Holotrichapion barbirostre ( Hoffmann, 1952 )

Colonnelli, Enzo & Osella, Giuseppe, 2009, New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 421-426 : 423

Holotrichapion barbirostre ( Hoffmann, 1952)

Material examined. Sardinia: Medio Campidano prov., Arbus, Piscinas , 0 m, UTM 32S 452927 4376897, 26.III.2006, P. Cornacchia leg., sweep net, 2 ex ( CCO, CNBFVR); Medio Campidano prov. , Arbus, Marina di Arbus , 0 m, UTM 32 S 454504 4383252, 26.III.2006, P. Cornacchia leg., sweep net, 1 ex ( CCO) .

Notes. This species was indicated from Morocco ( Hoffmann 1952; Kocher 1961), Tunisia ( Normand 1937, as Apion saturnium n. sp.), southern Spain, Sicily ( Caldara & Angelini 1997), and was quoted also from central Italy by Colonnelli (2003) without further detail, based on a wrong identification of a rubbed specimen of H. ononis ( Kirby, 1808) from Latium. This is the first record for Sardinia, based on three specimens collected at Marina di Arbus and Piscinas; the first site is a sandy marine beach, and the second is characterized by high sand dunes. Nothing is known about the biology of this species, overlooked by Alonso- Zarazaga (2004).