Solariola selinusia Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2019

Bello’, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2019, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4676 (1), pp. 1-261 : 92-96

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Solariola selinusia Bellò, Osella & Baviera
status

sp. nov.

Solariola selinusia Bellò, Osella & Baviera View in CoL sp.n.

( Figs 15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e View FIGURES 15–15 , 44o View FIGURES 44 , 61, 61 View FIGURES 47–89 ’, 104) http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FE84814-56FB-4105-89B9-0959155C357D

Type locality. Sicily, Agrigento, Montallegro ( Fig. 241 View FIGURES 239–242 ).

Diagnosis. A medium size Solariola (TL: 3.30 mm; BL: 2.65 mm) belonging to the doderoi group with quite slender body shape. Within the species group, it is easily recognisable by brown–reddish cuticle, the particularly elongate rostrum (RL: 0.55 mm, RW: 0.33 mm, RL/RW: 1.67) not much expanded in the pterygium and not visible vestigial eyes. Forehead convex (FW/MW: ratio 2.40). Submentum and mesorostrum with thick and elongate pappolepida. Antennae elongate and thin (SL: 0.65 mm, FL: 1.00 mm, SL/FL: 0.65). Pronotum (PL: 0.70 mm, PW: 0.65 mm, PL/PW: 1.08) elongate with numerous echinopappolepida at base. Elytra sub-oval to sides, dorsally vaulted (EL: 2.00 mm, EW: 1.00 mm, EL/EW: 2.00).

Type series. Holotype male with following labels: [genitalia in DHMF] [transparent label] / ♂ [w, p] / Sicilia, Montallegro, sotto Scilla sp., 5. 1. 1994, leg. P.[aolo] Magrini [w, hw & p] / Collezione Cesare Bellò, Castelfranco Veneto [g, p] / Solariola selinusia det. Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2018 Holotype [r, p] / esemplare fotografato by Francesco Sacco [y, p] ( CBE) .

Paratype. Unknown.

Holotype description. Male. See Figs 15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e View FIGURES 15–15 . Quite stubby body ( TL 3.30: mm and BL: 2.65 mm). Brown–reddish cuticle.

Rostrum very elongate (RL: 0.55 mm, RW: 0.33 mm, RL/RW: 1.67), conical to sides with not much expanded pterygium. Epistome absent. Mesorostrum carinae divergent to sides. Submentum covered by yellowish pappolepida, also partially visible around mesorostrum. Interocular pit not visible. Forehead convex (forehead widest / mesorostrum widest: ratio 2.40). Vestigial eyes not visible.

Antennae thin and elongate (SL: 0.65 mm, FL: 1.00 mm, SL/FL: 0.65); AS ratio: 8.8.4.4.3.3.3.14. Scape clubbed, slightly robust than funicle, curved at proximal third and progressively thickening towards apex. Funicle long and thin; all antennal segments with thin setae. Club three-segmented, compact-oval, in length twice the width, densely covered by thin setae.

Pronotum elongate (PL: 0.70 mm, PW: 0.65 mm, PL/PW: 1.08), wider in the front half and with numerous echinopappolepida at base. Scutellum visible.

Elytra elongate, rounded to sides, dorsally vaulted (EL: 2.00 mm, EW: 1.00 mm, EL/EW: 2.00), wider at middle with convex suture. Humeri rounded. Striae with 15–16 evident punctures, catenulate, little large, not deep. Interstriae convex with thin setae recumbent and short. Elytral declivity> 60 degrees.

Legs quite short and robust with femora clubbed. Protibia with six spines on inner edge and an evident mucro on inner apical angle. Protibia quite sinuous on inner edge and slightly curved in side view. Metatibia and mesotibia straight in side view. All tibia with noticeable apical comb.Tarsal segment 1 short, conical; segment 2 short and transverse; segment 3 very bilobed; all segments with thin golden setae. Onychium curved, robust and short with one short claw.

Male genitalia. See Figs: dorsal shape aedeagus Fig. 61 View FIGURES 47–89 ; apex of penis Fig. 61 View FIGURES 47–89 ’; IX sternite Fig. 104 View FIGURES 90–132 .

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Sexual dimorphism. Females are unknown.

Paratypes variability. Unknown.

Distribution. See Figs. 221, 221a. Sicilian endemic. Known only from Agrigento, Montallegro locality.

Etymology. Named from the ancient Greek town “Selinunte”, near the present-day Montallegro.

Ecology and Phenology. Collected S. selinusia by Berlese extractors from soil obtained sifting under Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta on sandy soil, near the sea.

Main soil type. Vertic Cambisol ( European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012) .

Reproduction. Amphigonic.

Associated species. Unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Solariola

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