Psilothrix aureola Kiesenwetter, 1859

Baviera, Cosimo & Liberti, Gianfranco, 2010, Dasytidae of the Egadi Archipelago (Coleoptera, Cleroidea) with description of Danacea hierena n. sp., Zootaxa 2351, pp. 49-57 : 54

Psilothrix aureola Kiesenwetter, 1859

Pic 1937: 108 [ Lasius aureolus]; Liberti 1995a: 501; Liberti & Schembri 2002: 181.

Collection localities. Favignana: Favignana island, 19 apr. 2007 Baviera; Monte Santa Caterina 150 m (37° 55.6N 12° 18.9E), 12 may 2008 (GLCI); Monte Santa Caterina 250 m (37° 55.7N 12° 18.8E), 12 may 2008 (GLCI); Cala del Passo (37° 55.2N 12° 18.3E), 12-13 may 2008 (GLCI). Levanzo: Levanzo island, 23 apr. 2007 (CBCI); Pizzo del Monaco (38° 00.3N 12° 19.8E) 140 m, 14 may 2008 (GLCI); near the “Faraglione” (37° 59.2N 12° 19.8E), 14 may 2008 Liberti. Marettimo: Marettimo island, 18-23 apr. 2007 (CBCI).

Collection data. Collected by sweeping, sporadic to common.

Distribution. A Central Mediterranean species: the distribution includes Corsica, the Balearic Islands, the whole of Peninsular Italy, Sicily, Algeria, Tunisia. Common all over its range.