Passaloecus insignis (VAN DER LINDEN 1829)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mount Etna, Fossa della Nave, 1700 m (Ragalna, Catania), 10.VIII.2000, 1 (S. Tomarchio leg.).

R e m a r k s: First record for Sicily! Euroasiatic, introduced in North America (Canada U.S.A.). It is recorded from peninsular Italy, as south as Abruzzo.