Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò

Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, Zootaxa 2376, pp. 1-96 : 27

Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò

( Figs. 24a–b, 52a, 73)

Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò, 1994: 290 ; Pierotti & Bellò, 1998: 106; Gurrea Sanz & Sanz Benito, 2000: 258; Alonso-Zarazaga, 2002: 24.

Diagnosis. Species of medium to small size (3.5–5.8 mm), very similar to P. gougeletii but easily distinguished from it, apart from the characters in the key also by the rostrum being longer than wide, the less robust funicle, the more elongate and convex eyes and the different outline of the pre-apical part of the aedeagus. Apex of aedeagus as in Fig. 24a, endophallic structures as in Fig. 24b; spermatheca as in Fig. 52a. Specimens from the province of Sevilla have a shorter rostrum with subparallel sides and a more robust funicle.

Distribution. Iberian endemite: southern Spain (Andalusia) (type locality: Córdoba: Valenzuela). Spanish literature records. Córdoba: Valenzuela (type loc.).

Material examined (Fig. 73). Holotype male, labelled: 1) Cordoba , Valenzuela, 16.5.92 , leg. Pierotti; 2) Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò , holotypus ( PIE) . Other specimens: Spain: Córdoba: Valenzuela, 16. V .92, leg. Bellò (BEL); do., leg. Pierotti ( PIE); Barajuela ( MMA). Jaén : carr. Valenzuela-Porcuna, río Salado, 6. V .82, leg. Alonso-Zarazaga ( ALZ). Sevilla : Lebrija (BEL, PIE) .

Biology. Adults have been collected under Malva silvestris L. ( Malvaceae ).