Velia (Plesiovelia) gridellii Tamanini, 1947

Cianferoni, Fabio, Rocchi, Saverio & Terzani, Fabio, 2013, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy), Zootaxa 3669 (3), pp. 302-320 : 311-312

Velia (Plesiovelia) gridellii Tamanini, 1947

Velia (Velia) gridellii Tamanini 1947: 55

Velia (Plesiovelia) gridellii Servadei 1967: 31 ; Bacchi and Rizzotti Vlach 2005: CD-ROM; 2007: CD-ROM; Cianferoni and Terzani in print.

Records. Elba. Marciana alta, VIII.1885, G. Cavanna leg., 1 £ apt, MZUF [Marciana alta / (Elba) / VIII.85. Cav!] (!); Isle of Elba, n.d., G. Cavanna leg., MSNG ( Tamanini 1947 as “ Isola d’Elba (l. Cavanna, coll. M. [=C. Mancini collection, in MSNG])”; Servadei 1967 as “I. Elba: Tamanini 1947 ”; Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach 2005; 2007 as “ Isola d’Elba / Tamanini, 1947 ”; Cianferoni & Terzani in print as “ Isola d’Elba ([…] Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach, 2005 ”); Sant’Ilario in Campo, stream, 200 m, 1963 MSNV ( Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach 2005; 2007 as “ Isola d’Elba, Sant’Ilario in Campo, ruscello / 200 [m] / Coll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona”; Cianferoni & Terzani in print as “ Isola d’Elba ([…] Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach, 2005 ”); Marciana, 350 m, 1970, CLT ( Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach 2005; 2007 as “ Isola d’Elba, Marciana / 350 [m] / Coll. Tamanini / 1970”; Cianferoni & Terzani in print as “ Isola d’Elba ([…] Bacchi & Rizzotti Vlach, 2005 ”); Fosso delle Ordicole, 230 m, Marciana (LI), 6.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 $, 4 ££ apt, CFT; Fosso Pedalta, 350 m, Marciana (LI), 6.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 2 ££ apt, CFT; Uviale dei Patresi, Patresi, 130 m, Marciana (LI), 6.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 $, 3 ££ apt, CFT; confluence of Fosso della Gneccarina and Fosso dell’Infernetto, Chiessi, 75 m, Marciana (LI), 8.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 $, 2 ££ apt, CFT; Valle della Nivera, Poggio, 434 m, Marciana (LI), 8.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 £ apt, CFT; Fosso Redinoce, Procchio, 70 m, Marciana (LI), 9.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 2 $$, 2 ££ apt, CFT; idem, 1 $, 2 ££ apt, CFC; Fosso San Francesco, Sant’Ilario in Campo, 190 m, Campo nell’Elba (LI), 9.VI.2011, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 $, 2 ££ apt, CFT; Fosso di Monserrato, 100 m, Porto Azzurro (LI), 21.V.2012, F. Terzani, S. Rocchi & L. Forbicioni leg., 1 $, 1 £ apt, CFT; Fosso d’Acquaviva, 100 m, Porto Azzurro (LI), 22.V.2012, F. Terzani & S. Rocchi leg., 1 $, 1 £ apt, CFT; Fosso dell’Inferno, Seccheto, 340 m, Campo nell’Elba (LI), 23.V.2012, F. Terzani, S. Rocchi & L. Forbicioni leg., 1 $, 1 £ apt, CFT; idem, S. Rocchi, F. Terzani & L. Forbicioni leg., 2 $$, 2 ££, 3 V (2 $$, 1 £) apt, CFC.

Remarks. Velia gridellii is an Alpine-Apenninic endemic, absent on the islands with the exception of the Isle of Elba, probably colonized when this island was still connected to the continent.