Psilothrix protensa ( Gené, 1836 )

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Psilothrix protensa ( Gené, 1836)

( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 24–27 )

Dasytes protensus Gené, 1836: 19 , pl. I, fig. 10 (Loc. typ. “Karali, Pulae, Iglesias, etc.”, south-west Sardinia); Küster 1850: nr. 9; Redtenbacher 1858: 546; Kiesenwetter 1859: 177; Kiesenwetter 1863: 644 footnote; Kiesenwetter 1867b: 137, 139; Rottenberg 1870: 243; Schilsky 1894a: 235; Ragusa 1896: 76; Porta 1929: 122; Pic 1937: 109 [ Lasius View in CoL ]; Sparacio 1997: 106.

Material examined. Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Isola di Sant'Antioco, 1989 ( MCSNG); Isola di Sant’Antioco, Capo Sperone, 1978 ( CLI). Cagliari prov.: Cagliari, y-a ( MSNUF); Cagliari, Monte Urpino, 1975 ( CME); Elmas, 1991 ( CMG); Saline di Santa Gilla, 2001 ( CLI); Serdiana, 2001 ( CFA, CLI); Sestu, 1975 ( CME); Stagno di Molentargius, y-? ( MSNUF); Stagno di Simbirizzi, 1986 ( CME); Villaspeciosa, 1979 ( CME).

Chorotype. Central Mediterranean: Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia, Tunisia, Algeria ( Mayor, 2007b). Affinities: see P.aureola .

Notes. A wingless species, bright green as the other Psilothrix , rather small and showing the modifications often associated with apterism: elytra without humeral calli and, in females only, widened in posterior half. Not uncommon in Sardinia but only in the south ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 24–27 ); also known from Corsica ( Mayor 2007b) , where it is rare.

References

Gene, J. (1836) De quibusdam Insectis Sardiniae novis aut minus cognitis. Fasciculus I. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 39, 161 - 199 + 1 pl.

Kiesenwetter, H. von (1859) Beitrag zur Kaferfauna Griechenlands. Funftes Stuck: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Malacodermata. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 3, 17 - 34.

Kiesenwetter, H. von (1863) Zweite Gruppe. Dasytina, In: Erichson, W. F. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschland. IV Band, erste Abteilung. Ed. Nicolai, Berlin, pp. 621 - 668.

Kiesenwetter, H. von (1867 b) Revision der Dasytidengattung Dolichosoma. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 11, 136 - 140.

Kuster, H. C. (1850) Die Kafer Europa's. Nach der Natur beschriben. 21 es Heft. Verlag von Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg, 100 nr's.

Mayor, A. (2007 b) Acanthocnemidae; Prionoceridae; Melyridae; Dasytidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 384; 384 - 386; 386 - 388; 388 - 415.

Pic, M. (1937) Dasytidae: Dasytinae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 155. Dr. W. Junk Verlag, s' - Gravenhage, 130 pp.

Porta, A. (1929) Fauna Coleopterorum Italica. III - Diversicornia. Stabilimento Tipografico Piacentino, Piacenza, 466 pp.

Ragusa, E. (1896) Catalogo ragionato dei Coleotteri di Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano (n. s.), 1, 69 - 106.

Redtenbacher, L. (1858) Fauna Austriaca. Die Kafer. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbaitet. Zweite Anlage. Carl Gerold's Sohn Druck und Verlag, Wien, 1017 pp.

Rottenberg, A. von (1870) Beitrage zur Coleopteren Fauna von Sicilien (Zweistes Stuck). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 14, 235 - 260.

Schilsky, J. (1894 a) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Dasytinen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1894 (II), 225 - 236.

Sparacio, I. (1997) Coleotteri di Sicilia. Parte II. L'Epos Editrice, Palermo, 206 pp.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Melyridae
Genus	Psilothrix