Acanthocreagris lanzai (Beier, 1961)

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 lanzai (Beier, 1961)

Material examined. ITALY: Piedmont: Alessandria Prov.: 1♂ 1 T, Bosio, Capanne di Marcarolo, 760 m, 28 Maj 2014, L. Galli leg., beech wood. Liguria: Genoa Prov.: 1♂, Genoa Quinto al Mare, W slope of Monte Moro along Rio San Pietro, 60 m, 2 Maj 2009, G. Gardini leg., under Quercus ilex ; 2♀, Genoa Quinto al Mare, Monte Moro, 18 Mar 2019, M. Zinni leg., under Erica and Quercus ; 1D, Ronco Scrivia, Borgo Fornari, 600 m, 12 Oct 2009, F. Carbonara leg., mixed wood; 1♀, Sestri Levante, Villa Scorza, 100 m, 29 Jul 2008, M. Capurro leg., garden with Quercus pubescens ; 1♂ 2♀ 2 T, Sestri Levante, Punta Manara, 140 m, 8 Maj 2018, G. Gardini & P. Gardini leg., Quercus ilex wood. Liguria: La Spezia Prov.: 2♀, Calice al Cornoviglio, Santa Maria, 470 m, 24 Feb 2019, P. Magrini leg.; 1 T, Vernazza, 27 Oct 2015, F. Costa leg., under lemon in vineyard. Liguria: Savona Prov.: 1♂ 1♀, Urbe, Passo del Faiallo, 1073 m, 28 Aug 2001, M. Daccordi & M. Gallo leg.

Remarks. Epigean species known from the Ligurian-Piedmontese massif of greenstones (Pietre Verdi) in the West to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the Apuan Alps in the East ( Fig. 37 ). The species is newly recorded from Piedmont.

Gardini (1998) referred to Acanthocreagris cf. lanzai specimens from eastern Liguria (Cassana and Pignone) and Tuscan-Emilian Apennines (Codolo near Zeri), having slightly smaller dimensions and more sparsely granulated pedipalps. The examination of further specimens highlights a wide variability of these characters and suggests attributing all the material previously examined to A. lanzai as well.

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).