Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rufomarginatus Perris, 1869

Liberti, Gianfranco, 2009, Improved Strategies for Branching on General Disjunctions, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 339-385 : 371

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1184/r1/6705962.v1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5315180
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397A501-BF14-B066-FF29-3F42A9A4F970
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rufomarginatus Perris, 1869
status

Treatment

Haplocnemus rufomarginatus Perris, 1869: 18 (Loc. typ. Tenés, Algeria); Porta 1929: 125; Pic 1937: 40; * Liberti 1995a: 184.

Material examined. Olbia-Tempio prov.: *Buddusò, 1972 ( CCO); *Tempio Pausania, 1944 ( MCSNV, NMBA). Nuoro prov.: *Aritzo, 1910 ( MCSNG); Bolotana, 1995 ( CAN); Monte Spada, 1994 ( CME); *Orune, 1976 ( CPO); *Sorgono, y-? ( NMBA). Oristano prov.: Laconi, 1995 ( CAN). Ogliastra prov.: Punta La Marmora, 1995 ( CMG). Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Monti Marganai, 2005 ( CNBFVR). Cagliari prov.: Villanovatulo, 1994 ( CME).

Chorotype. Central Mediterranean: its known distribution includes Algeria and Sardinia only ( Liberti 1995a). Affinities: rather close to A. (A.) marginatus Rottenberg, 1870 , which occurs in Sicily and southern Greece ( Liberti & Zinetti 2009: 49).

Notes. A species easily recognizable by the shape of pronotum, rather depressed with well visible anterior angles, and by the reddish margin all around the body, more evident on sides of pronotum. Already reported for Sardinia by Bertolini (1899 –1904: 73), Luigioni (1929: 626) and Porta (1929). Despite being rare, it has been repeatedly collected with traps at Marganai (see below) all year round except in summer.