Danacea (Danacea) sardoa declivis Liberti, 1989

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Danacea (Danacea) sardoa declivis Liberti, 1989

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Danacaea sardoa declivis * Liberti, 1989: 286 (Loc. typ. Gonnosfanadiga, Sardinia).

Material examined. Medio Campidano prov.: *Gonnosfanadiga, 1983 ( CLI); Monte Linas, 1995 ( CME); Villacidro, 2006 ( CNBFVR). Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Domusnovas, 2006 ( CNBFVR); *Iglesias, 2006 ( CNBFVR, MNHU); sa Duchessa, 2006 ( CNBFVR).

Chorotype. See below under D. sardoa sardoa . This strictly Sardinian subspecies replaces the nominotypical one in the Monte Linas-Iglesias area, in the south-western part of the island. Affinities: see below under D. sardoa sardoa .

Notes. Rather common throughout its small range, like other Danacea it lives on flowers, feeding on pollen, and has been collected in series.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Danacea spp. from Sardinia, scale bar: 0.5 mm. 1–2. Median lobe in lateral view. 1. Danacea (D.) sardoa sardoa Kiesenwetter (San Leonardo de Siete Fuentes). 2. Danacea (D.) sardoa declivis Liberti (Gonnosfanadiga). 3–4. Elytral apex in lateral view. 3. Danacea (D.) sardoa sardoa (Dorgali). 4. Danacea (D.) sardoa declivis (Gonnosfanadiga). 5–11. Median lobe in lateral view. 5. Danacea (Allodanacaea) oreas Liberti (Gonnosfanadiga). 6. Danacea (A.) milleri Schilsky (Paduledda). 7. Danacea (A.) gorditana Liberti (paratype, Capo del Falcone). 8. Danacea (A.) sulcitana Liberti (Olia Speciosa). 9. Danacea (A.) nympha Liberti (Capo Caccia). 10. Danacea (A.) picicornis picicornis (Küster) (Monti Marganai). 11. Danacea (A.) picicornis supramontana Liberti (Dorgali).