Solariola vitalei A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923

Bello’, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2019, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4676 (1), pp. 1-261 : 175-179

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Solariola vitalei A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923
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Solariola vitalei A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923 View in CoL

( Figs 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 32e View FIGURES 32–32 , 46c View FIGURES 46 , 78, 78 View FIGURES 47–89 ’, 121, 164, 207)

Solariola vitalei: A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923 View in CoL (revision): 53–57.

Solariola vitalei: Luigioni, 1929 View in CoL (catalogue): 871; Porta, 1932 (catalogue): 58; Winkler, 1932 (catalogue): 1432; Lona, 1937 (catalogue): 233; Osella, 1976 (fauna): 194; Abbazzi et al., 1989 (fauna): 322; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992 (catalogue): 302; Abbazzi et al., 1995 (catalogue): 22; Osella & Di Marco 1996 (fauna): 353–355; Sparacio, 1999 (fauna): 135–136; Colonnelli, 2003 (checklist): 46; Osella et al., 2004 (fauna): 101, 108; Osella et al., 2005 (checklist); Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009 (catalogue): 58; Magnano & Alonso Zarazaga, 2013 (catalogue): 347; Baviera, 2015 (revision): 402– 404, 412–419, 426–428; Morrone & Hlaváč, 2017 (checklist): 50; Pierotti, 2017a (catalogue): 344.

Type locality. Sicily, Peloritani Mountains , Messina ( Fig. 258 View FIGURES 255–258 ) .

Diagnosis. A small to medium size Solariola (TL: 2.1 5– 3.10 mm; BL: 1.80–2.55 mm) belonging to the paganettii group with slender body shape. Within the species group, it is recognisable by red– yellow–brownish cuticle, elongate pronotum, median lobe of aedeagus with very evident sub medial constriction. Rostrum slender and short (RL: 0.35–0.45 mm, RW: 0.20–0.30 mm, RL/RW: 1.50–1.75). Mesorostrum carinae slightly divergent to sides. Forehead convex (FW/MW: 2.00–2.00). Submentum and laterally mesorostrum with a few, short, whitishyellowish pappolepida. Antennae long and thin (SL: 0.42–0.50 mm, FL: 0.60–0.80 mm, SL/FL: 0.63–0.70). Pronotum longer than wide (PL: 0.46–0.70 mm, PW: 0.44–0.65 mm, PL/PW: 1.08–1.13) without echinopappolepida at base. Elongate, sub-parallel elytra, dorsally vaulted (EL: 1.30–1.85 mm, EW: 0.65–0.92 mm, EL/EW: 2.00–2.07) with thin and slightly elongate setae raised.

Material examined. Holotype male with following labels: [genitalia in glue] [white label] /

Messina coll[ezione] Vitale [w, hw] / Typus ♂ [w, p]; Solariola vitalei Solari Boll. [ettino] Soc.[ietà] E.[ntomologica] It.[aliana] 1923 [w, hw] / Solariola vitalei ( Solari, 1923) HOLOTYPUS [Baviera 2013 des.] [r, p] / Solariola vitalei Solari, 1923 Holotype, det. Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2018 [r, p] / esemplare fotografato by Francesco Sacco [y, p] ( MSNM).

Paratypes. Four specimens males with same holotype data. ( MSNM) .

Others Specimens examined (152 males and females) with the following labels: Messina Vitale; Messina, 04 V 1906, Dodero; Messina Peloritani Monte Ciccia, 500 m a.s.l., 22.III.2009, Leg. Baviera; same data, 11.VI.2009; same data, 15.VI.2009; same data, 25.XI.2009; same data, 06.I.2010; same locality, 24.VI.1991, Leg. Bellò; Castanea , X. 930, F. Vitale; Castanea [Messina], I 1931, Vitale; same locality, XII [1]931; Messina Calamarà Castanea 420 m, Vitale & Schatzmayr; Calameria, [Messina] 10 IV [1]934, Vitale; Dint. Messina Calamarà, 4 V 1933, Vitale; same locality, 2 III 1929, Vitale; same locality, 16 III 1938, Vitale; same locality, 16 IV 1934, Vitale; same locality, 1 III 1934, Vitale; same locality, 12 V 1939, Vitale; same locality, 19 XI 1927, Vitale; same locality, 21 I 1933, Vitale; same locality, 21 II 1932, Vitale; Messina, Colla, XII. 1919 Vitale; Coppa, 7. IV. 29, F. Vitale; Cudduttà, [Messina], 04 IV 1918, Vitale; same locality, 23 III 1930, Vitale; same locality, 15 IV 1930, Vitale; same locality, 24 IV 1918, Vitale; same locality, 22 IV 1911, Vitale; same locality, 29 III [18]80, Vitale; Sicilia, Fiume di Nisi, 5. V. 1906, A. Dodero; Landes, Dax, 7. XI, J. Clermont / coll. Temper ex coll. J. Clermont /erreurs d’etiquetage, Orousset 2018 (comm. pers.); Landes, Morcenx /erreurs d’etiquetage, Orousset 2018 (comm. pers.); Messina Peloritani, Portella Armacera, 700 m a.s.l., 15.VI.2009, Leg. Baviera; same data, 06.I.2010; Messina Peloritani, Portella Croce Cumia, 800 m a.s.l., 02.I.2009, Leg. Baviera; Messina Curcuraci 350 m a.s.l., 25.XI.2009, Leg. Baviera; same data, 06.I.2010; 03.III.2009, Leg. Baviera; Sicilia: Messina, Peloritani, Portella S. Rizzo, Quercus ilex , 476m s.l.m., 6. I. 2010, Leg. Baviera C., Vaglio; Sicilia: Messina, Peloritani, Salice, (vaglio) Quercus virgiliana , 400m, 19. II. 2006, Leg. Baviera C.; Sicilia: Messina, Salice, Urni, 285 s.l.m., 25. XI. 2011, Leg. Baviera C.; Sicilia: Messina, Acqualadrone W., 17. II. 2010, Leg. Baviera C.; Sicilia: Messina, Tono, Torrente, vaglio Olea , 17. II. 2010, Leg. Baviera C.; Sicilia: Messina, Orto Botanico, vaglio Quercus , 25. II. 2014, Leg. Baviera C.; Italy, Sicily, CT, Etna, Grotta Campana, 1130m, vaglio Quercus & Castanea , 29. II. 2014, Baviera leg; ( CBA, CBA, GOS, ECO, LDI, MBAC, MCIZ, MNHP, MSNG, MSNM).

