Baldorhynchus vailatii (Osella, 1983)

(Figures 21, 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f, 55)

Troglorhynchus vailatii Osella, 1983: 95 -123; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992: 301; Abbazzi et al., 1994: 21; Osella & Zuppa, 1998: 1123 -1127.

Otiorhynchus (Troglorhynchus) vailatii: Magnano, 1998: 71 .

Otiorhynchus (Baldorhynchus) vailatii: Di Marco & Osella, 2002: 258; Colonnelli, 2003: 39; Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009: 53; Magnano & Alonso Zarazaga, 2013: 309.

Type locality. “ Cuèl dei Vervèrs, Val Campei, Toscolano, Brescia ”.

Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. ferrarii group. Within the species group, it is recognisable by the elongate oval elytra, scape robust and short and pronotum punctation not pocked. Punctation of the pronotum coarse, regularly scattered, feebly impressed and sparse. Elytral punctation normal, regularly aligned, feebly impressed and isodiametric. Total length: 4.00 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.75. Pronotum length 0.90 mm with length/width ratio 1.17.

Description. See Osella (1983) and figures hoc opus.

Holotype. Male. Total length: 4.00 mm. Scape length: 0.90 mm; funicle length: 0.80 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.13. Funicle with club ratios: 10: 7: 4: 5: 5: 4: 4: 28 (club). Vestigial eyes not present and area not covered by pubescence. Vertex width/mesorostrum width: ratio 1.50. Pronotum ratio: 1.17 (length: 0.90 mm, width: 0.77 mm). Elytra ratio: 1.75 (length: 2.10 mm, width: 1.20 mm).

Distribution. See Fig. 130. Italian endemic. Known only from “Cuèl dei Vervèrs” cave (N° 435 Lo) at 964 meters of elevation: 45°41’6.40’’N 10°34’6.40’’E in Val Campei near Toscolano.

Ecology/Phenology. See Osella (1983). The cave opens in Dolomite of Noricum (Trias) (Grottolo in litteris, 2015).

Material. We examined the material studied by Osella (1983).

Reproduction. Amphigonic