Nephus (Nephus) schatzmayri Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977

Canepari, Claudio, 2009, New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 394-399 : 396-397

Nephus (Nephus) schatzmayri Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977

Nephus quadrimaculatus schatzmayri Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977: 103

Nephus quadrimaculatus bucciarellii Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977: 101 syn. nov.

Material examined from Sardinia. Nuoro prov., Siniscola, Monte Albo , 4.V.1995, F. Angelini leg., 1 ex ( CFA) ; Carbonia-Iglesias prov., Domusnovas, sa Duchessa , 371 m, UTM 32S 0464990 4358384, 4- 18.IV.2006, G. Chessa leg., Malaise trap, 6 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; Carbonia-Iglesias prov., Iglesias, dint. Colonia Beneck , 636 m, UTM 32S 0462391 4355441, 13-27.VI.2006, G. Chessa leg, Malaise trap, 6 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; Cagliari prov., Cagliari , no date, C. Meloni leg., 2 ex ( CCM) ; Cagliari prov., Costa Rei , 13.V.1995, F. Angelini leg., 2 ex ( CFA) ; Cagliari prov. , Quartu S. Elena, no date, leg. C. Meloni, 2 ex ( CCM) ; Cagliari prov., Iglesias, Marganai , Plot CONECOFOR SAR 1, UTM 32 S 462853 4355582, 700 m, 15- 30.VI.2004, G. Chessa leg., 1 ex ( CNBFVR) ; Cagliari prov., San Gregorio , no date, C. Meloni leg., 3 ex ( CCM) .

Other material examined. Italy: Apulia: Bari , 12.VIII.1991, L. De Marzo leg., 8 ex ( CCC, DMC) ; Bari prov., Noicattaro , 30.III.1992, L. De Marzo leg., 1 ex ( DMC) ; Bari prov., Castellana Grotte , no date, no collector, 3 ex ( DMC) ; Lecce prov., Gallipoli , 10.IX.1991, L. De Marzo leg., 1 ex ( DMC) . Basilicata: Potenza prov., Sellata , 1000 m, 8.VI.1991, La Penta leg., 1 ex ( CCC) ; Potenza prov., Monticchio , 23.VIII.1991, L. De Marzo leg., 1 ex. ( DMC) . Latium: Roma , 12.X.1938, E. Migliaccio leg.,1 ex ( MCR) ; Roma , no date, no collector, 2 ex ( MVC) ; Latina prov., Cisterna, Ninfa near the lake, 22.VII.1988, G. Nardi leg.,1 ex ( CGN) ; Latina prov., San Felice Circeo, Peretto , 2-20.IX.2004, G. Forcina leg, 3 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; Latina prov., Isola di Ponza , VIII.1981, leg. C. Canepari, 2 ex ( CCC) . Liguria, Genova prov., Genova Nervi , VIII.1990, leg. Franciscolo, 1 ex ( CCM) ; Sicily, Siracusa , 23.II.1926, leg. A, Schatzmayr, holotype and 12 paratypes of N. quadrimaculatus schatzmayri (CCC, MMC, MTC) . Marches, Ascoli Piceno prov., M.ti Sibillini, Foce , 3.VII.1991, leg. C. Canepari, 1 ex ( CCC) ; Puglia, Bari , 27.VIII.1992, leg. L. De Marzo, 2 ex ( CCC, CFA) . Sicily: Siracusa prov., Pachino , no date, no collector, 1 ex ( CFA) ; Messina prov., Montalbano , no date, no collector, 1 ex ( CFA) , Sicily, Messina prov., Messina , no date, no collector, 1 ex ( MMC) ; Sicily, Palermo prov., Madonie, Piano Zucchi , no date, no collector, 2 ex, ( CCC, MVC) ; Palermo prov., Bosco Ficuzza, Torretta Torre , 940 m, UTM 33 S 357671 4194110, VIII.2008, A. Gatto leg., Malaise trap, 4 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; idem, 9.XII.2003 - 24.II.2004, A. Gatto leg., Malaise trap, 4 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) . Tuscany: Florence prov., Vallombrosa , no date, no collector, 14 ex ( CCC) ; Grosseto prov., Scarlino, Cala Violina , 3.VI- 20.VII. 2004, M. Mazza leg., 3 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; Livorno prov., Colognole 150 m, 29.VI-13.VII.2005, F. Bongianni leg., 3 ex ( CCC, CNBFVR) ; Lucca prov., Bagni di Lucca , 24.VIII.1998, C. Canepari leg., 1 ex ( CCC) . Croatia: Dalmatia , no locality, no date, no collector, 1 ex ( MMC) . Malta: Birkirkara, IV.1979, Schembri leg., 2 ex ( SMC) ; Mt. Scala , 20.III.1979, leg. Bezzina, 2 ex ( CCC) ; Marsascala, III-IV. 1979, Schembri leg., 3 ex, attracted to light ( SMC) .

Remarks. Nephus (Nephus) schatzmayri was described by Canepari and Tedeschi (1977) as a subspecies of N. (N.) quadrimaculatus together with N. (N.) quadrimaculatus bucciarellii; in the same paper N. (N.) quadrimaculatus var. pictus Ganglbauer, 1899 , currently known as N. (N.) ganglbaueri Kovář, 2007, was raised to subspecies level. Subsequently, Fürsch and Uygun (1980) elevated N. (N.) quadrimaculatus schatzmayri as a good species and synonymized N. (N.) quadrimaculatus bucciarellii with N. (N.) ulbrichi Fürsch, 1977 from Spain. After examination of abundant material from Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, I consider N. schatzmayri and N. quadrimaculatus bucciarellii identical (syn. nov.), while N. ulbrichi is a different species distinguished from N. schatzmayri by the shape of the apex of the sipho ( Fürsch & Uygun 1980, fig. 12). Nephus (N.) schatzmayri is a widely spread species in Italy, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta ( Canepari & Tedeschi 1977; Schembri 1993; Canepari 2007). The Sardinian records of Nephus (Nephus) ulbrichi Fürsch, 1977 in Audisio et al. (1995: 11), Canepari (2004) and Kovář (2007) must be referred to N. (N.) schatzmayri . This species is reported also from Greece, Andorra, France and Portugal ( Kovář 2007) but I never observed material from these countries.