— D. sabellai Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ paratype; 44 g— D. zingara Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype. Facies of Dodomeira saccoi species group: 44 h— D. saccoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype.