Miscophus bicolor JURINE 1807

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mount Etna, c.da Milia, 1250 m (Ragalna, Catania), 25.VI.2001, 1 (S. Tomarchio leg.).

R e m a r k s: First record for Sicily! Polytipic species, widely distributed in the Palaearctic region. It is recorded from the whole Italy, as south as Apulia. The specimen examined has genae covered with recumbent hairs, that might be absent.