Schendyla vizzavonae Leger & Duboscq, 1903

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25. Schendyla vizzavonae Leger & Duboscq, 1903

Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq 1903: 312, 319, figs 2-3. (1)

Schendyla vizzavonae Lég. et Dub., 1903: Brölemann and Ribaut 1912: 148, figs 119-130. (2)

Schendyla mediterranea vizzavonae Léger [sic]: Verhoeff 1925a: 655. (3)

Schendyla vizzavonae : Brölemann 1926: 231. (4)

Schendyla (Echinoschendyla) vizzavonae Lég. and Dub.: Attems 1929: 62. (5)

Schendyla (Echinoschendyla) Vizzavonae Léger et Duboscq, 1903: Brölemann 1930: 93, figs 90-95. (6)

Schendyla vizzavonensis [sic] Léger et Bröl. [sic]: Verhoeff 1943: 13 (7)

Schendyla vizzavonae Léger et Duboscq, 1903: Demange 1981: 228. (8)

Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq, 1903: Foddai et al. 1996: 361, Tab. I. (9)

Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq, 1903: Iorio 2004a: 32. (10)

Schendyla vizzavonae Léger & Duboscq, 1903: Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 684. (11)

Literature records.

General. Corsica (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11). Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Aidone [= Aitone], near, 1050-1070 m (7) [III]. Haute-Corse, 2B - [Altiani], [Ruisseau] La Force, 1150-1200 m (2) [II].Haute-Asco, near Mount Cinto, ca 1700 m, hygrophilous meadow (10) [III]. Petrone [= Mt. San Pedrone?], near, 1600 m (7) [III]. Vizzavona (1, loc. typ. of Schendyla vizzavonae Léger and Duboscq, 1903) [III].

Material examined.

Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Evisa, falls of Aitone, Pinus laricio wood, 900 m: 13.IV.2004, MZ, 1 ♂ 49 lp, 1 ♀ 51 lp, 1 ♀ imm. 47 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. Haute-Corse, 2B - Col de Vergiu, eastern slope, 1150 m: 15.IV.2004, MZ, 2 ♀♀ 51, 53 lp, 3 ♂♂ imm. 49 lp, 2 ♀♀ imm. 51 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [III].Corte, Col de Vizzavona, Fagus sylvatica wood,1160-1480 m, (code 74-13): 1.X.1974, KT, 2 ♀♀ 51 lp MZ det. (NHMW); ibidem: 1.X.1974, KT, 2 ♂♂ 49 lp, 6 ♀♀ 51 lp MZ det. (NHMW) [III]. Corte, Col de Vizzavona, approx 1100 m, (code 74-17): 30.X.1974, KT, 5 ♂♂ 49 lp, 2 ♀♀ 51, 53 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [III]. Corte, Restonica Valley, Pinus laricio wood, 950-1000 m: 15.IV.2004, MZ, 2 ♂♂ 47, 49 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. Corte, Restonica Valley, Pinus laricio wood, 1080 m: 15.IV.2004, MZ, 5 exx MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. Mount Renoso, 2300 m: [no date], PB, 1 ♀ 53 lp, 2 ♀♀ 49 lp, 1 ♂ 47 lp EI det. (MNHN) [V]. Vizzavona, Fagus sylvatica wood, 1600 m: 2.IV.1991, RA, 1 ♀ 51 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [III].

General distribution.

Corsica ( Geoffroy and Iorio 2009).

Chorotype.

Corsican endemic; uncertain affinities.

Ecological notes.

900-2300 m; probably a mesophilous species, recorded from the Supramediterranean, Montane and Alpine belts, in Fagus sylvatica woods (2 sites), Pinus laricio woods (2 sites) and montane hygrophilous meadows (1 site). See also Iorio (2004a).