Otiorhynchus (Arammichnus) ferdinandi Reitter

Baviera, Cosimo & Magnano, Luigi, 2010, Contribution to the knowledge of the weevil subgenus Arammichnus Gozis, genus Otiorhynchus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Sicily and the Sicilian islands, Zootaxa 2432, pp. 45-58 : 46

Otiorhynchus (Arammichnus) ferdinandi Reitter

Distribution. Endemic to Sicily; until now only a single specimen was known in addition to the type, collected in 1920 on the northern slope of Mount Etna (Linguaglossa) ( Osella et al. 2005).

New records. Sicily – Messina: Peloritani Mountains, Montalbano Elicona, Malabotta Forest, 1300m a.s.l., 23.V.2006, 1 ex., leg. Baviera C.; idem, 1 ex., 23.VI.2006; idem, 2 ex. 25.VII.2006; Catania: Mount Etna, North, Rifugio Brunek, 1500m a.s.l., 1 ex., 20.VI.2006, leg. Baviera C.; Piano Provenzana, 1800m a.s.l., 20.VI.2006, 4 ex., leg. Baviera C.; idem, 1 ex., 23.VIII.2006; Mount Etna, Est, Bosco Cerrita, 1500m a.s.l., 01.VII.2004, 5 ex., leg. Baviera C.; idem, 1 ex., 23.VIII.2006 (CBC).