Holotype redescription. Male. See Figs 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 32e View FIGURES 32–32 . Elongate body (T L: 2.75 mm, BL: 2.20 mm). Red-brownish cuticle.

Rostrum slender and short (RL: 0.40 mm, RW: 0.25 mm, RL/RW: 1.60), conical to sides with pterygium expanded. Epistome absent. Mesorostrum carinae just divergent to sides. Submentum with short, whitish-yellowish pappolepida, also partially visible around mesorostrum. Interocular pit visible. Forehead convex (FW/MW: 2.00). Vestigial eyes slightly convex, visible.

Antennae thin and elongate (SL: 0.47 mm, FL: 0.70 mm, SL/FL: 0.67); AS ratio: 6.6.4.4.3.3.3.11. Scape clubbed, slightly more robust than funicle, curved at proximal third and progressively thickening towards apex. Funicle long and thin; all segments with elongate and thin setae. Club three-segmented, oval–elongate, in length twice the width, densely covered by thin setae.

Pronotum longer than wide (PL: 0.62 mm, PW: 0.55 mm, PL/PW: 1.13), wider at middle and without echinopappolepida at base. Scutellum visible.

Elytra elongate, sub-parallel to sides, dorsally vaulted (EL: 1.55 mm, EW: 0.75 mm, EL/EW: 2.07), wider at middle with convex suture. Humeri rounded. Striae with 14–15 punctures, catenulate, not deep. Interstriae flat with thin and elongate setae raised. Elytral declivity> 60 degrees.

Legs elongate and not robust with clubbed femora. Protibia with five acute spines on inner edge and an evident mucro on inner apical angle. Protibia sinuous on inner edge and curved in side view. Metatibia and mesotibia straight in side view. All tibia with noticeable apical comb. Tarsal segment 1 short, conical; segment 2 short and transverse; segment 3 very bilobed; all segments with thin golden setae. Onychium curved, robust and short with one short claw.

Male genitalia. Aedeagus with evident constriction at middle.See Figs: dorsal shape aedeagus Fig. 78 View FIGURES 47–89 ; apex of penis Fig. 78 View FIGURES 47–89 ’; IX sternite Fig. 121 View FIGURES 90–132 .

Female genitalia. See Figs: spermatheca Fig. 164 View FIGURES 133–175 ; VIII sternite Fig. 207 View FIGURES 176–218 .

Sexual dimorphism. Males can usually be recognized by their smaller size, slender appearance, more rounded humeri, legs stronger with a more noticeable apical mucro, and ventrites 1 and 2 slightly hollowed.

Paratypes variability. Paratypes, sexual dimorphism excluded, are similar to the holotype but differs in size.

Distribution. See Figs. 223, 223a. Sicilian endemic. Known from Peloritani Mounts and Etna volcano, mainly around Messina at 0–800 meters of elevation.

Ecology and Phenology. We collected S.vitalei by Winkler or Berlese extractors from soil obtained sifting the leaf litter of a Quercus forest with Hedera sp. on gravelly-sandy soil.

Main soil type. Dystrict Cambisol ( European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012) .

Reproduction. Amphigonic.

Associated species. Sympatric with Pseudomeira vitalei (Desbrochers, 1892) .

MBAC

Museo del Dipartimento di Biologia Animale dell'Universita

MCIZ

Museo Cambria, Istituto di Zoologia dell'Universita

MNHP

Princeton University

MSNG

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria'

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Solariola

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Solariola vitalei A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923

Bello’, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo 2019
2019
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Solariola vitalei:

Luigioni 1929
1929
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Solariola vitalei

: A. Solari & F. Solari 1923
1923
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