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THE ALTICINI (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE, GALERUC INAE) OF SICILY ... A2-2l

Host plants - LAM
Trophic category - OLI

Notes. The occuiTence of this species in Italy needs further confirmation. L. membranaceus
was reported for Sicily only from Castanea (Messina) in Peloritani Mounts (Leonardi
1972b), but this single specimen is probably to attribute to the species L. helvolus Kutschera
(Leonardi pers. comm.). L. membranaceus is so probably to exclude from the Sicilian
fauna.

Longitarsus monticola Kutschera, 1863

Chorotype - CAE
Host plants - BOR
Trophic category - OLI
New records- Messina: Monti Peloritani: Bosco di Malabotta, 12.V.2009, Leg. Baviera C.; ditto,
24.IV.2006.

Notes. Species only recently distinct from Longitarsus curtus (Allard 1860), reported
previously for ltaly onJy from Abruzzo (Biondi 2006). Leonardi (pers. comm.) exarnined
specimens also from Raibl (Venezia Giulia), Raut Mount (Carnia), Gressoney (Aosta),
Nava (Maritime Alps), Penna Mount (Ligurian Apennines), Gargonza (Arezzo), Campigna
(Romagna) and Maddalena Mountains (Potenza). This is the first record of this taxon for
Sicily.

Longitarsus nanus (Foudras, 1860)

Chorotype - EUM
Host plants - LAM
Trophic category - OLI

Notes. Rare and localized species in Italy, reported onJy generically for Sicily (Biondi
1990).

Longitarsus niger (Koch, 1803)

Chorotype - EUR
Host plants - BOR, PLA
Trophic category - POL
New records- Messina: Bosco di Malabotta, 25.VII.2006, Leg. Baviera C.

Notes. Species reported until now for Sicily only from Nebrodi Mounts (Biondi 1988).

Longitarsus nigrofasciatus (Goeze, 1777)

Chorotype - TEM
Host plants - SCR (Verbascum, Scrophularia)
Trophic category - OLI
New records- Messina: Monti Peloritani: Monte Antennammare, l 133m, 15.V.2002, Leg. Baviera
C.; ditto, 06.XI.2008; Pizzo Chiarino, 23.V.2006, Leg. Baviera C.; Monti Nebrodi: Monte Soro,
1850m, 2l.X.2006, vaglio, Leg. Baviera C.

Notes. Species reported until now only generically for Sicily (Porta 1934; Vitale 1935;
Biondi 1990).

Longitarsus obliteratoides Gruev, 1973

Chorotype - EUR

Atti Accad. Pelorit. Pericol. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat., Vol. 93, No. 2, A2 (2015) [50 pages]