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Psylliodes ruffoi Leonardi, 1975
Chorotype- SEU (SISA endemie type)
Host plants - POA
Trophic category - OLI
New records- Messina:Monti Peloritani: Monte Antennammare, 1100 m, 2.1.2009, vagl io Quercus,
Leg. Baviera C.; ditto, 06.X.2008 ; Monte Scuderi, 1100 m, 22.V.2004, Leg. Baviera C.; ditto, 25.VI-
29.XI.2005, in pit-fall trap; San Pier Niceto, Li Pantani , 20.VI.2010, 700 m., vaglio Castanea Leg.
Baviera C.; Monti Nebrodi: Floresta, 1100 m, 24.VI.2007 Leg. Baviera C.; Catania: Calatabiano, San
Marco, Foce Alcantara, 19.V.2010, Leg. Baviera C.; Siracusa: Monti lblei: Ferla 675 m, 14.IV.2010,
vaglio Olea, Leg. Baviera and Bell6.
Notes. Locally common species in Southem Apennine, recorded for Sicily from Peloritani,
Nebrodi and Madonie Mounts (Leonardi 1975a; Biondi 1988).
Sphaeroderma Stephens, 1831
Sphaeroderma rubidum (Graells, 1858)
Chorotype - EUM
Host plants - AST
Trophic category - OLI
New records- Messina: San Saba, Capo Rasocolmo, 20.IV.2010, Leg. Baviera C.; Aeolian Islands:
Vulcano, 09-10.V.2007, Leg. Baviera C.; Salina, 10-12.V.2007, Leg. Baviera C. ; Monti Peloritani:
Pizzo Chiarino, 845 m, 29.V.2011, Leg. Baviera C. ; Monte Antennammare, 1120 m, 29.V.2011 , Leg.
Baviera C.; Monti Nebrodi: Monte Soro, 1800 m, 27.VI.2008, Leg. Baviera C.; Catania: Monte Etna:
Versante Est, Bosco Cerrita 1500 m, Ol.VII.2004, Leg. Baviera C.
Notes. Species known for Sicily only from Etna Mount by Gulli (1961).
Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775)
Chorotype- EUR (introduced in North America)
Host plants - AST
Trophic category - OLI
New records- Messina: Monti Nebrodi: Biviere di Cesar6, 1283 m, 24.VI.2006, Leg. Baviera C.;
Palermo: Monti Sicani: Bosco della Ficuzza, 700 m, 6.VI.1991, Leg. Angelini F.
Notes. Species known for Sicily only from Etna Mount by Gulli (1961).
TABLE l. Checklist of the Alticini of Sicily
SPECIES AUTHORITY COROTYPE NEW R ECORD
Altica ampelophaga (Guérin- Meneville, 1858) CEM X
Altica carduorum (Guérin- Meneville, 1858) ASE
Altica impressicollis (Reiche, 1862)
Altica oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) EUM
Altica palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Altica quercetorum Foudras, 1860 ASE
Altica tamaricis Schrank, 1785 ASE
Aphthona carbonaria Rosenhauer, 1856
Aphthona euphorbiae (Schrank, 1781 ) EUR
WPA
WME
PAL
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