Trichonta comica Gagné, 1981

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96. Trichonta comica Gagné, 1981 **

Material examined. U1 21.XI.05 1 ♂ (det. by O. Kurina).

Chorotype. Type 1 [1.01 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. Holarctic, in Europe a mainly nordic distribution but has also been recorded from the French mainland, Switzerland and Montenegro (included under the former Yugoslavia by Chandler (2004a) based on an unpublished record).

Italian distribution. Sardinia only.

Notes. [O. Kurina pers. comm.] The specimen has both hind legs and one fore and mid legs lost but terminalia have survived. Using the key by Gagné (1981) it runs to the couplet including the rare Holarctic species Trichonta comica Gagné, 1981 and the Palaearctic T. concinna Gagné, 1981 . The lateral part of the gonostylus is identical with Gagné’s fig. 71 but tergites 9–10 are most similar to T. concinna (Gagné’s fig 76). Further, the aedeagal projections in this specimen are dorsoventrally hooked (visible in lateral view). Gagné used the term “twisted” (probably equivalent to hooked) for T. concinna and straight for T. comica but the specimen is more similar to T. comica .