Acanthocreagris italica (Beier, 1958)

Gardini, Giulio, 2022, Two new species of Acanthocreagris from Corsica and mainland France, and notes on some congeneric species (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae), Fragmenta entomologica (Frag. Entomol., Roma) 54 (1), pp. 119-132 : 126

Acanthocreagris italica (Beier, 1958)

Material examined. ITALY: Apulia: Foggia Prov .: 6♂ 5♀, 6 km NNE Apricena (41°48’17”N 15°30’36”E), 280 m, 4 Maj 2002, S. Zoia & F. Polese leg. ; 14♂ 13♀ 12 T, Foresta Umbra (41°48’17”N 15°58’32”E), 780 m, 3 Maj 2002, S. Zoia & F. Polese leg. ; 1♀ 1D, Foresta Umbra (41°49’01”N 15°59’19”E), 760 m, 23 Apr 2019, G. Gardini & P. Gardini leg. ; 5♂ 7♀, Vico del Gargano, Spiaggia di Calenelle (41°56’29”N 15°58’36”E), 5 m, 23 Apr 2019, G. Gardini & P. Gardini leg. ; 1♂, Vieste , slope NE Monte Nicola, 250 m, 3 Maj 2002, S. Zoia & F. Polese leg.

Remarks. Epigean species known only from the Gargano promontory (Apulia) ( Fig. 37 ), where it is common in the leaf litter of beech forest.

Gardini (1998) doubtfully referred to Acanthocreagris italica two nymphs (1T 1D) from Martina Franca in Apulian Murge (Taranto Prov.). I believe it was a misidentification, probably for Acanthocreagris apulica Callaini, 1986 , however not verifiable as these specimens cannot be traced in the Gardini collection and must be considered lost.

Figures

Fig. 37 – Map depicting known distribution of Acanthocreagris species from southeastern France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Maltese Archipelago (localities taken from Gardini 1998, 2018 and present paper).