Pseudomeira parvula (Seidlitz, 1865)

Peritelus parvulus Seidlitz, 1865: 327, 328; Seidlitz, 1866: 55, 56; Desbrochers, 1871: 347; Stierlin, 1883: 593; Bargagli, 1884: 49; Vitale, 1892: 219; Vitale, 1900a: 19; Vitale, 1901: 426; Vitale, 1904: 13; Vitale, 1906b: 85; Solari & Solari, 1907: 117; Luigioni, 1929: 872.

Peritelus (Curculio) parvulus: Bertolini, 1872: 168 .

Peritelus italicus Marseul, 1872: 88; Bertolini, 1899: 89.

Peritelus (Peritelus) parvulus: Seidlitz, 1865: 291; Stierlin, 1883: 594; Vitale, 1892: 225; Porta, 1932: 61.

Pseudomeira parvula: Solari, 1955: 44; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992: 305; Abbazzi et al., 1995: 23; Pierotti & Bellò, 1995: 523; Pierotti & Bellò, 1998: 105; Osella et al., 2005; Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009: 62.

This species is indicated as occurring in Sicily most probably based on some specimens in VIT identified as Peritelus parvulus, partly from Messina, and partly from Monte Ciccia. However, after studying the Vitale collection, we discovered that those from the first locality are P. obscura, and those from the second are P. obscurella . Consequently P. parvula, known from Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria and Tuscany, is excluded from the Sicilian fauna.