A taxonomic monograph of the genus Dodomeira Bellò & Baviera, a new genus of Peritelini from Sicily (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Baviera, Cosimo
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-13
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B8LP2
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Insecta
Curculionidae
Dodomeira
Animalia
Coleoptera
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76
Arthropoda
species
petrensis
Diagnosis.A Dodomeiragroup of medium-sized species (length: 3.25–4.00 mm.) with stubby body (length/width ratio: 1.43–1.58) and oval or sub-oval elytra. Rostrum with epistome inconspicuous. Mesorostrum with clavate and golden setae. Antenna with length scape/length funicle ratio 0.72–0.80. Pronotum transverse (length 0.75–0.90 mm, width 0.85–1.00) with length/width ratio 0.85–0.90. Elytra clothed by dense imbricate earth-golden-brown scales here and there paler, with setae more or less spatulate, more or less recumbent (15°–30°).
Distribution.The species of this group are known from central-western Sicilyand the Madonie Mountains ( Fig. 140). Main soil type. Vertic-Cambisol( Rendzina) (European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al.2012). Reproduction.To date, all species are parthenogenetic or probably parthenogenetic.
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Rendzina
Vertic-Cambisol
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76
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Centre
holotype